The objective of this study is to analyze urban economic development as a tool for creating opportunities for starting new businesses in the Municipality of Bitola.
Activities for study preparation included:
- Developing a research methodology for the Bitola market research, which consisted of a desk review and a field survey.
- Analyze the existing data and studies about the local labor market to identify data that should be updated. Prepare a questionnaire for the field research to examine the services that exist or are lacking in the municipality of Bitola.
- Conduct a field survey (field research) with two hundred interviewees.
- Enter the survey results and process them.
- Analyze the survey results and compare them with the existing data.
- Based on the desk review and field survey, prepare a report with conclusions and practical recommendations for businesses that are overrepresented or in deficit in the municipality of Bitola.
Project funded by the International Organization for Migration.
Project realized in partnership with Euroregional Technology Center – Bitola (ETC), GAUSS Institute was a subcontractor to the ETC.