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<p>The Foreign & Commonwealth Office commissioned a Joint Analysis of Conflict
and Stability (JACS) in 2017 (refreshed in 2019) for the Western Balkans. A JACS is
a strategic assessment used to strengthen cross-government approaches to tackling
conflict and instability overseas. The analysis covered youth unemployment as well
as migration and "brain-drain". In addition, the Foreign & Commonwealth
Office has commissioned analysis on 'The Cost of Youth Emigration from Serbia' and
analysis by the British Council for the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</p><p>Through
the CSSF, the Government funds the following projects to help tackle unemployment
in the Western Balkans:</p><ul><li><p>21st Century Schools; which will provide training
to children in over 4,500 schools, to improve digital literacy and core skills across
the Western Balkans.;</p></li><li><p>a project supporting employment and social services
for vulnerable youths in Albania; and</p></li><li><p>in North Macedonia working jointly
with the National Youth Council and IT Chamber of Commerce to support digital skills
training to young people in return for community work.</p></li></ul>
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