81313831-Improving skills for employment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

have insufficient qualifications for existing jobs and/or the qualifications are not recognised. Vocational training courses and employment support services are often inadequately geared to the needs of the labour market. Alternative entry points to the primary labour market - such as internships an

d the associated work-based learning - are mostly unpaid and therefore unattractive for young people. Existential constraints push vulnerable labour market participants into taking advantage of short-term, informal job opportunities that do