Education and Vocational Training
Research on the educational and vocational qualification structure of the workforce at national, sector, and regional level
18.10.2010

Education is becoming a more and more important economic factor with deep public significance, not only a social phenomenon. Apart from being a prerequisite for social development, the high educational level of a country is closely related to its welfare for it triggers its economic potential. Technological changes lead to changes in the employment structure which brings forth the need to incorporate the educational system into the technological restructuring. This is a way to strengthen the market relation between education and business and to produce stimuli for the educational system improvement so that it could face the challenges which technological changes bring about.

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Analysis of the Major Problems in the Education System and the Qualification and Re-qualification System
30.07.2010

One of the major objectives of the research is to identify possibilities to narrow the discrepancy between qualified workforce demand and supply. An overview of the national policy, acting regulations, and the responsible institutions and information systems in the vocational training sphere has been made. Special emphasis has been laid on the regional and sector policies and practices in this area, as well as on corporate programmes for workforce training.



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Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria BULGARIAN INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION Confederation of Labour „Podkrepa”