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WHAT WE DO

The E4E@mk project acts as a facilitator between educational institutions and the private sector, aiming to equip young people with the skills demanded by the market, making it easier for them to find employment.

Market- Oriented Secondary Vocational Education

We are transforming the way students acquire job skills! By increasing the involvement of employers in secondary vocational education through dual education, we support processes aimed at improving quality, ensuring that young people are well-prepared for the labor market. 

Private Sector Invests in Quality Education


The best learning happens on the job! In collaboration with the private sector, we jointly invest in enhancing the knowledge, skills, and competencies gained in the workplace.

PHOTOS

SUCCESS STORIES

The support from E4E was a catalyst for realization of our ambitious initiative for practically applicable wine training of 180 enthusiasts and employees in restaurants across Macedonia. The trainings affect the better placement and sale of Macedonian wines, the tourist offer, the earnings and the higher standards in the wine industry.
Petar VelickovicWine Way
Petar Velickovic
The support from E4E was of invaluable importance for realization of the educational activities within "Responsible Future". The collaboration enabled hearing-impaired students from “Partenija Zografski” to acquire a range of new knowledge and skills in design, fashion and crafts. The program for modern learning and practice increased the opportunities for a group of young people to realize their potential in the desired job.
Svetlana Bogova JovanovskaMacedonian Fashion Association
Svetlana Bogova Jovanovska
Within this project, we carried out training for candidates in order for them to become medical devices production operators. The training included practical part as well as a theoretical part carried out in cooperation with a VET school. By doing this, we completed the process of acquiring vocational skills and employment.
Bojana DimovskaGeneral Manager - RONTIS
Bojana Dimovska
The Summer Practice Guideline has been a missing link for a long time in the system and the same represents a solid basis for all the future processes for increasing the quality of cooperation between the vocational education and training schools and the companies, especially for systemic development of On The Job Learning which in the future will have to be an integral part of each and every qualification within the formal vocational education.
Zoran JovcevskiMD – Advisor, VETC
Zoran Jovcevski
The E4E@mk project supported the drafting of the Analysis of the legal framework and resources in the vocational education and training. This document is considered as a very comprehensive analysis of the current situation that comes at the right time and its recommendations are to be well used in the introduction of a market oriented vocational education and training.
Biljana Trajkovska State Advisor, MoES
Biljana Trajkovska
The support from the E4E@mk project through the Opportunity Fund enabled us to carry out training for young people and part of them became our employees. Through our participation in this project, these young and ambitious individuals have acquired a range of skills which in great extent help them in achieving their daily tasks and overcoming their work challenges.
Ivana Razmoska Slice
Ivana Razmoska
The training carried out by E4E@mk will significantly help us in the part of creating the future educational policies in all subsystems of the educational system of Republic of North Macedonia. The message is very strong and we acknowledge the importance of the objective comparative data from multiple sources in order to extract real conclusions before making the decisions.
Safet NeziriState Advisor, MoES
Safet Neziri
The well-contemplated training program, the approach, the patience and the detailed answers to our questions and notions provided by the trainers really helped us to systematize our knowledge and acquire new skills.
Natasa JanevskaAdvisor, Economic Chamber of Macedonia
Natasa Janevska

The Education for Employment in North Macedonia (E4E@mk) project is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and is implemented by HELVETAS North Macedonia, the Macedonian Civic Education Center and the Economic Chamber of Macedonia. The main objective of the project is to contribute towards a more gainful employment of youth (ages 15 – 29), including vulnerable groups, in a socially inclusive and sustainable way.

Switzerland has supported the transition processes in North Macedonia since 1992. This cooperation is grounded in Switzerland’s tradition of solidarity and reflects the importance that Switzerland places on the stability and prosperity of the Western Balkans. Today, Switzerland ranks among the largest bilateral cooperation partners to North Macedonia, with financial support of EUR 69 million for the period 2017 – 2020. Switzerland’s cooperation program focuses on three priority domains in North Macedonia: democratic governance, employment and economic development, as well as infrastructure and environment. For more information, visit the website: www.eda.admin.ch/north-macedonia and the Facebook page:  https//www.facebook.com/SwissEmbassySkopje/