VET program: 25 beneficiaries improve skills for deficit occupations
VET programs (Vocational Education and Training) are currently being implemented within the project “Step forward to return”. This program provides a new chance for professional development, employment, and economic empowerment for a total of 25 internally displaced persons, while 7 women are among the participants.
VET program is a system of secondary and professional education and training, aimed at the quick and efficient acquisition of practical skills. In accordance with the analysis of the needs of the labor market, participants are currently being trained through various and sought-after sectors of trades, services and industry:
- Bookkeeping
- C and D category drivers
- Electrician
- A blind man
- Vulcanizer
- Cake and cake making
- Construction machinery operator
- Sewing
- CNC operator
- and other.
While the training progresses, the ultimate goal remains the long-term integration of the participants into the labor market, which directly contributes to reducing unemployment and strengthening the economic position of the local community in Belgrade and Niš.
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The project “Step forward to Return” is financed by the European Union, and it is implemented by the IDC in cooperation with the City Municipality of Zvezdara and the City Municipality of Palilula Niš.