Key Insights
Job market relevance is the primary motivation for developing skills (80%), followed closely by productivity improvement (70%)—showing a strong focus on practical career and performance concerns.
Four motivations tied for third place, each selected by 30% of respondents: ensuring well-being, getting promoted, coping with technical demands, and promoting sustainability.
The data indicates Slovak professionals are primarily motivated by pragmatic concerns related to employment and work performance, with personal well-being and broader social concerns (like sustainability) being secondary motivators.
Reasons for Skill Development
Motivations for developing skills among Slovak respondents
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Project manager:
Franziska Görmar
IfL - Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany
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This project is supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund.
Find more information about the x-Inno Radar project on the Interreg CE projectwebsite.
x-Inno Radar is a project of:
Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria Gmbh,
The Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Karlovy Vary Region,
Padova Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture,
Creative Industry Košice, n. o.,
BSC, Business support centre, ltd., Kranj,
Regional Development Agency in Bielsko-Biała,
Stebo Competence Centre Community Developmentm,
Association of Cultural and Creative Industries Chemnitz and Region (Creative Chemnitz),
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography – Germany,
Otelo Cooperative
