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Closing the skills gap: Key insights and success metrics

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Closing the skills gap: Key insights and success metrics
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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.

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Anticipating and building skills for the future is essential to a rapidly changing labour market. This applies to changes in the types and levels of skills needed as well as in occupational and technical areas. Effective methods to anticipate future skills needs and avoid potential mismatches include: sustained dialogue between employers and trainers, coordination across government institutions, labour market information systems, employment services and performance reviews of training institutions. 

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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. 

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30 Nov 2020
This white paper provides an overview of learnings from the World Economic Forum’s Closing the Skills Gap 2020 project. It summarizes the endeavour to uncover where, in a landscape of often divergent efforts, there is an opportunity for collective action to strengthen reskilling and upskilling initiatives. It includes case studies and lessons learned from various industries, impacting a range of stakeholder groups in multiple geographies. The white paper also details the project’s successful completion and integration into the World Economic Forum’s Reskilling Revolution Platform.
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Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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