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The self-employment programme
Kosovo, as elsewhere in the Western Balkans, suffers from high rates of unemployment, particularly among young people. In 2014, about 2 out of 3 young Kosovans in the labour force did not have a job, contributing heavily to the 35 percent unemployment rate among the population. What is worse, the current economic growth is able to create jobs for only about 29% of the 11,500 persons entering the labour market each year.
In 2015, we partnered with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and Kosovo institutions to pioneer the Self-Employment Programme. We’re supporting job seekers with skills to launch their own enterprises with a start-up grant and mentoring services.
So far, Kosovo now has 43 proud new entrepreneurs who themselves hire more people to grow their start-ups. While more will come in 2016, you now have a chance to meet a few of them.
See at: https://undpeurasia.exposure.co/the-new-entrepreneurs-of-kosovo
