Smart Growth Pillar Smart growth Pillar targets vi

Smart Growth Pillar Smart growth Pillar targets vi. Increase GDP person employed by 33%; vii. Raise the region’s workforce by 300, 000 highly qualified people Pillar Dimensions Education/ Competences Dimension co-ordinator Other regional platforms involved External partners RCC unit responsible ERI SEE Novi Sad Initiat. , SEECEL ETF, DG EAC, WB PET BHC Monitoring system National administration participants Ministry of education; Employment bureaus R&D and Innovation Regional Research Platform WBIF/EDIF SEEIC Digital Society Culture & Creative Sectors e-SEE RCC TFCS Ce. GD Co. Mo. Co. SEE World Bank, UNDP, ITU, EC DG ENLG, DG R&I (DG Connect) BHC (primary), ESD RCC/OECD Ministry of Science; Information Ministry of Society Economy Co. E, ICOM BHC Ministry of Culture; Economy;

Regional priorities Measures Actions • Quality/ qualifications/ mobility • Development of practical competences through workbased learning • Standardisation of qualifications and removing obstacles for their recognition • Teacher education • Sharing experience on modalities for cooperation between social partners and education institutions • Improving regional cooperation in the development of Self certification and referencing process • Enhancing regional mobility of workforce through career guidance and counselling services • Establishing regional circle of trust in the course of paving the way for faster recognition of qualifications • Sharing strategies and quality criteria for the professional development of educators and administrators • Inclusiveness and LLL • Increasing participation in education at all levels • Prevention of early school leaving and drop-out from higher education • Development of regionally coherent instruments for Validation and Recognition of Prior Learning in accordance with EU recommendations • Initiating regional dialogue on enhancing the access and quality of the pre-school education • Exchange of practice and policy learning on the reduction of early school leaving and drop-out