The Current Status and Challenges of the Human Resource Developments in Kosovo

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore the status and challenges of human resources and development in Kosovo. Literature review suggested that government intervention, vocational and technical education, social network, and organizational structures are the key factors that influence human resources and development practices in the country. Beyond that the paper aims to compare the evaluation of performance in other sectors of well and then through comparison has a purpose to promote value-added production and skilled workforce in the organizations via developing various national labor enhancement policies, strategies and regulations and providing a set of training subsidies for employee in all sectors. Human resource development has become an essential component the development process. This is due to the fact that any development process is driven by the human factor. It is further urge, that policy formulation is a journey with challenges. The strength of the policy implementation lies in identifying such challenges, and finding ways of overcoming them. Lastly, the discussion reveals that human resource development is closely linked to other human resource factors that pertain at a given period, such as recruitment policies, labor market patterns, the age and experience of staff etc. Human resource development policies therefore must be reviewed from time to time to keep in step with the changing environment. It also highlights the key challenges faced, the lessons learnt and the way forward in enhancing sustainable human resource development in the country.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n10p548