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Long-term effects of coaching for employment for young people in Albania

Background

The Lucerne School of Social Work has been involved in a development project in Albania since 2010 aiming to support the access of young people from marginalized groups to access to vocational training and the labor market. The School has trained around 60 people from NGOs and the National Employment Offices, who have coached more than 1000 young people. The project is running successfully and was extended to Kosovo in 2017. What is missing at current is a systematic study of the impact on the participant teenagers and their families. There are numbers on how many young people have found a job after coaching, but not on how the young people have found a sustainable entry into working life. It would be important to examine where the participants of the first years are today, to what extent the project has contributed to a longer-term change in their life situation, which difficulties have encountered them in their further professional development and what impact a regular income has on the lives of young people and their families.

Objective

Investigation of the longer-term effects of project interventions on the young people involved and their families.

Expected Benefits

  • In partner country: Basis to developing local measures to increase the sustainability of the project interventions. Enhanced local structures to prevent migration and brain drain.
  • In Switzerland: For HSLU the project offers insights into developing a coaching approach for marginalized groups, which can be re-used in teaching and other projects and settings (e.g. Kosovo). Scientific evidence supports effective development cooperation in order to achieve its goals and to make efficient and effective use of development funds. Findings will be available for other development projects in Switzerland and Swiss organizations.

Contact Information

Peter Stade, , phone:+41 41 367 48 07

Luzern University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Long-term effects of coaching for employment for young people in Albania
Long-term effects of coaching for employment for young people in Albania

Partner country: Albania

Research Partners: Universities and research institutions in Albania

Cost: CHF 800’000.-

Duration: 4 years