Round Table Conference: Bridging the Gap between Education and Labour Markets Needs

Mr. Marko Pavic, Minister of Labour and Pension System of the Republic of Croatia pointed out that because of the gap between the educational system and labour market needs an educational reform had been started in his country. The educational system should be flexible to sustain the fast development of modern technologies leading to the unpredictable labour market development and constant demand of new professions. He examined the professional qualities required by the rates of future development: digital literacy, critical thinking, communication skills, capability for solving problems and decision making, readiness for lifelong learning and obtaining new knowledge in the relevant field, acquisition of more than one speciality. The engines for developing the education in the provision of these qualities should be the universities.