WISEs and their potential to transform the Croatian skill-formation regime

Buković, Nikola; Baturina, Danijel

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WISEs and their potential to transform the Croatian skill-formation regime

Nikola Buković*

Danijel Baturina*

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Table 2
Measures in the pipeline to address skill gaps for enablers, supporters and workers with support needs (% values)*

Type of measure	Enablers	Supporters	WSNs
Training courses	51.7	65.2	54.5
Recruitment of new staff	27.0	27.0	20.7
Internal re-organization of staff	27.0	23.6	24.1
No measures	19.1.	11.2	19.3
Other measures	12.4	15.7	22.1

*Data for enablers and supporters is based on responses from enablers, while data for WSNs is based on responses from supporters.

Source: Galera et al. (2022: 135).

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