Creating Preconditions for Increasing Employability and Self-Employment

The quality of life of the people of Kosovo is affected by several factors, including lack of access to employment and sustainable living, poor service delivery at the local level, and vulnerability. The result of these elements is that a significant number of people live in a situation of social exclusion, which prevents them from participating as active citizens in the economic and social development of their communities.

Caritas Kosova believes that social entrepreneurship, as a tool and instrument of social and economic policies, increases economic independence, well-being, and provides access and participation in sustainable employment precisely for marginalized and needy groups.

Empowering young people and women through training, practical work, developing soft skills, grants, etc. is considered by Caritas Kosova as a necessary process get closer the unemployed with the labour market. Not everyone has had the opportunity to improve their skills to enter the job market. As a result, we have marginalized groups, especially young people, who make up a large part of the population. One of the reasons for the creation of marginalized groups is that they do not have sufficient skills that can put them in the function of increasing their well-being or improving their social position in society. This is because the environment in which they live has not provided development opportunities. The increase of soft skills, entrepreneurial and professional skills is seen by Caritas Kosova as a very good opportunity to extend a hand to exactly those groups of people who are found in the margins of life.

Poverty and unfavourable position in society have also affected agriculture, where the rural part is more pronounced. Not all farmers have enough knowledge and skills to capitalize and exploit the land they own. Some of the people who belong to marginalized groups are also farmers who have also been found in the margins of life due to lack of support. Caritas Kosova is focused on strengthening this sector through training, networking, sharing experiences and subsidies.

Projects

ELBA

ELBA (Emergency Labour in Balkans) is a regional project which is entirely dedicated to the promotion and development of social entrepreneurship and has been implemented by Caritas Kosova since 2015. Social Economy is promoted as an innovative approach and effective mechanism for poverty reduction... Read more

Your Job

Your Job is a response to the high level of unemployment in Kosovo as well as the catalyst for the youth who make up the highest percentage of the population in the country. This project aims to get out of the vicious circle of lack of education and support, unemployment, poverty, and social... Read more

PRAXIS

The PRAXIS project is defined as a process which made possible the application of theoretical knowledge in practice. Despite the theoretical knowledge of young people, we still have a large gap between them and the labor market, so PRAXIS focus on the practical dimension is the answer to the high... Read more

Development of Agriculture, SELO

SELO (Strengthening the Rural Economy and Local Business Opportunities in the north of Kosovo) is a project of Caritas Kosova which supports economic development in northern Kosovo since 2010. Our overall commitment in that part of the country is to facilitate vulnerable rural communities to use... Read more

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