Albania: Youth migration: Reaping the benefits and mitigating the risks
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $3,309,750
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies UNICEF, IOM, UNDP, ILO
Main Achievements
- National Action Plan for Youth prepared and launched with extensive technical and advisory support from JP. Working group on Labour Force Survey established, which has improved the capacity of government ministries to analyze labour market information.
- Innovative employment programmes and financing mechanisms targetting disadvantaged youth set up in Kukes and Shkodra. Youth labour market programmes to reduce rish of migration are in place in two pilot regions. Work training programmes comprising 37 enterprises have resulted in the placement of 333 beneficiaries. Youth Employment Service Centers providing employment counseling established, as well as career guidance for 400 youth in secondary schools.
- First phase of an information campaign on the risks of irregular migration successfully carried out. Online mapping system created to facilitate the return of Albanians studying abroad.
Contact Daniela Zampin, zampini@ilo.org
The Programme, to be implemented by ILO, IOM, UNDP/UNV and UNICEF, will enhance decent work opportunities for youth and migration management through better alignment of national strategies on youth, employment and migration.
The implementation approach that envision to i) strengthen the capacity of labour market institutions to integrate and operationalize national policy priorities through a coherent youth employment action plan, ii) devise strategies that minimize the risks of migration of youth from rural areas; and iii) increase the positive impact of migration through better allocation of resources for youth employment. The Programme will target under- employed and informal young workers engaged in subsistence agriculture in the Regions of Shkodra and Kukes. The Programme will also support the return to Albania of young professionals working abroad and the mobilization of resources through public-private partnerships for youth employment.