1. Addressing skills mismatches Presenter: Goran Veleski, Labour Market Unit E-mail: gveleski@mtsp.gov.mk

3. Skills mismatches in economic sectors – primary education

4. Skills mismatches in economic sectors – secondary education

5. Skills mismatches in economic sectors – high education

6. Internship program Objective – working experience Description - young people use the knowledge of the school to a company for a period of 3 months. Participants receive financial resources for transportation costs, food and insurance. Participants – 1.545 from 2008 to 2014. Participants – 1. 000 plan for 2015.

7. Impact assessment Internship 2010 25 p.p. higher chances of participants to be currently employed 23 p.p. higher employment rate of participants based on self-assessment 21 p.p. lower probability of participants to be unemployed at any time after program end/cut-off date

8. Internship 2012 29 p.p. higher probability of participants to be employed currently 31 p.p. higher employment rate of participants based on self-assessment More than double higher hourly wages of participants 17 p.p. lower probability of participants to be employed at program end/cut-off

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