The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Law on Vocational Education and Training (as last amended 2013)
Macedonian
Governments
Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment
Training quality and relevance
Youth employability
Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.
Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market.
National policies and initiatives
National legislation, policies and initiatives on the issue of training and skills development and the world of work.
The law regulates the organization, management and structure of vocational education and training (VET) and sets the following tasks:
• to provide quality in the VET system in accordance with modern science, technology and culture;
• to provide conditions for acquiring and upgrading qualification levels in accordance with the labour market;
• to encourage interest in VET;
• to develop competences, knowledge and skills necessary for professional activities as well as for self-employment.
Vocational training
Youth
Europe and Central Asia
