On the way to 2020: Data for vocational education and training policies: Indicator overviews
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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.
Monitoring and evaluation
Measuring the outcomes of skills systems, policies and targeted programmes is essential in order to monitor and improve their effectiveness and relevance. Elements of sound assessment processes include: institutions to sustain feedback from employers and trainees; mechanisms to track labour market outcomes of training and systems of accountability that use this information; and, quantitative and qualitative labour market information and its dissemination to all stakeholders.
Training quality and relevance
Research papers
Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.
Statistical information
Data produced by the international organizations and countries on trends in skills provision, demand, and employment outcomes to help inform policy-making and monitoring processes.
The report complements a recent Cedefop publication 'On the way to 2020: Data for vocational education and training policies. Country statistical overviews (Cedefop, 2013)' which has made use of the same data but has organised them in a different way. While the previous report offered a set of country snapshots (one per country), this report offers a set of indicator snapshots (one per indicator).
Data are based on international statistics, enabling comparisons of countries and statistical averages for the European Union. The overviews comprise 31 selected indicators that separately and together provide meaningful information about the position of each country in relation to the priorities of European VET and lifelong learning policy, and in comparison to EU averages. Indicators are supplemented by a short commentary highlighting particularly interesting observations for each indicator.
Lifelong learning
Skills and training policy
Vocational training
Youth
Europe and Central Asia
