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- Bulgarian Competence Assessment Network
- Surveys
- Concept for developing a Bulgarian competence assessment network by sectors and regions (BUCAN)
- Survey among top managerial officials and advisors in the public administration. Part 3 - trade unions
- Study of the labour market in Bulgaria - 2012
- Proposals for regulation amendments - 2013
- Analysis of state and development of Bulgarian companies by sector and region - 2013
- Analysis of workforce competence in the economic sector of construction – 2011
- Framework for training programs
- Workforce competence assessment
- MyCompetence - necessity, results and challenges
- Study of the labour market in Bulgaria - 2013
- Proposals for regulation amendments for developing policies to fight back workforce shortages – 2011
- Analysis of opportunities and trends for technological development of Bulgarian companies - 2013
- Analysis of sector “Production of machines and eqiupment” - 2011
- Analysis of the main problems in the workforce competence assessment and management in the education system and the system for qualification and requalification – 2014
- Defining criteria for appointing leading assessors of competence certification, validation and selection
- Survey among top managerial officials and advisors in the public administration. Part 2 – Governmental bodies
- Workforce competence assessment - state, problems, analytical systems and tools - 2014
- Аnalysis of the state and development of the Bulgarian companies by sector and region - 2014
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of wood and furniture industry - 2011
- Analysis of the main problems in the workforce competence assessment and management in the education system and the system for qualification and requalification – 2013
- Study of the labour market in Bulgaria - 2014
- Proposals for regulation amendments for developing policies to fight back workforce shortages – 2010
- Manual for the skills units work in the Bulgarian competence assessment network by sectors and regions (BUCAN)
- Survey of the workforce competence, vocational qualification and educational level. Part 1 – Companies
- Analysis of the state and outlook for the economy of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2008-2012 (2013)
- Approaches, systems and tools for workforce competence assessment, used in the Bulgarian companies
- Analysis of the workforce competences within the sector of investigation and security activities – 2011
- Survey of the motivation and attitudes behind workforce vocational qualification, educational levels and career prospects at company, regional and sector levels – 2011
- Analysis of the main problems in the development and management of the education system and the system for qualification and requalification – 2012
- Study on the labour market state in Bulgaria in 2011
- Current state and issues in assessing workforce competences on national, sectoral and regional level
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of services for building and landscaping - 2011
- Methodology for developing self-teaching resources in e-learning
- Analysis of the Current Situation and Trends on the Labour Market and Workforce in Bulgaria
- Analysis of the current state and prospects for the Bulgarian economy – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of electronic industry and informatics - 2011
- Current state and issues in assessing workforce competences – 2011
- Analysis of the current state and development of the Bulgarian enterprises by sector and region – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of electrical engineering and electronics - 2011
- Study on the educational and vocational qualification structure of the workforce at national, sector, and regional level (2005-2009)
- Information systems, tools and partnership networks for workforce competence assessment - 2014
- Analysis of the current state and prospects for the Bulgarian economy – 2011
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the tourism sector – 2011
- Systems and tools for competence assessment at corporate, regional and sectoral level - 2014
- Analysis of the current state and development of the Bulgarian enterprises by sector and region - 2011
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the meat processing sector – 2011
- Analysis of the Major Problems in the Education System and the Qualification and Re-qualification System
- Research and testing of innovative methods for competence assessment – 2011
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the metallurgical sector – 2011
- Systems and tools for competence assessment at corporate, regional and sectoral level - 2011
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Transportation and transport-related activities - 2011
- Information systems, tools and partnership networks for workforce competence assessment (Update 2011)
- Analysis and assessment of labour market, attitudes of the business toward training and education in the retail sector – 2011
- Analysis of the Current Situation and Development of the Bulgarian Enterprises by Sector and Region (2010)
- Analysis of the Possibilities and Tendencies for Technological Development of the Bulgarian Enterprises (2010)
- Analysis of the Current Situation and Prospects for the Bulgarian Economy in the period 2005-2009
- Methodological guidelines for design, approbation, testing and verifying of sector and company competence models and scorecards for workforce competence assessment
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the wholesale sector - 2011
- Developing a sector competence model and a competence profile for workforce competence assessment
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Chemical products manufacturing – 2011
- Developing a scorecard for workforce competence assessment and rules for assessing the cluster included competences
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of production of malt and beer - 2011
- General concept, trends, approaches and tools for workforce competence assessment at basic sectors and regions
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of textiles and cloting - 2011
- Research and testing of innovative methods for competence assessment
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of soft drinks and bottled water manufacturing – 2011
- Competence Assessment Rules
- Analysis of the workforce competences within the sector of milk processing and dairy products manufacturing – 2011
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of extractive industry - 2011
- Methodology for Defining Key Job Positions
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of fruit and vegetables processing and canning – 2011
- Methodology for Competence Model Development
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the sector “Defence Industry” - 2012
- Information systems, tools and partnership networks for workforce competence assessment
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the IT sector – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Chemical products manufacturing – 2013
- Systems and tools for Competence Assessment at Corporate, Regional and Sector Level in Bulgaria
- Analysis of the workforce competences within the sector of milk processing and dairy products manufacturing – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the metallurgical sector – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Transportation and transport-related activities - 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the retail sector – 2013
- Analysis of the Workforce Competence in the Facility Management Sector - 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of soft drinks and bottled water manufacturing – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Automation and Mechatronic systems - 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of fruit and vegetables processing and canning – 2013
- Analysis of the Workforce Competence in Sector “Wholesale” - 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of wood and furniture industry - 2013
- Analysis of sector “Production of machines and eqiupment with general and special purposes” - 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the electric vehicles sector – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the sector of electrical equipment manufactoring – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Chemical products manufacturing – 2013
- Analysis of workforce competence in the economic sector of specialized construction activities – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the Tourism sector – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the meat processing sector – 2013
- Analysis of the workforce competences within the sector of investigation and security activities (summary)
- Analysis of the Workforce Competence in Sector “Wholesale” - 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of electrical equipment manufacturing - 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of fruit and vegetables processing and canning – 2012
- Analysis of workforce competence in the economic sector of specialized construction activities – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of soft drinks and bottled water manufacturing – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Automation and Mechatronic systems - 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Chemical products manufacturing – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of Transportation and transport-related activities - 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in computer and communication equipment, electronic and optical products manufacturing sector – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the economic sector of wood and furniture industry - 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the machinery sector – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competence in the Tourism sector – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the wholesale sector – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competences within the sector of milk processing and dairy products manufacturing – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the retail sector – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the metallurgical sector – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the meat processing sector – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competences within the sector of investigation and security activities – 2012
- Analysis of the workforce competences in the electric vehicles sector – 2012
- Analysis of the Workforce Competence in the Facility Management Sector - 2012
Contacts
Events
- International Conference “Maximising skills for jobs and jobs for skills” - presentation of MyCompetence.bg
- Round Table Discussion on Regional Labour Market – Current State and Issues, Challenges to Human Capital Development
- "Youth employment: Challenges and solutions"
- European Dialogue on Internet Governance EuroDig 2015
- BIA, the World Bank and the Open Society Institute – Sofia organized a discussion on the subject "Labour Market and competencies of the workforce"
- MyCompetence goes to students, business and administration in Burgas City
- MyCompetence meeting with students and teachers in Varna City
- Financial Education for Sustainable Economy
- Presentation of MyCompetence in five cities
- Online Survey for the introduction of duality training in Bulgaria
- “National Career Days” in 7 academic cities in Bulgaria
- BIA presents MyCompetence labor brokers
- Meetings of SCS in the sections "Information Technology", "Specialised construction activities" and "Transport"
- Meeting of the the National Competence Assessment Center
- Two-day workshops to discuss the possibilities of MyCompetence
- Plovdiv to host a meeting of the Bulgarian Workforce Competence Assessment Council
- Call for applications for study visits
- International workshop on workforce competence challenges to be held in Sofia
- Schedule for the forthcoming meetings of Sector Skills Committees due by the end of 2012
- Tourism Sector Skills Committee to sit for a regular meeting
- Press conference: Electric vehicles in Bulgaria – current situation, prospects and possibilities
- Bulgarian Workforce Competence Assessment Council to sit for its fourth regular meeting
- A Regional Competence Assessment Center will be set up in Sofia
- Soft Drinks Sector Skills Committee to be founded on 29 March 2012
- Set-up meeting of Facility Management Sector Skills Committee to take place on 27 March 2012
- Set-up meeting of Canning Industry Sector Skills Committee to take place
- Establishing an Electric Vehicles Sector Skills Committee to take place
- Set-up meeting of Regional Competence Assessment Center to be held in Ruse
- Competence Assessment Centers to be set in Pernik, Plovdiv, Kurdzhali and Ruse
- BAMI shall present the competence model in metallurgy
- Discussion on the seven sector models which have been developed during the project
- Workshop on the forthcoming development of sector analyses within BIA’s project
- A workshop on the sector analyses due in 2011 within BIA’s project shall take place
- Discussion of the Bulgarian business demand for high-qualified workforce and the introduction of EU Blue Card
- ILO mission to be familiarized with Bulgarian labour market and BIA’s project
- Vice President of BIA to present the organization’s position on higher education
- Tomcho Tomov live on Darik Radio about the education and career prospects of students
- Deputy Minister of Education, Milena Damyanova, to take part in a meeting of BIA’s Managing Board which will focus on VET
- Machine Building Sector Skills Committee to be established
- Electronics Sector Skills Committee to be established
- Tourism Sector Skills Committee to be established
- Experts from BIA to meet LUKOIL Management in Bourgas
- Adult Vocational Education and Training to be discussed tomorrow
- Workshop with the first seven Sector Skills Committees referents to take place on 8 April 2011 at BIA
- BIA’s project under HRD OP shall be presented during a forum organized by the Ministry of Education on 24 March 2011
- Results from BIA’s project under HRD OP shall be presented during the Second Annual Forum SMART WORKPLACE
- Meat Processing Sector Skills Committee shall be set up on 30 March 2011 at 14h00 at BIA
- Woodworking Sector Skills Committee shall be set up on 25 March 2011 at 17h00 at Bulgarreklama International Fair Center
- Metallurgy Sector Skills Committee shall be set up on 25 March 2011 at 13h30 at BIA
- Electrical Engineering Sector Skills Committee shall be set up on 24 March 2011 at 14h00 at Teletek company premises
- The Bulgarian Workforce Competence Assessment Council shall sit for a second time
- A three-day workshop with foreign experts shall take place on 15-17 December 2010 in Sofia
- PRESS CONFERENCE – Announcing the results from surveys conducted among companies, trade unions and administrative staff
- PRESS CONFERENCE: „Current Situation and Tendencies on the Labour Market in Bulgaria”
- Establishment of a National Council for Workforce Competence Assessment
- Press Conference on „Educational and Qualification Structure of the Employed People and Workforce for the period 2005-2009”
- Bulgarian Human Resources Management and Development Association (BHRMDA) organizes an HR School
- A National Forum on the Development and Enhancement of a National Reference Network for Competence Assessment
- Second Launching Workshop on the Development and Implementation of a National Reference Network for Assessing the Competence of the Workforce by Sectors and Regions
- Launching Workshop on the Development and Implementation of a National Reference Network for Assessing the Competence of the Workforce by Sectors and Regions
- Discussion about “Clusters Enhancement as a Driving Force in the Knowledge Regions Recognition in Bulgaria – the Challenges of 2010” shall take place on 22 April 2010
- BIA"s Press Conference for Launching a project within Operational Programme “2007-2013 Human Resources Development”
News
- Skills anticipation in Bulgaria
- BIA is expanding MyCompetence with 5 more economic sectors
- BIA developed "Jobseeker"s personality profile" application for the Employement Agency
- Return on investment in staff training
- Education and qualification in Bulgaria
- BIA is introducing internet application “Jobseeker’s personality profile” for the Employment Agency
- BIA is going to cooperate with the Industrial Association-Veliko Turnovo and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Navigation and Agriculture Constanta in a common project for promoting employment and mobility of personnel between Bulgaria and Romania
- BIA DEVELOPED A “PERSONAL PROFILE OF THE JOB SEEKER” MODULE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
- EMPLOYERS ARE FACING MORE CHALENGES IN FINDING QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
- TOMCHO TOMOV: PEOPLE WITH HYBRID SKILLS ARE MORE IN DEMAND ON THE LABOR MARKET
- STUDY ON THE COOPERATION BETWEEN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS
- BIA RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE A-167-QMS15 BY ISO 9001: 2015
- The Bulgarian Industrial Association launched the implementation of project "Expanding and integrating services of the information system for competence assessment MyCompetence, of the activities of the Employment Agency and needs of the target groups of
- Share of studying adults in Bulgaria six fold below EU average
- Businesses, schools still not ready for dual education
- Duality training will be part of the Law on Employment Promotion
- Last EU operational programs for Bulgaria have been approved
- MyCompetence win new supporters by Varna Free University
- Bulgaria"s Employment Rate Increased by 0.3 % in Q1, 2015
- All Bulgarians online!
- Poor education threatens economy and Bulgarian nation itself
- Severe Labour Force Shortage Could Hit Bulgaria After 2025
- Tomcho Tomov: MyCompetence is a cause
- Average Wage in Bulgaria Increased 4-fold in 2000-2015
- 22% of young Bulgarians neither study nor work
- Unemployment Rate in Bulgaria Dropped to 10.7 % in April
- Employers’ views on European Commission initiative on the long-term unemployed
- Employers’ views on European Commission initiative on the long-term unemployed
- Bulgarian Industrial Association celebrates its 35th Anniversary
- The key to employment are skills not certificates
- Bulgaria"s Unemployment Rate Remained Stable in March
- Only 7% of the active Bulgarians participate in qualification programs
- What mix of skills is needed to have a job in Bulgaria?
- BIA: Businesses looking for interdisciplinary knowledge and hybrid skills
- Universities update their curricula using Competence Assessment Information System MyCompetence
- Cedefop: Bulgaria endeavor to develop vocational education
- State Administration accepts trainees
- "Orak Engineering" with a prize for the most active use of MyCompetence
- Bozhidar Danev: We need a good working economy, if we don’t want working poor people
- Economy ministry and BAS sign cooperation agreement
- Bulgaria reaches pre-crisis levels with fastest growth in years
- Cedefop:Validation of learning gained outside school is still a challenge
- MyCompetence prepares new features
- About 5100 users actively use MyCompetence
- MyCompetence strengthens its presence in universities
- CV template available for visually-impaired
- Social partners will be actively involved in the OP "Human Resources Development" 2014-2020
- Dimitar Brankov: Retirement age in Bulgaria should be gradually increased
- Chair of Bulgarian Industrial Association Optimistic about GDP Growth in 2015
- 10 priorities for the new European Commission - BUSINESSEUROPE
- Bulgaria"s 2015 Draft Budget Includes Minimum Wage Freeze
- Bozhidar Danev: Bulgaria’s 2015 Budget Falls Short of Promised Reforms
- Minimum prices block competition: Bozhidar Danev, BIA
- Incomes grow, but feel poorer
- For bosses is difficult to find employees
- One year MyCompetence.bg - BIA Information System in support of human capital management in business
- Dr. Tomcho Tomov: Education in Bulgaria creates unemployed people
- Four Bulgarians have been approved for participation in the reference groups of the European project ESCO
- BIA reported increased interest in testing computer skills
- Bozhidar Danev will be a member of the Board of ESCO in the next term of office
- Professions without personnel in Bulgaria
- Sector Skills Council "Transport" focuses on the railway industry
- Sector Skills Council "Retail" work with major retail chains
- Sector Skills Council "Electrical Engineering" established Center for Competence Assessment
- The new contract of apprenticeship
- BIA: There are no experts in advanced technologies
- Two new companies in the sector "retail" will work on the project of BIA
- Changing the model in managing people
- Business Writing programs for Seven universities
- Tomcho Tomo: There are many people who are unemployed and yet there is no one to work
- Businesses: "MyCompetence added value"
- Bulgaria Ranks 56-th of 60 Countries in World Competitiveness Ranking
- BIA awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science
- BIA: Knowledge are aging faster than people
- National Network for competence assessment expands
- Tomcho Tomov: Only 30% of graduates find work in their specialty
- Developed Qualifications Framework for managers solid waste management
- Experience advanced
- Lessons in teamwork
- All Channels is the best PR agency in 2013
- Old age pensioners keenest to obtain diplomas under European project
- Bulgarians Work Twice Longer For Own Home
- Bulgaria"s Vidin, Gabrovo and Lovech districts with highest percentage of elderly people
- Advice for working with MyCompetence
- Every Fourth Bulgarian With University Degree Works Abroad
- The main directions in their work by the end of the year were discussed at the workshop sectoral reference
- MyCompetence will support the work of the labor offices
- BIA: Less universities but with a higher quality
- Bojidar Danev: The country should pay only for specialties which are in demand on the market.
- Employment agency may implement parts of MyCompetence
- Electronic service record and transfer of workers between companies offer BIA
- Tomcho Tomov: Lifelong learning is not a slogan, it`s a necessary
- State money for subsidized employment to go into business, not in municipalities offering BIA
- 40 000 young people up to 29 years - " generations of unemployed" in Bulgaria
- Employers compromise the qualifications required for the appointment of officers
- Half of the trainees in companies working without a contract
- Danev: Unconditional Basic Wage is Political Fiction
- Daniela Simidchieva: Financial incentives for businesses if introduced dual system
- BIA: IT professionals lose their qualification from the University for 4 years, the engineers – 7 and economists – 9 years
- PISA: Bulgarian students come last in Europe
- BIA: About 80% of graduates from universities benefit only diploma, only 2% of employers looking for footage of humanities
- MyCompetence was presented to the participants in the forum "ECVET for lifelong learning"
- Pilot plant: My Competence system gave us more than we expected
- Wholesale Trade Employees in Bulgaria Down by 40% in 2010-2012
- BIA: There is a generational unemployment
- BIA: Urgent to focus on competencies and skills, not just the knowledge of the educational system
- BIA: Every sixth unemployed young people up to 25 years has never commenced work
- Competence Assessment Information System is a fact
- Bulgarian Wins Prestigious International Network Contest
- My Competence opportunities were presented to the Academy of Economics in Svishtov.
- Information system for competence assessment can be a tool for updating the curriculum in vocational education
- Tomcho Tomov: Professional standards needs to be part of vocational trainings
- BIA investigate the life cycle of qualifications and competences
- Sofia University Rector, Prof. Ilchev and Bozhidar Danev, chairman of the Bulgarian Industrial Association, signed the Agreement
- Head of the National Centre for Competence Assessment was chosen as a mediator in labor disputes
- By the middle of May 2013 trained 278 people in 17 trainings on key competencies
- Information system for competence assessment already has an English version
- BIA: Bulgaria Faces National Catastrophe
- First introduce voluntary professional standards in the security industry by sector competency model
- "One-Man" Firms form Half of Bulgarian Companies
- Bulgaria Lost 360 000 Jobs since 2008, Industrial Association Estimates
- BIA: Real Unemployment in Bulgaria Stands at 19.2%
- The 50 Richest Bulgarians become wealthier in 2012
- Ex Regional Minister: Far-Left Rule to End EU Funds for Bulgaria
- Bulgaria loses BNG 1.5 billion a year due to high youth unemployment levels
- Parents to choose where their children shall develop competences
- Teachers’ job performance to be assessed, a new education bill reads
- Entrepreneurship as a main driver for economic growth
- Bulgarian government to adopt a new operational programme on education
- Employment and Social Developments: growing divergence and higher risks of long-term exclusion
- European Commission launches EU Skills Panorama to tackle skills mismatches
- Over 1200 people trained by BIA in 2012 during an OP Human Resources Development project
- BIA proposes that the status of distance learning for adults be regulated
- BIA proposes the adoption of an Act on Vocational Standards in Employment
- More and more companies develop traineeship programmes of their own
- BUSINESSEUROPE: Fostering the right skills is crucial for tackling youth unemployment
- Competence assessors were trained in Sofia and the village of Debeli Lag
- Transport Sector Skills Committee was established at BIA
- IT Sector Skills Committee was set up
- BIA’s project was presented during a conference for the development of the dairy industry
- Competence assessment training course was held in Sofia
- BIA: The level of competence of the workforce is a key to the successful development of the labor market
- МЕТАЛУРГИЧНАТА ИНДУСТРИЯ ЧЕСТВА СВОЯ ПРОФЕСИОНАЛЕН ПРАЗНИК „5 НОЕМВРИ – ДЕН НА МЕТАЛУРГА”
- CASSY introduced to representatives of the European Business Congress
- Training schemes in key competences have started up
- Facility management has enormous business potential in Bulgaria
- Electric Vehicles Sector Skills Committee conducted a regular meeting on 21 September 2012
- The thirteenth competence assessors’ training scheme was held in Sofia
- A draft version of a National Innovation Strategy will be developed by business representatives and the academia
- Tourism Sector Skills Committee held a regular meeting in BIA
- A meeting of Facility Management Sector Skills Committee was held in Sofia
- The number of private security companies and their employees is decreasing
- There are 7 000 job vacancies
- The electric vehicles sector in Bulgaria needs skilled workforce with technical background, an analysis of the sector shows
- Agreements are concluded by means of an open selection for developing sector competence models
- Dimiter Brankov: The real unemployment rate in Bulgaria is 19%
- Tatyana Ivanova: Private securities services need vocational standards
- European directives concerning regulated professions to be updated
- Companies" ratings to be developed according to four criteria
- Training for communications between regional references and publics
- Assessment of competance training
- Companies can employ young people without having to pay costs
- BIA and CITUB cooperating in the development of a system to rate employers
- Low-skilled workers most wanted. Cooks are in fashion.
- Lack of qualified personnel is a serious impediment to labour market development
- 75 million young men and women worldwide are jobless
- Bulgarian businesses express a positive hiring outlook for the third quarter of 2012
- The Bulgarian Industrial Association signed a national agreement called “First Job”
- One in three university graduates employed in low-skilled jobs
- Universities to update their curricula, BIA to cooperate
- Considerable progress has been made in the development of a Workforce Competence Assessment System
- Employers are not looking for university degrees alone but for capable people with ideas and vision for the future
- Almost 40 000 people have changed domicile for the past ten years due to labour migration
- The ninth competence assessors’ training scheme was held in Varna
- Competence assessors were trained in Sofia
- BAMI commemorates one year from the set-up of Metallurgy Sector Skills Committee
- Project progress discussed at a workshop in the town of Septemvri
- Competence assessors were trained in Plovdiv
- BIA introduced the competence assessment system project to the Flemish Minister of Education
- BIA proposes student loan remission, provided the students pay social security contributions regularly and work in Bulgaria
- BIA has been working on the establishing of united vocational standards in 20 economic branches
- BIA: All education and VET related acts should be united in an Education Code
- Security Services Sector Skills Committee was founded
- Fruit and Vegetables Processing Sector Skills Committee was set up
- Electric Vehicles Sector Skills Committee was established
- A new Sector Skills Committee in the Wholesale Trade Sector was set up
- Milk-Processing Sector Skills Committee was established in Sofia
- Mechatronics and Automation Sector Skills Committee was established in Sofia
- Competence Assessment Center was set up in Kurdzhali
- High school and university graduates are underqualified, shows a survey among employers
- Regional Competence Assessment Center was set up in Pernik
- BIA set the first vocational standards for 72 jobs
- A National Qualifications Framework was adopted
- Stress Test
- Not diplomas but skills will help you find work in 2012
- IT specialists said to find jobs most easily
- Bojidar Danev awarded for an overall contribution to Human Resources Management
- Graduating university via skype
- Ministry of Education prepares a project awarding the one of BIA
- The number of high school dropouts decreases
- Lack of equality on labour market
- All five-year-olds to attend preschool
- Business will be looking for IT specialists, sales assistants and engineers
- BIA has received excellent feedback by the trainees which had undergone a competence assessment training scheme
- Retail Trade Sector Skills Committee was established
- Ten new sectors shall implement a workforce competence assessment model
- Mr. Tomov talks about the skills electronic passport
- Staff evaluation presupposes a presence of vocational standards
- Over 90 business representatives discussed possibilities to enhance workforce quality
- Chemical Industry Sector Skills Committee was established today
- Competence assessment training scheme was carried out in the village of Debeli Lag near Radomir
- Competence assessors’ training scheme was held in Kazanlak
- The first Regional Competence Assessment Centers were set up in Burgas, Stara Zagora, Varna, Pleven and Shumen
- 21 representatives of BIA’s project pilot enterprises took part in the second competence assessment training scheme
- The first workforce competence assessors in Bulgaria trained
- BIA recommends that the labour market be reformed
- Ten pilot companies from the machine building sector selected to implement workforce competence assessment models for the first time
- The pilot ten companies from the meat processing sector which are to implement workforce competence assessment models for the first time have been selected
- The project for developing a workforce competence assessment system was presented at a forum organized by MLSP
- Bojidar Danev: We stand at a serious crossroads – aggravating stagnation or competence-based gradual prosperity
- Five leading companies are to develop standards for key jobs
- Seven economic sectors are signing key job standards
- Bojidar Danev: There is high unemployment in Bulgaria but there is also a lack of skilled workers
- BIA: Universities should obtain funding only if they offer educational pathways matching the present and future needs of the state and economy
- LEWIATAN Deputy Secretary General visited BIA
- Workshop on the forthcoming development of sector analyses was held at BIA
- Palestinian delegation visited BIA
- Turn your hobby into a profession
- Vocational standards – a way to repair the distorted labour market
- Tomcho Tomov: There are no jobs for people but there are no people for certain jobs as well!
- BUSINESSEUROPE: The lack of unified vocational standards in the EU hinders labour mobility
- Thirteen sector analyses to show the current labour market state at branch level by the end of this year
- New Skills and Jobs in the EP
- The audit of BIA under HRD OP successfully completed
- Deyana Kostadinova replaces Krasimir Popov as the new Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy
- Vocational education and training is enjoying an increase
- Introducing EU Blue Card shall help overcome skilled workforce shortage
- Kamen Kolev, Vice President of BIA, “The standardization of requirements for workforce skills and competence in Bulgaria shall narrow the gap between education and job market”
- Tomcho Tomov: “The public-private partnership between universities and the business should be regulated when it comes to training labour force for the economy”
- Vice President of BIA expressed the organization’s position on higher education
- Introducing the forthcoming competence assessment model to an ILO mission in Bulgaria
- “I set deep hopes on the project which BIA is implementing under HRD OP related to the development of a workforce competence assessment system”, NAVET president, Deyan Pushkarov, said during a meeting at BIA
- Machine Building Sector Skills Committee was set up today
- Electronics Sector Skills Committee was set up today
- Tzvetan Tonchev was elected Chairperson of the newly-established Tourism Sector Skills Committee
- The Management of BIA and CITUB discussed their joint work on the projects funded by HRD OP
- LUKOIL to join BIA’s project under HRD OP as a pilot enterprise
- Adult VET was discussed today by employers, trade unions and educational system representatives
- The referents from the pilot seven Sector Skills Committees met today
- BIA’s project under HRD OP entered the latest collective agreement in the metallurgic sector
- Workshop discussed the sector analyses which are to be conducted within BIA’s project
- The project was presented to the attendees of the SMART WORKPLACE Forum
- The Head of the Bulgarian Competence Assessment Center, Tomcho Tomov, presented BIA’s project at a forum organized by the Ministry of Education
- Meat Processing Sector Skills Committee for workforce competence assessment was set up today
- Kalin Simeonov was elected Chairperson of the newly-established Woodworking Sector Skills Committee
- Metallurgy Sector Skills Committee for workforce competence assessment was set up today
- Rumen Atanasov was elected Chairperson of the newly-established Electrical Engineering Sector Skills Committee
- BIA’s project under HRD OP was presented to the participants in a Joint seminar of the European Social Partners on 1-2 March 2011 in Brussels
- Tomcho Tomov was elected Head of the Bulgarian Competence Assessment Center
- Kamen Kolev “The business falls short of qualified workforce”
- Zhechko Dimitrov “Bulgaria and Europe are seriously lagging behind in terms of workforce competence”
- The project which has been implemented by BIA under Human Resources Development Operational Programme was presented before the local administration in Burgas
- Results from the project which has been implemented by BIA under Human Resources Development Operational Programme were presented at a round table meeting organized by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science
- Six new sectors shall implement workforce competence assessment models
- The business says young people are becoming more and more illiterate
- Bojidar Danev, President of BIA, was appointed member of the Management Board of ESCO (European Skills/Competences, qualifications and Occupations)
- An interview with Mr. Winfried Schwehn and Mr. Stanislav Avsec about the Competence Assessment System
- A three-day workshop with foreign experts took place on 15-17 December 2010 in Sofia
- Laying people off is not a priority for the Bulgarian enterprises, despite the crisis
- Bulgarian Workforce Competence Assessment Council shall develop and govern the Bulgarian Competence Assessment Network by Sectors and Regions
- CURRENT SITUATION ON THE LABOUR MARKET IN BULGARIA: One of five people under 24 years old is undereducated; Workforce quality is deteriorating; Population is aging; Crisis thinned down the number of employed people by 100 000
- The lack of the qualified people continues in Bulgaria.
- Bulgaria assimilates scares resources from the EU due to lack of competences. With regard to competences, the country occupies the last place among the EU 27 members. It lacks mainly leadership and communication skills.
- Business has realized the need to implement competence models for its employees. A National Forum is taking place today and tomorrow in Hisarya
- A Specialized Unit in Bulgarian Industrial Association shall coordinate the Development of a National Reference Network and an Information System to Assess the Competence of the Workforce
- Business has been centered in the capital; the most successful companies are those in the trade sector, shows an analysis of BIA
- Bulgaria exhibits the weakest innovation indicators in Europe, shows an analysis of the technological development conducted by BIA
- BIA’s analysis has shown: The economy of the future requires competence-based vocational training
- Second Launching Workshop on the Development and Implementation of a National Reference Network for Assessing the Competence of the Workforce by Sectors and Regions.
- The development and implementation of a National Reference Network for Assessing the Competence of the Workforce by Sectors and Regions has been launched.
- BIA has started executing a project within Operational Programme “2007-2013 Human Resources Development”
- Tatyana Ivanova: Private security services need for a professional standards
- Electric Vehicles Sector Skills Committee conducted a regular meeting on 21 September 2012
Announcements
- Advice for working with MyCompetence
- Public invitation for selection of a contractor of activities with a subject: "Preparation of proposals for changes in applicable regulations"
- Development and adaptation of tools for assessing of competences
- BIA is searching for contractors for training in social and digital key competences
- Survey on people’s need of documents to prove the their informal and non-formal knowledge and skills acquired
- Call for applications for training schemes in key competences
- Announcement for appointing an executor with regard to “Hardware purchasing – supply and system integration of communications server equipment”
- Announcement for appointing executor to research and test competence assessment innovative methods
- Announcement for launching a procedure for appointing 19 instructors
- Survey on “Workforce competences, vocational training, educational level and lifelong learning”
- Inquiry into the demand for effective business models for enhancing workforce potential
- BIA has started a procedure for appointing four experts by means of an open selection
- BIA has started a procedure for appointing an executor for instructors and an expert – deadline 28 July 2011
- BIA has started a procedure for appointing an executor for developing sector competence models within a project under HRD OP
- BIA has started a procedure by means of an open selection for appointing four experts to develop a general concept of the competence assessment system and test indicators and models for workforce competence assessment. Deadline for applying – 7 March 2011
- Appointing an executor to conduct an Independent financial audit of the interim (annual) and final financial reports on the project “Development of a Workforce Competence Assessment System by Sectors and Regions”
- BIA has started a procedure by means of an open selection for appointing two experts on “Research and testing of innovative methods for competence assessment”
- BIA has started a Procedure by means of an Open Selection for appointing Two Experts on Research and Testing of Innovative Methods for Competence Assessment
- BIA has started a procedure by an open selection for appointing an executor of a project “Researching EU Member States’ experience – good practices, information systems, instruments and partner networks for workforce competence assessment - by conducting
- BIA has started a procedure for appointing an executor for providing publicity within a project of the “Human Resources Development” Operational Programme.
- BIA has started a procedure for appointing a supplier of materials and consumables for a project within the “Human Resources Development” Operational Programme.
- BIA starts a procedure for appointing an executor for a project within the “Human Resources Development” Operational Programme.
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Useful Links
- BIA
- BIA Monthly Newsletter
- BIA Daily - Electronic Bulletin
- BEIS - Bulgarian Enterprises Information System
- Computer Training
- Vocational Education Training Center
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