The Albania National Employment Service Functional Review : An Overview
Albania’s labor markets improved between 2014 and 2016 where more people than before found jobs and unemployment rates fell. However, many challenges remain to channel the jobless into jobs. Efficient and effective public employment services aimed...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/337571528986502566/The-Albania-national-employment-service-functional-review-an-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30043 |
| Summary: | Albania’s labor markets improved between
2014 and 2016 where more people than before found jobs and
unemployment rates fell. However, many challenges remain to
channel the jobless into jobs. Efficient and effective
public employment services aimed at fostering successful job
matching can make a significant difference in reducing
unemployment rates. Certain types of job matching might be
especially valuable for the poor and vulnerable, who tend to
be less connected with economic opportunities. The role of
Albania’s National Employment Service (NES) is to assist
jobseekers in job search and increase their employability or
capacity for entrepreneurship, through skills training and
other active labor market programs (ALMPs). The services
offered by the NES include registration of jobseekers, job
intermediation, counseling services and guidance for
jobseekers, preparation of and checking eligibility
documents for unemployment benefits, vocational training,
and employment promotion. A core part of Albania’s current
reform program is to increase the capacity of public
institutions to provide effective public services, including
modern performance management of the NES. This overview note
provides a summary of the main findings of the analysis,
with a focus on providing policy-relevant insights. This
note provides a brief description of the labor market
challenges and constraints facing the NES (Section 2), an
overview of the methodology (Section 3), and a summary of
key findings (Section 4). Section 5 concludes. |
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