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- Analysis of the Current Situation and Tendencies on the Labour Market and Workforce in Bulgaria
- Competence Assessment Rules
- Research on the educational and vocational qualification structure of the workforce at national, sector, and regional level
- “Workforce competence assessment – current state, problems, analytical systems and instruments”
- Analysis of the Current Situation and Development of the Bulgarian Enterprises by Sectors and Regions (2010)
- Analysis of the Possibilities and Tendencies for Technological Development of the Bulgarian Enterprises (2010)
- Methodology for Defining Key Job Positions
- Analysis of the Current Situation and Prospects for the Bulgarian Economy in the period 2005-2009
- Analysis of the Major Problems in the Education System and the Qualification and Re-qualification System
- Methodology for Competence Model Development
- Information systems, tools and partner networks for workforce competence assessment
- Systems and Instruments for Competence Assessment at Corporate, Regional and Sector Level in Bulgaria
Contacts
Events
- 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
- 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”
Announcements
- 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.
Project
Project Documents
- Project Brochure
- Working Concept for Developing a National Reference Network (pdf)
- Competence Management Systems - Best Practices (pdf)
- Competence Model and Strategic Human Resource Management (pdf)
- Project "Development and Implementation of an Information System to Assess the Competence of the Workforce by Sectors and Regions" (pdf)
Useful Links
- BIA
- BIA Monthly Newsletter
- BIA Daily - Electronic Bulletin
- BEIS - Bulgarian Enterprises Information System
- Computer Training
- Vocational Education Training Center