Overview
Entering working life presents many obstacles for young people from marginalised groups and difficult financial and social backgrounds in Kosovo. Vocational training opportunities are only available for a few occupations and do not guarantee entry into working life. Young people from marginalised groups do not have the required compulsory schooling to enter the training market. In 2010, HSLU, in close cooperation with Swisscontact and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Albania, developed a training concept for coaches who act as bridge builders between young adults and training institutions and the labour market. They support and accompany groups of 10-15 young people from affected marginalised groups in their integration and in developing personal, social, methodological and professional skills as part of a one-year coaching cycle. Solutions are developed with the young people with the aim of helping them find employment or develop and implement their own small business ideas.
From 2017 to 2023, the concept was adopted for Kosovo and adapted to the local context, with around 40 coaches trained in two training courses.
