NEET rate in Poland

As we wrote in earlier articles one of the biggest problems of transition from education to work is the significant share of young people, who are no longer in education or training, but they also do not have a paid job. So-called NEETs are usually counted in the population aged 15-24.  In Poland such age…

Youth Unemployment Through The Optics Of The Public Education System In Slovakia

Despite the public education system in Slovakia being questioned for almost two decades, no substantial reform of either primary, secondary or tertiary education has happened. With the arrival of a number of major automotive companies into the country (Volkswagen, PSA Peugeot Citroën, KIA, Land Rover), Slovakia became the biggest car producer in the world per…

Impact Evaluation In A Nutshell

The terminology of Impact Evaluation procedures might be sometimes difficult to grasp, but the core question is very simple: DOES IT WORK? The evaluation of the impact of activities, measures or organisations, tries to answer basic questions such as: What works? What does not work? For whom it works and for whom it doesn´t? Why…