Which workers are Sammarinese companies looking for? What skills are missing, and which professional profiles will be needed in the coming years? These are the questions at the heart of the second survey on the training and employment needs of businesses in the Republic of San Marino. The deadline for taking part has been set at 30 November 2026, by which date economic operators will be able to fill in the questionnaire available on the OPEC Portal.
The initiative is being promoted by the Secretariat of State for Labour (Segreteria di Stato per il Lavoro), in collaboration with the Labour and Active Policies Office, employers’ organisations and trade unions. The aim is to gather information directly from companies to understand the difficulties they face in finding staff, which professional skills are most in demand, and how the needs of the labour market are changing.
The results will help steer employment policies and training pathways, from schools to universities, as well as programmes for workers’ retraining and upskilling. Particular attention will be paid to new technical skills linked to technological innovation, the transformation of production processes and environmental sustainability.
For the Secretary of State for Labour, Alessandro Bevitori, understanding the needs of businesses is essential to avoid measures that are disconnected from the country’s economic reality. “I have already had the chance to stress this point: having a clear picture of employment dynamics allows us to plan public decisions without proceeding blindly,” Bevitori says.
“Listening to the needs expressed directly by companies is the fundamental basis for developing concrete, targeted active labour policies. I urge entrepreneurs to take part by filling in the questionnaire: every piece of first-hand feedback helps institutions fine-tune tools capable of supporting the development of our economic fabric,” the Secretary of State adds.
The questionnaire can be completed entirely online via the OPEC Portal. It examines both the current employment situation of companies and medium-term hiring forecasts. The process has been designed to be quick to complete and to keep the administrative burden on businesses to a minimum.
The information gathered will be processed solely in aggregate form, in full respect of the confidentiality of individual companies. The data will help shape future economic planning decisions and improve the match between labour supply and demand in the Republic of San Marino.
