Skills development and training in SMEs
The report discusses the results of the OECD "Leveraging Training and Skills Development in SMEs" project which examines access to training by SMEs across seven regions in six OECD countries: New Zealand, Poland, Belgium, UK, Turkey and Canada. It looks at how both formal and alternative ways of training and skills development interact and identifies impacts at three levels: for the firm and employees; for the industry; and for the local area where the firm is located. The report pays special attention to the development of entrepreneurial skills and the emerging area of "green skills".