📋 Tender Overview
The last phase of RisiAlbania will continue to consolidate a functional labour market system that performs sustainably. The project will support businesses to grow through increased access to markets, competitiveness and resilience, leading to the creation of more and better jobs for young women and men. It will scale up its support for improving career intermediation, guidance as well as non-formal skills provision for youth to get access to jobs.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Albania
Employment & economic development
Vocational training
SME development
Employment creation
Vocational training
01.11.2021 - 31.12.2029
CHF 6’900’290
Background Albania’s moderate economic growth of around 2-3% until end 2019 has translated into a reduction of youth unemployment. However, the socio-economic situation has been aggravated by the negative effects of the Covid pandemic, leading to increased youth unemployment of 23.3% in 2021. The country faces challenges in integrating youth into the labour market.
Objectives Young women and men, equipped with wellinformed career advice and market-relevant skills, have access to better and inclusive jobs which are provided by competitive and resilient businesses.
Target groups The end beneficiaries are:
Young women and men aged 15-29.
Vulnerable and socially excluded groups, including rural women, internal migrants, orphans and returnees, who have limited access to job intermediation services and lack the necessary skills to find employment.
The direct beneficiaries are:
Private businesses are the main partners to benefit from improved standards, business, technical, financial services and increased access to markets.
National Agency for Employment and Skills, regional employment offices, municipal and university career guidance centres as well as private job intermediation and nonformal private training providers will be supported to deliver effective labour market information services and qualifications to young people.
Medium-term outcomes
Private sector businesses grow sustainably and create employment opportunities for young women and men (outcome at institutional level).
More young women and men make informed career choices and have more employment opportunities thanks a strengthened labour market intermediation system (outcome at population level).
More young women and men increase their skills and employability as a result of access to quality private, non-formal training opportunities
Results Expected results:
Public and private sector actors collaborate in addressing barriers to enterprise growth and job creation.
Businesses access better quality services, stimulating productivity improvements and growth.
Institutional career guidance service providers offer improved and in-demand services to young people.
Private and public job matching service providers offer improved services to young jobseekers and employers.
Private, non-formal training providers develop and offer jo
