OECD Skills Strategy Bulgaria
Assessment and Recommendations
Skills are the key to shaping a better future and central to the capacity of countries and people to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world. Megatrends such as digitalisation, globalisation, demographic change and climate change are reshaping work and society, generating a growing demand for higher levels and new sets of skills.
OECD Skills Strategy projects provide a strategic and comprehensive approach to assess countries’ skills challenges and opportunities and help them build more effective skills systems. The OECD works collaboratively with countries to develop policy responses that are tailored to each country’s specific skills needs. The foundation of this approach is the OECD Skills Strategy Framework, which allows for an exploration of what countries can do better to: 1) develop relevant skills over the life course; 2) use skills effectively in work and in society; and 3) strengthen the governance of the skills system.
This report, OECD Skills Strategy Bulgaria: Assessment and Recommendations, identifies opportunities and makes recommendations to improve youth skills, improve adult skills, use skills effectively in the labour market and at work, and improve the governance of the skills system in Bulgaria.
Improving adult skills in Bulgaria
Participation in adult learning has important benefits for individuals, employers and society. Across countries, there is a growing need to upskill and reskill in adulthood in the context of technological change, more frequent transitions between jobs, the lengthening of working lives, and global shocks such as the COVID‑19 pandemic. This chapter explains the importance of raising participation in adult learning in Bulgaria and improving adult skills and how doing so can contribute to Bulgaria’s economy and society. It also describes current policies and practices to improve adult skills in Bulgaria. It then explores three opportunities to improve adult skills in Bulgaria: 1) increasing motivation among adults and employers to participate in adult learning; 2) making education and training more flexible and accessible for adults and employers; and 3) improving the quality and relevance of adult education and training for adults and employers.
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