Skills for Jobs Albania – Montenegro

The project “Skills for Jobs Albania – Montenegro” under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II), has been implemented by 3 partner organizations:
1. Business Start-Up Center Bar, Bar, Montenegro– Lead Partner,
2. Albanian Investment Development Agency (AIDA), Tirana. Albania
3. Chamber of Economy of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro,
and associated partner“Go2 Albania Organization” Shkoder, Albania

Overall objective: Facilitating the access to the labour market for young people and women in cross-border areas of Albania and Montenegro.

OC1: Increased professional skills and competencies of unemployed youth and women in the cross-border region to match the employment demands in the tourism, ICT and hospitality sector;

OC2: Developed self-employment / entrepreneurship skills - strategic planning, networking, marketing and sales, e-business - among young people and women in the cross-border region in the area of ICT, tourism, hospitality, gastronomy and traditional crafts;

OC3: Established a cross-border brand for the promotion of local products and services, with the aim of improving competitiveness, self-employment, preconditions for further employment and increase cross border business to business cooperation in priority sectors in the CB region.

Target groups: jobseekers with low or medium level of education, low level of qualifications and with skills not matching labour market demands; youth (age 15 to 29) and women in CB areas seeking employment; business owners/employers from cross-border area. Project area: Montenegro – Podgorica, Tuzi, Danilovgrad, Budva, Bar, Ulcinj and Old Royal Capital Cetinje; Albania – Municipality of Shkoder, Municipality of Vau i Dejes, and Municipality of Malesia e Madhe;

Impact of the project: Facilitating the access to the labour market for young people and women in cross-border areas of Albania and Montenegro.

Source:https://www.cbc-mne-alb.org/projects-3rd-cfp-eng/skills-sustainable-employment-inclusive-economic-growth-cross-border-region-albania-montenegro-skills-jobs-albania-montenegro/