About Sector skills councils

Sector Skills Councils are expert and consulting bodies formed as a partnership; their basic function is to define the needs for qualifications on the Republic of Serbia labour market.

Sector Skills Councils are expert and consulting bodies formed as a partnership; their basic function is to define the needs for qualifications on the Republic of Serbia labour market.

The responsibilities of Sector Skills Councils are implemented through the following duties:

  • analysing existing and assessing the necessary qualifications within the particular sector
  • identifies which qualification should be modernised
  • identifying the qualifications that no longer meet the needs of the sector
  • drafting the qualification standards within the sector
  • providing an opinion on the expected learning outcomes and skills within the sector;
  • promoting dialogue and immediate cooperation between the field of labour and the field of education;
  • promoting opportunities for education, training and employment within the sector;
  • identifies opportunities for adult education within the sector;
  • considering the implications of the National Qualifications Framework on qualifications within the sector;
  • proposing the list of qualifications by levels and types that can be acquired by recognition of previous learning
  • promoting potentials for employment, vocational education and training within sector;
  • deliberating the implications of NQF on qualifications within sector.