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Rapid assessment of the impact of the global economic crisis on the apparel and footwear industry in Albania

The apparel and footwear industry flourished in Albania during the early 1990’s when Italian companies started to explore the Albanian market. After gradually testing the variety and quantity of product lines, many enterprises were established and grew from small units into large consolidated companies. Two key comparative advantages were the relatively cheap and abundant labour force and the proximity to important world markets of apparel and footwear. This study shows the impact of the crisis on the industry, explores the measures that were taken in response to the crisis that helped cushion its impact, and offers recommendations for policy makers, industry leaders and practitioners such as the need to move up the value chain of production and marketing in order to increase profit margins and cushion the sector against future shocks.

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Practical guide to employment counselling from Bosnia and Herzegovina

The purpose of employment counselling is to help individuals come to terms with their feelings, explore and clarify their options and to empower them to actually help themselves. It is a mechanism for building self-reliance in an individual by assisting them to make decision and fulfill commitments. This guide aims to help counsellors understand the best practices, as well as limits, of employment counselling. It provides an overview of the whole process followed by a step by step guide to the 4 stages of a counselling interview.

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Non-enrolment and school dropout in Bosnia and Herzegovina

This study is part of the Youth Employability and Retention Programme (YERP) which aims to address the high level of youth unemployment and irregular migration by working closely with government, the private sector and civil society to improve youth employability in BiH, while providing new entry points to the labour market. It analyses the results of a comprehensive survey that identified the most frequent causes for non-attendance of primary and or secondary school. It attempts to answer the imposing question as to what the Government should do in order to reduce the rate of children who do not complete primary education and offers recommendations to policy makers. An example would be the need to make primary education truly free by including the provision of textbooks, and notebooks for every pupil as well as free meals and school transportation.

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Voices of youth: quantitative research findings of survey on youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Voices of Youth survey was carried out in 2012 within the UN Youth Employability and Retention Programme. The purpose of this project has been to conduct a survey that can serve as a baseline for the development of more adequate youth policies as well as to enable young people to participate more actively in society. This survey examines the experiences, attitudes, opinions and wishes of young people in terms of education, employment and the labour market, the economic situation, the level of social protection, political and other forms of social participation and other related issues. Its findings are intended to help UN agencies, policy makers and development practitioners in Bosnia and Herzogovina (BiH) plan new youth oriented social policies that will address the existing challenges that face young people in BiH today.

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Research report on migrant workers in high-risk industry in China

This report is a result of a survey in the four Chinese cities of Hangzhou, Tianjin City, Jiaozua and Cangzhou. Nearly 1,000 questionnaires were received and more than 100 interviews were conducted with department leaders who are familiar with the construction industry, HR of construction companies, as well as NGO practitioners working for migrant workers. The construction industry was the focus of this survey due to its high risk nature and because over 75% of workers are migrant workers. The survey explores characteristics such as employment status, training status, and other basic characteristics such as age and income.

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Report on the migration trend and the status of rights protection of domestic workers in China

This report provides an overview of the characteristics of the domestic services industry in China and analyses the results of over 3000 questionnaires and interviews in 3 cities. The goals were to identify the challenges confronting the domestic service industry, how extensive their effects were and discover if there was any change to the movement patterns and rights of domestic workers in recent years. This report can be used by development practitioners focused on women’s empowerment and seeking insight into a domestic services industry from the perspective of the workers themselves. It also contains a list of recommendations for policy makers at the National and State level in China.

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Good practices in providing integrated employment and social services in Central and Eastern Europe

This study focuses on strengthening and improving the position of vulnerable groups of unemployed youth by implementing coordinated and integrated social, employment and educational services. It presents an extensively researched pilot model to be tested in Serbia, but the insights gained can be scaled across the globe. It also presents a brief overview of Leutz’s “Five Laws” for Integrating Medical and Social Services, such as “You can integrate some of the services all of the time, all of the services some of the time, but you cannot integrate all of the services all of the time.”

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Reforming the Serbian public employment service to improve service delivery to disadvantaged youth

This report reviews the type and sequence of employment services offered to disadvantaged youth in Serbia with a view of improving their effectiveness and also presents a brief overview of a two-day workshop that was conducted on monitoring and evaluation of active labour market programmes. A detailed analysis of the challenges facing employment counselors and offers recommendations on how to improve employment service delivery through means such as responsibility-sharing with other service providers and early identification of job seekers’ needs.

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Impact of the financial crisis on the labour market and living conditions outcomes in Serbia

This study provides an in depth analysis of the Serbian labor market in the pre-crisis and post-crisis years. The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 impacted nations across the world and this document details how the crisis unfolded in Serbia and explains why labor market conditions did not deteriorate as drastically as in other countries. This document will be useful for economists and practitioners who are seeking to understand the internal dynamics of the Serbian labor market.

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Occupational skills 2011: key findings in south Serbia

This survey was aimed at identifying the economic sectors, occupations and skills most demanded by enterprises in South Serbia. It identified micro and small size enterprises as the most dynamic sectors in the medium term and noted that a number of occupational profiles appear to be particularly resilient in the South Serbian labour market (sales, office and accounting clerks, and food production occupations). A list of recommended policy options was also produced that included suggestions such as targeted interventions by providing tax incentives to micro and small businesses. This document is primarily intended for development practitioners and local and state ministries in Serbia, however, it may be of use to any practitioner implementing a market needs assessment in other locations as well.

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Functional adult literacy programme manual

This manual equips literacy trainers with the necessary skills and knowledge needed to train and facilitate literacy learning to adults. It is designed as a 2 week course with 10 main objectives and provides insight into how adults learn and the importance of context in designing lessons plans.

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Manual for conducting market assessments

A market assessment is a rapid snapshot of what goods and services are available and an idea of how satisfied consumers are with the goods and services offered in a local market. It identifies goods that are in demand, but not being provided by businesses. This manual is for National and State Ministries, development partners, NGOs, and community based organizations who wish to offer relevant vocational and livelihoods training that are tailored to their local labour market and marketplaces. It will help you design and guide vocational and livelihoods training programmes and can be used prior to the start of or during the programme design phase.

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Creating an evidence base for effective vocational and livelihoods training

This report presents a comparative analysis of twenty four skills and market assessments undertaken between May 2011 and December 2012. It provides an overview of the methodology used as well as an in depth analysis into local market dynamics in South Sudan. However, the report offers insights for practitioners designing or implementing similar programs across the globe. Some general suggested approaches include the matching of training to needs of employers, integrating basic education into vocational training and combining microfinance lending with vocational and business training.

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Case Study of youth's financial inclusion in post and ongoing conflictareas in Sudan

The main objective of this study is to review the opportunities and challenges that face the demand side of targeted young people, especially women and vulnerable groups in micro-finance. It also seeks to review policies, programmes and experiences of service providers to identify successes and failures and lessons learned. The study provides recommendations to local governments in Sudan on how to better support and facilitate the operations of microfinance NGO’s. Some of the recommendations include the need to build smart partnerships with investment ministries at the federal and state levels, incorporate microfinance into education curriculums, create legislation for land tenure registration as collateral and establish youth employment commission at the federal level.

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One stop resource centre for youth and migrants

This manual is designed to serve as a user-friendly reference guide in establishing and operating a One-Stop Resource Centre (OSRC) for migrant families and the youth. To assist countries like the Philippines that are dealing with overseas migration and seeking ways to reach out to migrant communities, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has globally promoted the creation of Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs). These centres provide avenues for organized responses to migration challenges as well as range of programmes and services necessary for empowering and protecting migrants and harnessing the benefits of migration for socioeconomic development.

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Campaign against illegal recruitment, trafficking and irregular migration, CAIRTIM

This Trainer’s Manual is intended for individuals engaged in providing training and counseling to prospective migrants. It was designed to fit the needs and capabilities of both experienced and novice trainers. This manual will help assist the trainers in conditioning the prospective migrants of the proper mindset when making a decision to live or work abroad, provide the trainers with accurate and useful information that they need to convey to individuals who are participants to pre-employment orientation seminars, and set the minimum standard for delivering the key messages that need to be relayed to prospective migrants.

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Youth migration from the Philippines: Brain drain and brain waste

This study examines the whether or not the high percentage of professionals among youth working abroad could be construed as a form of brain drain. It looks at the underlying sources of the high propensity of Filipinos to seek jobs overseas and why the number of deployed Filipino migrants keeps increasing every year. Conclusions and recommendations include the need to reform the fragmented education system which results in many graduates seeking employment in occupations different from their preparation, the need to improve data collection systems, and the need to offer adequate information services and mediation to applicants for work overseas.

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The Filipino youth and the employment-migration nexus

This report analyses the international migration patterns for employment in the Philippines and offers suggestions on how to respond to them. Presently more than 10% of the national population is based abroad. This study also aims to better understand the link between youth employment and migration and how to broaden the youth’s options in these areas. It recommends promoting the hiring of young workers via incentives such as tax breaks, improving education and dissemination of information on job opportunities both within the country and abroad, and it notes the need to engage young Filipinos overseas to improve data collection and develop “brain gain” policies and programs.

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National youth employment program and pilot implementation in Antalya: the structure of rural employment in Turkey

This study addresses the structural decline of employment in Turkey’s agricultural sector and offers suggestions on increasing job opportunities in rural areas of the country. Some recommendations are to encourage added value organic farming, livestock, rural tourism as well as agro-business activities, such as food processing and cottage industries to address the dearth of opportunities for women acting as unpaid family workers in agricultural areas.

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Improved capabilities and resources to build women’s economic and social security

This document presents lessons and results of specific relevance to shaping the post-2015 development framework in regards to improved capabilities and resources including improved knowledge and health and access to resources and opportunities to build women’s economic and social security. It presents case studies of 10 different programmes implemented by the MDG Achievement Fund (MDG-F) in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Honduras, Namibia, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam. Each case identifies the the key actors, objectives, strategy, results, sustainability analysis and lessons learned.

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Knowledge management for culture and development: MDG-F joint programmes in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Uruguay

This publication is part of series that seeks to present the Knowledge Management project on culture and development and provide information on the five Joint Programmes implemented in Latin America between 2008 and 2013. It provides an overview the operational challenges and success of each project and demonstrates the relative impact that each had on accelerating progress toward the Millennium Development Goals.

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Knowledge management for culture and development: MDG-F joint programmes in Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco and occupied Palestinian territory

Sharing centuries old cultural, religious, linguistic and historical heritage, the Arab States have long placed their heritage at centre stage, focusing on its promotion for tourism as a path to development. This publication is part of series that seek to present the Knowledge Management project and provide information on the four Joint Programmes implemented in the Arab States between 2008 and 2013. It provides an overview the operational challenges and success of each project and demonstrates the relative impact that each had on accelerating progress toward the Millennium Development Goals.

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Knowledge management for culture and development: MDG-F joint programmes in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia and Senegal

This publication is part of series that seeks to present the knowledge management project on culture and development and provide information on the four Joint Programmes implemented in Africa between 2008 and 2013. It provides an overview the operational challenges and success of each project and demonstrates the relative impact that each had on accelerating progress toward the Millennium Development Goals.

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Knowledge management for culture and development: MDG-F joint programmes in Cambodia and China

The overall purpose of the MDG-F’s Thematic Window on Culture and Development is to demonstrate that, even though culture is not explicitly mentioned in the Millennium Development Goals, cultural assets are an essential component of national development, notably in terms of poverty alleviation and social inclusion. This publication is part of series that seek to present the Knowledge Management project and provide information on the two Joint Programmes implemented in Asia between 2008 and 2012, namely in Cambodia and China. It highlights four key projects that focused on Culture and Entrepreneurship and Culture and Social Dialogue. It provides an overview the operational challenges and success of each project and demonstrates the relative impact that each had on accelerating progress toward the Millennium Development Goals.

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Harnessing sustainable linkages for SMEs in Turkey’s textile sector

This report provides comprehensive information about best practice examples of national and international research centres that aim to increase competitiveness of SMEs in the textile and apparel sectors. The document provides an analysis of best practices in research centres in five countries with priority given to ones that prioritize the environment, corporate social responsibility, supply chain structuring and sustainability as well as proposes a model for a research centre based in Malatya, Turkey. Within this proposal administrative structure, job descriptions and related legislation of the universities is also provided.

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