35. Stresses the need to improve the overall quality of education in order to meet the needs of the internal and foreign labour market; calls on the BiH authorities to address the deficiencies of vocational training in order to attract foreign direct investment, as well as to ensure, for reasons of economic necessity among others, that the accreditation of education institutions gets under way and the agencies dealing with recognition of degrees and diplomas become fully operational; welcomes the measures taken to develop and foster training courses and programmes for young people so as to facilitate their participation in the labour m ...[+++]arket, and calls for more initiatives in this regard;

39. Stresses the need to improve the overall quality of education in order to meet the needs of the internal and foreign labour market; calls on the BiH authorities to address the deficiencies of vocational training in order to attract foreign direct investment, as well as to ensure, for reasons of economic necessity among others, that the accreditation of education institutions gets under way and the agencies dealing with recognition of degrees and diplomas become fully operational; welcomes the measures taken to develop and foster training courses and programmes for young people so as to facilitate their participation in the labour m ...[+++]arket, and calls for more initiatives in this regard;

23. Stresses that, although a European area of education and training is emerging, the objective of removing obstacles to mobility has not been achieved yet and the mobility of learners in VET remains low; underlines that increasing the transnational mobility of VET learners and teachers substantially and recognising the knowledge, skills and competences they have acquired abroad will be an important challenge for the future and that better and targeted information provision and guidance are also needed to attract more foreign learners to our VET systems;

29. Stresses that, although a European area of education and training is emerging, the objective of removing obstacles to mobility has not been achieved yet, and the mobility of learners in VET remains low; underlines that increasing the transnational mobility of VET learners and teachers substantially, and recognising the knowledge, skills and competences they have acquired abroad, will be important challenges for the future, and that better and targeted provision of information and guidance is also needed to attract more foreign learners to our VET systems;

As an essential element of lifelong learning and an important means of enhancing people's employability and adaptability, mobility for learners, teachers and teacher trainers should be gradually expanded with a view to making periods of learning abroad — both within Europe and the wider world — the rule rather than the exception.

By 2020, an EU average of at least 6 % of 18-34 year-olds with an initial vocational education and training qualification should have had an initial VET-related study or training period (including work placements) abroad lasting a minimum of 2 weeks , or less if documented by Europass.