Education and Business Modernizing Academic Teaching & Research Environment in Business & Economics at Lebanon and Syria ( MATRE) MATRE project contributes towards modernizing the higher education sector in Lebanon and Syria by supporting the “Higher Education & Society” TEMPUS programme theme. This was realized by establishing centers for international quality research & sustainable curricula development in the Business, Economics & Management fields at the LB and SY partner universities to lead the research environment development in cooperation with other LB/SY universities, business representatives & similar centers in EU & neighboring countries.

1. TEMPUS MATRE PROJECT
544001-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPHES
Education and Business
Vilnius 2014

2. Youth unemployment
• Lithuania 2014 Q1 unemployment rate - 8,6 %
• Lithuania 2014 Q1 youth unemployment rate -
21,2 %
*The age range designated by The United Nations addresses the period when mandatory
schooling ends until the age of 24
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4. Solutions
• The Lithuanian government has allocated budget of 300 million LTL for initiative
‘’Youth Guarantee’ LTL. The main goal of program - youth after searching for a job
for 4 months will get a job, practice or study offer.
• LT governmental and municipalities’ initiative of wage subsidies and reductions in
pay-roll taxes in order to encourage recruitment of the young workers.
• LT governmental and municipalities’ initiatives related to free counseling, training
and assistance in order to find the new markets for the new companies.
• Initiatives of improving of education system in order to bridge the gap between
education and labor market needs.
• Initiatives to encourage small and medium businesses, which generate nearly 70 %
jobs in Europe.
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5. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in action
• Connection of work-based training with school-based education.
• Participation of business representatives as social partners in education process
(presenting the lectures, participation in the final thesis, practices, seminars,
discussions, events and etc.).
• School-to-work transition striving to improve (job search assistance programs and
career guidance ).
• Integration of the new technologies into education program and commercialization
of the new ideas.
• Researches, studies and experiments ordered by businesses.
• Youth entrepreneurship training.
• Integration to Startup ecosystem.
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9. Thanks for your kind attention!
Acknowledgement: This work is part of the MATRE Tempus Project (Modernizing Academic Teaching & Research Environment in
Business & Economics at Lebanon and Syria). This project is funded by the European Commission under the TEMPUS IV – Sixth call
for Proposals (Project Number is: 544001-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPHES,).
Contact: Arūnas Vizickas
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Faculty of Business Management
Social partner, Entrepreneur
Email: arunas.vizickas@gmail.com

10. Thanks for your kind attention!
Acknowledgement: This work is part of the MATRE Tempus Project (Modernizing Academic Teaching & Research Environment in
Business & Economics at Lebanon and Syria). This project is funded by the European Commission under the TEMPUS IV – Sixth call
for Proposals (Project Number is: 544001-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPHES,).
Contact: Arūnas Vizickas
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Faculty of Business Management
Social partner, Entrepreneur
Email: arunas.vizickas@gmail.com