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CYPRUS
Evaluating the soft skills of unemployed youth – Cyprus Productivity Centre (CPC)
The objective of the CPC is to assist private and public organisations to utilise their human and
capital resources in the best possible way to increase productivity.
The Management Development component aims at aiding and supporting private and public
organisations to encourage their modernisation and contribute to their effective adjustment to the
changing and competitive global market. This aim is pursued through a variety of activities and
services such as training, information, and publications.
CPC, through the Technical Vocational Training, offers accelerated initial training and continuing
training for technical personnel in industry and technical advice to businesses for solving specific
problems. Training programmes are organised in specially equipped laboratories in Nicosia,
Limassol and Larnaca by qualified instructors.

Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Plan (CRRP)
CRRP aims educational system modernisation, by upskilling and retraining on the digital
transformation of schools, while making sure that no student is left behind. It also includes the
upgrading of school infrastructures and making appropriate equipment accessible to all students
and teachers, as well as supporting remote teaching. Moreover, it includes the upgrading and
promotion of vocational education and training (VET) and of its relevance to the Cyprus labour
market. Similarly, it enhances the attractiveness of Science, Technology, Engineering e Mathematics
subjects from an early age.
Several initiatives in VET over the past years have aimed to improve its relevance to labour market
needs and enhance its attractiveness. New premises have been constructed, equipment has been
upgraded, curricula are being modernised and new courses have been established to better meet
the needs of the labour market. The Post-Secondary Institutes of Technical Education have received
a new impetus and their graduates have high percentages of employability. The apprenticeship
system is also being modernised, offering learning pathways with prospects for their students.

Cyprus Vision 2035 – A long-term strategy for sustainable growth for Cyprus
This strategic plan sets the conditions to ensure that the spread of the prosperity in Cyprus is fair
and inclusive for all its citizens; this includes improvement and promotion of vocational education
with new vocational secondary schools and the re-establishment of a Higher Education Technical
Institute, both providing courses co-designed and led by employers.
The initiatives aim to change behaviours in both the workplace and in society. Specifically, educating
citizens on green and sustainable ways of living and working, embedding ethical and anticorruption
within society, changing perceptions of vocational education and creating a culture of lifelong
learning and upskilling.
For those aged 16-19 in vocational education, students are encouraged to develop enterprise-
related ideas, stressing the cooperation with external enterprises and other relevant stakeholders
and networks.

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