This article is dedicated to the problems identified by the Bulgarian business in terms of staff with higher education. In practice, businesses believe that research and educational institutions must provide an educational service that corresponds to their requirements for the level of competencies. The paper investigates the industries and sub-industries where the need for staff is most urgent. The model of more general education is embedded in the new global realities, which largely means that universities offer educational services of a more general nature. In this situation, it is difficult to overcome the divide between knowledge and skills of graduates and business requirements. This fact shows the objective gap between students’ preparation for workforce and business expectations. The authors also study the provision of educational services in the real sector, in particular the opinion of employers regarding the strength of young professionals outside the educational environment. Thus, there is a need to determine connections in the different areas of the labour market, e.g., business, services and production, to higher education. Analysis of the trends and conditions in the selection of specialists with higher education is an important aspect here. The authors believe that a flexible and adaptive economic environment is needed, which is focused on the global and regional peculiarities of territorial development and available human capital.

The process of the deinstitutionalisation of social services for children is examined. Some of its economic features are highlighted based on an analysis of key economic elements and existing staff issues. A regulatory review of the changes in this area is made. The aim is to rationalize deinstitutionalisation as an adequate model for childcare and child rearing. The role of the state in the understanding of childcare is examined and the economic conditions under which it is carried out are presented.

This article is a partial picture of higher education in Bulgaria and the need to provide quality educational services at the regional level. The exhibition presents the importance and role of higher education in the recruitment of the regional elite and the quality of staff. A methodological framework that is proposed, assumes the systematization of the accumulated theoretical and practical experience in the field of higher education. Some deficiencies have been systematized, which affect the quality of education and the mismatch between business expectations at the level of planning regions, as well as the impact on municipalities and the need for staff for higher education graduates in the country. The main trends and conditions in which higher education in Bulgaria is developing and the search for opportunities to increase its role within the Bulgarian regions are outlined. In practice, regional development can become a national priority by building a quality educational environment and having a balanced regional development.

In this paper the authors try to highlight some of the problems facing higher education in Bulgaria. The relevance of the problem and research attempts to analyze the system and its supporting elements are presented. The article is an attempt to take a picture of higher education in Bulgaria, in the context of the specialists prepared by it. Using a questionnaire survey, the authors derive the needs of the labor market and the regional focus of socio-economic development. Analysis and assessment of the opportunities for the formation of an online labor market is also conducted. The trends of the need for higher education specialists in the labor market are examined, drawing relevant conclusions and recommendations.