· Vocational / Second Level education and training programmes and income supports: There is a growing recognition that upskilling is key to secure employment in the years ahead.

Support provided for in Article 20(a)(i) shall not include courses of instruction or training which form part of normal programmes or systems of agricultural and forestry education at secondary or higher levels.

(i) either training at post-secondary level other than that referred to in points (d) and (e) of a duration of at least one year or of an equivalent duration on a part-time basis , one of the conditions of entry of which is, as a general rule, the successful completion of the secondary course required to obtain entry to university or higher education or the completion of equivalent school education of the second secondary level , as well as the professional training which may be required in addition to that post-secondary course,

(a) either training at post-secondary level other than that referred to in paragraph 5 of a duration of at least one year, one of the conditions of entry of which is, as a general rule, the successful completion of the secondary course required to obtain entry to university or higher education or the completion of equivalent school education of the second secondary level, as well as the professional training which may be required in addition to that postsecondary course;

6. Is particularly alarmed at the fact that many young and well educated people, including a large proportion of university professors, have left the country over the last few years; takes the view that it is essential to help Albania build a functioning primary school education system which is open to all sectors of the population and also to step up cooperation in the field of higher education so as to attract students especially those who are children of immigrant families and have studied in other European countries and to offer qualified researchers and professors, prospects of pursuing their activities in their own country;

- about three quarters of "Europass Training" holders are in education or training at secondary or upper secondary level; lower and higher levels of education each account for 10-15% of the cases.