Youth & Jobs in Western Balkans

Select where you are from

  • Albania
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Kosovo*
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Serbia
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
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You are one of XYZ young people of xyz citizens living in XY

AND

one of around 18 million citizens of the Western Balkans

Data source: Eurostat

Select your gender

Hello young lady from XY

Welcome!

Are you actively looking for a job?
PS It’s called labour market participation 😉

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OK, so this makes you one of XY% young women from XY in an active job pursuit!

Oh, are you telling us that you’re the same as XY% of young people from XY who are inactive in the labour market? ☹️

XY% of young women your age from the EU actively participate in the labour market in their countries!

Are you employed?

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Good for you! 👍

This makes you one of XY% young women from XY who are employed!

Oh, hope this changes soon. 🤞

But sadly, you are not alone
XY% of all young women from XY are unemployed?

For your information, your peers from the EU are in better situation:

Xy% of them are EMPLOYED

while

XY% are UNEMPLOYED

What is your level of education?

  • LOW (Primary School)
  • MEDIUM (Secondary School)
  • HIGH (University or higher)
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
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XY% of youth in XY with LOW education are EMPLOYED

Are you not working because you’re still studying or attend some training?

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Nice to hear that!

Good luck with your upskilling & in finding the job afterwards! 😎️

You are a NEET then – this means a young person that is Neither in Employment, Education or Training!

Again, you’re not alone

In XY you are the one of xy% of young NEET women.

Estimates show that there are around 530 thousand young NEET people in the Western Balkans, out of which 352 thousand are estimated to be unregistered.

Western Balkan NEETs rate for young women is XY

while

In the EU rate of young women not in employment, education or training is XY

Have you heard about EU Youth Guarantee?

Great!!!

So you’ll be glad to hear that the EU as part of its Economic and Investment plan for Western Balkans is proposing implementation of Youth Guarantees in the region

Now is a good time to learn 😊

EU Youth Guarantee aims to give all young people under the age of 30 a good quality offer of

employment
continued education
apprenticeship or
  traineeship

within 4 months of either leaving formal education or becoming unemployed.

And EU as part of its Economic and Investment plan for Western Balkans is proposing implementation of Youth Guarantees in the Western Balkans

THANK YOU FOR TAKING PART IN THE YOUTH &JOBS JOURNEY THROUGH the WESTERN BALKANS
HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON WITH MORE & BETTER JOBS DESIGNED FOR YOUth!