considering the steep fall in unemployment in the recent period the imbalance between labour supply and demand seems to account for an everincreasing proportion of persistent unemployment bassi and others cazes andverick to achieve this it is important to create national vocational education and training systems that recognize the triple relevance of knowledgebuilding and skills development meaning that training and educational content accords with employers requirements the aspirations of individuals especially young people and sustainable development needs biavaschi and others in this context and in view of the identified weaknesses special emphasis must be laid on nonuniversity technical training lacinto