This Annex to the Study on Youth Employment in the Western Balkan outlines the nature and challenges of the youth labour market in Serbia, among which the lack of job opportunities, a lack of support for youth entrepreneurship, the prevalence of precarious employment of youth, poor educational provision and lack of infrastructure and teaching materials at secondary vocational education and training (VET) schools (attended by three quarters of upper secondary school pupils) leading to a mismatch of skills with labour market needs, and a revolving door of internships and a difficult transition from higher education to work of university graduates as well as the prevalence of informal channels of finding a job have been identified as key factors holding back the integration of young people into the labour market.

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