Georgia
Strategies for youth employment
- Strategies for youth employment
- Yes
Youth employment strategy planned in the next 2 years
- Discussions within the government
- No
- Consultations with national-level stakeholders (e.g. employers’ and workers’ associations, youth councils, etc.)
- No
- A draft strategy already exists
- No
- Other (please specify)
- No
Countries with national action plans for youth employment
- Monitoring framework (timeline and activity/outcome indicators, e.g. youth labour market indicators)
- Yes
- Funding (indicative budget to implement the plan)
- Yes
- Institutional responsibilities (e.g. ministries/agencies in charge of specific planned activities )
- Yes
- Other, specify
- Yes
Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
• Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia • The Skills Agency, Educational and Scientific Infrastructure Development Agency (ESIDA).Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
• Vocational Education Strategy 2024-2030 • 2022-2030 Unified National Strategy of Education and Science of GeorgiaCountries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Georgia has defined clear national objectives to promote youth employment, focusing particularly on decent work and youth entrepreneurship, supported by strategic reforms in vocational education and cross-sector collaboration. National goals include: • Supporting decent and quality employment for young people; • Promoting youth entrepreneurship. Vocational Education Strategy 2024–2030 - This strategy positions youth development as a critical pillar of Georgia’s socio-economic progress. It focuses on preparing young people for the modern labor market by: • Equipping them with market-relevant skills aligned with globalization, technological advancement, and the transition to green and digital economies; • Improving the quality of vocational education and training (VET) through curriculum updates, teacher training, and performance standards; • Modernizing infrastructure and integrating innovative teaching methods and technologies; • Enhancing access to lifelong learning and employability. Partnerships - the strategy emphasizes cooperation between: • Educational institutions, • Industry stakeholders, • Government agencies.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Reduce the youth unemployment rate from 27.8% in 2021 to 21.8% by 2026.Policy areas in national youth employment strategies
- Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
- No
- Enterprise Development
- No
- Education, Training and skills development
- Yes
- Labour Demand
- Yes
- Labour Law and Legislation
- No
- Labour Market Policies
- No
- Other (please specify)
- No
Social partners' inclusion in the youth employment strategy
- Workers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- No
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- No
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- No
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- No
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Informed
- Employers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- No
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Fully involved
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- No
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- No
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- No
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Informed
Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy
- Fully involved
- Yes
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- No
- Consulted
- No
- Informed
- No
- Not involved
- No
Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
2025: In order to strengthen public-private partnership, in 2021 the Georgian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia jointly established a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity - Skills Agency. Skills Agency aims to ensure the involvement of the private sector in VET, develop qualifications in line with the labour market needs, support innovative training, increase competition and provide better employment opportunities. The Skills Agency plays an important role in fostering partnerships by providing consultations and capacity-building activities for private companies. It assists private companies in developing training and retraining programs, gaining the status of a training enterprise and engaging in dual programs. These initiatives aim to create better employment opportunities for citizens of Georgia, including youth. Moreover, in order to strengthen public private partnerships, the Ministry has a new initiative that envisages bringing private sector in the management process of vocational education. In this regard, cooperation is underway with leading private companies in various sectors, including construction, carpentry, hospitality, etc. __________ 2023: In September 2019, the Youth Agency was established, which is a government agency and unites three agencies working on youth issues: the Youth Policy Management Department of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, the National Center for Children and Youth and the National Children and Youth Fund. The aim is to create a youth environment in Georgia with the direct participation and involvement of young people. In addition, Youth Agency aims to create a youth ecosystem with European standards, where all young people will be able to realize their potential and actively participate in all aspects of public life.Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- Yes
- Migrant Workers
- Yes
- NEETs
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Low skilled workers
- No
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- No
Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Yes
Additional information:
2025: In 2022 ILO, within the project: Inclusive Labour Market for Job Creation in Georgia organized a special call for Youth Organizations and Entrepreneurs, on SIYB Certification. Development of vocational education through technical or financial assistance is supported by donor organizations: EU, UNDP, USAID, ADB, KfW, SDC, GIZ. with the focus on aligning the vocational education system with labor market demands and international tendencies. _____________________ 2023: International Labour Organization supports Georgia and provides technical support to put in place interventions to promote youth entrepreneurship and improve the business climate for the establishment of new businesses by youth within the ILO-DK Project “Inclusive Labour Markets for Job Creation in Georgia”. _______________ 2022: * The UN Theme Group on Youth Development (UN Entities in Georgia - UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, UNIDO, ILO, UNHCR) supported the development of "Georgian National Youth Policy Concept for 2020 - 2030’’. * The UN Theme Group on Youth Development and the Technical Assistance project of the EU Skills4Jobs Programme, provided financial and technical support to LLEP Youth Agency in development of "The National Youth Strategy 2025” and its action plan for 2022-2023. * As a result of collaboration of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Youth Agency of Georgia, within the project Inclusive labour markets for job creation in Georgia, funded by the Government of Denmark (DANIDA) the study was conducted by the ISET Policy Institute to assess youth entrepreneurship stimulation in Georgia, understand the barriers and prepare recommendations for reform interventions.