Improved employability and access to labour market and decent work

The activities under Result 3 envisage to lead to employment and employability of the young people and other harder to employ individuals, such as Roma. It will seek to improve certain aspects of the working conditions and promote decent work, inter alia through better legal, policy and institutional framework. At the same time the priority will be given to practical education and training in VET and improving the quality assurance in VET, adult and post-secondary education. Close links between VET and adult education, employers and social partners will be promoted through investments in work-based learning and post–secondary education, updating the occupational standards, standards for qualifications and curricula building on the success of IPA I. An innovative approach for improving the efficiency of the VET and AE systems will be introduced by establishment of VET Regional Centre of Excellence.