Kosovo

Projects

Senior Expert Contact

Promoting entrepreneurship through expertise - Imparting technical skills through volunteer work Through their services, Senior Expert Contact (SEC) experts provide hands-on, direct support to companies and institutions in their efforts to grow.
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Boost Employment: Continued efforts for labour market inclusion in Albania and Kosovo

After the successful 10-year intervention for the employability and economic integration of marginalized and youth groups - based on the “Coaching for Employment” methodology - Boost Employment Project brings Swisscontact’s support to labour market in Albania and Kosovo to another level.

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Matching Skills to Jobs (MSJ)

Matching Skills to Jobs is a project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), implemented by Swisscontact. The project is part of the Swiss Portfolio Outcome 2 of the Swiss Cooperation Programme 2022-2025, which is aligned with the SDC's strategic orientation in the field of education, in particular improving governance, quality and relevance.The MSJ project aims to bring about significant progress in the vocational education and training (VET) system in Kosovo by establishing a governance structure that is not only adaptable, but also promotes effective cooperation between private and public stakeholders.

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Swiss Entrepreneurship Program

The heart of any entrepreneurial ecosystem is the community of entrepreneurs themselves. The Swiss Entrepreneurship Program (Swiss EP) has incorporated this belief and supports building local startup communities bottom up by working with ecosystem leaders and builders since 2015. We do this by working with selected startup support organizations...

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Promoting Private Sector Employment

Kosovo has grown moderately at an average rate of 4% in the last few years (pre-COVID 19) and is constantly facing growing labour force, while the labour market falls short of generating the jobs needed to absorb the new entrants (around 30,000 annually). Formal employment makes around 75% of the overall employment, with public sector accounting for 25% of formal jobs. Youth, women, and minorities (particularly the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian) remain the most excluded groups. The COVID-19 pandemic did not spare Kosovo’s economy from its devastating impact.

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28.11.2024

Voices from our local partners in Kosovo

Since 2017, Swisscontact through the Promoting Private Sector Employment (PPSE) project’s collaboration with local partner Organika has been pivotal in transforming organic sector in Kosovo, fostering sustainable growth and positioning Organika as a key driver of development. Through this partnership, Organika has positioned itself as a sector leader, facilitated access to premium export markets, branding Kosovo as a producer of high-quality organic Medicinal Aromatic Plants (MAPs) and Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs). With Organika now in the driving seat, the focus is on sustaining growth and driving independent innovation in the industry.

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11.11.2024

How is Swisscontact supporting Kosovo's green agricultural transformation?

In Kosovo, agriculture is steadily evolving from traditional practices to sustainable innovation. Although the sector currently represents around 7.4% of the country’s GDP, its potential for growth and impact has never been more promising. Aligned with national strategies and international agreements like the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans and the Sofia Declaration, Kosovo is gearing up for a greener future in farming.

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28.10.2024

Kosovo's vision for sustainable tourism

At a recent high-level panel on sustainable tourism, leaders from across Kosovo gathered to tackle an ambitious challenge: growing the country’s nascent tourism sector while preserving its unspoiled landscapes. Organized by the Promoting Private Sector Employment (PPSE) project and the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship, and Trade (MIET), the Sustainable Tourism Conference brought together local officials, policymakers, financial experts, and private entrepreneurs, all focused on shaping the future of tourism in Kosovo.

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Country Director Kosovo

Fisnik Recica

Swisscontact in Kosovo

Swisscontact’s key objective in Kosovo is to strengthen the private sector, improve business conditions and create a dynamic labour market that offers job and business opportunities to all. The focus is on the unemployed youth, women, and minorities.

In Kosovo, Swisscontact works across several segments of economic life in the country, from supporting job creation in the food and natural ingredients and tourism sectors to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition, Swisscontact trains coaches, enabling them to guide young people into the world of work.

This is done in collaboration with a broad spectrum of local partners from the government institutions, private sector, education institutions and business organizations.

Swisscontact’s work in these sectors is an essential part of Switzerland’s development strategy in the country.

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JOBS

Terms of Reference, Project Branding Services

The Matching Skills to Jobs (MSJ) is seeking to contract a marketing or design company, or consultant for the developmment of a comprehensive brand and visual identity for the MSJ project and its activities.

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