Support to Vocational Education and Training (VET) Reform in Kosovo

This project will support the reorganisation and strengthening of the governing structure of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system in Kosovo through assistance in the fields of accountability, internal organisation of the stakeholders, business model for school management, public-private partnerships, capacity development, digitalisation of processes, etc. The intervention will touch the macro level of VET (national/ministry level) as well as the school level. For specific sectors, this will require an upgrade and reform of schools in order to align them with the trends of the education demand. This project will also provide support to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) in redefining the long-term strategy of financing the VET sector along with increasing the efficiency of the financial management in the VET institutions themselves. Eight new VET institutions will be supported by the project. VET schools specialising in the fields of healthcare and economy will represent an important focus of the project for the replication of the practices and the capitalisation of the resources developed during the establishment of the Health Centre of Competence in Ferizaj and the Economy and Tourism Centre of Competence in Prizren. A great importance is placed on the digitalisation of various work processes within the national VET structure as a means of reducing human resources efforts, minimising chances for error and enabling the relevant staff in the institutions and in the schools to conduct decision-making processes based on accurate and real-time data. All developments of IT tools will focus on the integration and interfacing with systems belonging to the MEST, the Ministry of Labour of Social Welfare (MLSW) and other stakeholders.