Education Level and Standard - an Important Factor in National Competitiveness

The competitiveness of a national economy is an important determinant in its international standing. In addition, the degree of competitiveness achieved determines the chances of each national economy for lasting and stable growth and development. The level achieved, the success generated and the framework for its distribution determines, among other things, the possible level of personal and public consumption. The standard of education, both formally and in terms of up-to-date useful knowledge and skills is one of the basic factors that affect the ability to create new wealth. Croatia, for a long time, as a result of the war and post-war conditions, and also because of its specific degree of (self-imposed) isolation, has ceased to concern itself with this factor. The present level of economic openness, and the undoubted process of moving towards the European Union, has drastically intensified the need for a catch-up strategy for in the process of education development at the national level.competitiveness, economic growth and development, standard of education, (un)employment, regional and global standing of the state.

Employment and Employability in the Republic of Croatia as an Essential Factor in the Growth of GDP

Economic growth and social inclusion under conditions of ever greater transparency, and the direction of national economies toward global events, is a process that is relentlessly, unstoppably moving forward, and which is becoming even more intense and all-encompassing. How Croatia, a small country with a postwar economy, and which is engaged in a transition process, can find the appropriate responses for growth and development is a key question facing the country today.Research into the importance and potential of the labor force in Croatia, the rate of employment, the prospects for employment and a definitive assessment of it as one ofthe essential factors of development, is in its infancy in Croatia. Behind us is 15 yearsof a different kind of process -- a reduction in the number of employed, especially in themanufacturing industry of the economy, a shortage of significant new investments, and aview of education more as a kind of social and personal obligation than as a fundamental ingredient of personal and national prosperity. Experience, and the results of those countries that have been proactive in this area, demonstrate how essential efficiency in this field is for success in the overall development of society.social capital, employment, unemployment, employability, economic growth and development, education, institutions, social costs.