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Document

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Skills 2020 Kosovo

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Other sources

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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Training quality and relevance

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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. 

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23 Mar 2015

As part of the European Commission support for the preparation of the second cycle of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II), the ETF facilitates this process in the enlargement countries through the Future Frame initiative. The FRAME initiative places skills at the centre for HRD and social development as skills are one of the key elements contributing to the prosperity of national economic growth and the better lives of individuals. The focus is on the adaptation of the education and training system in a lifelong learning perspective covering initial and continuing vocational education and training (VET) and higher education. It also includes adult learning, company based training and training of the unemployed. Kosovo, with the support of ETF, has formulated and produced tangible and interrelated results for a shared Vision for SKILLS 2020, with Priorities and a Roadmap for the Human Resource Development (HRD) sector. The results are presented in this Report. This report is a preparatory input to IPA II programming, and specifically should inform the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Kosovo.

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Education and training

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education-and-training

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116

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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Skills anticipation

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Skills indicators

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653

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Europe and Central Asia

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De nouvelles compétences pour de nouveaux emplois

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French

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french

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Other sources

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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skpAFSN

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

Knowledge Products:

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. 

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Publication Date:

06 Mar 2015

Les compétences, c’est primordial. Pour les travailleurs, les compétences sont synonymes d’aptitude à l’emploi et de mobilité sociale. Elles sont la meilleure assurance contre le chômage et un vecteur important de développement personnel et de citoyenneté active. Dans le même temps, les compétences et aptitudes des travailleurs européens sont des facteurs essentiels pour la productivité, la compétitivité et l’innovation dans l’Union européenne. Investir dans les compétences est un préalable indispensable au bon fonctionnement de nos économies sur le long terme et à la pérennité du modèle social européen. Mais les emplois de demain ne seront pas ceux que l’on connaît aujourd’hui. Quelles seront les compétences nécessaires dans 10 ou 15 ans et combien de travailleurs devront-ils les maîtriser?

Pour répondre à cette question, le Conseil européen a invité la Commission à évaluer les compétences requises en Europe jusqu’en 2020 afin de soutenir ses efforts de prévision des besoins de demain et d’envisager comment les satisfaire. Cette Communication explique comment la Commission organisera ses travaux d’anticipation et de mise en concordance des compétences et des emplois. Elle est le fruit d’une étroite coopération entre la direction générale de l’emploi, des affaires sociales et de l’égalité des chances et de la direction générale de l’éducation et de la culture.

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Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

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Europe and Central Asia

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Document

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Encuesta de competencias profesionales 2O14 ¿Qué buscan -y no encuentran- las empresas en los profesionistas jóvenes?

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Spanish

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spanish

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skpEsp

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Other sources

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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skpOSource

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Topics:

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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Youth employability

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Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work,  and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.

Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market. 

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skpYoEmp

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youth-employability

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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. 

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research-papers

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.

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statistical-information

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02 Mar 2015

Este proyecto intenta analizar y contestar la pregunta: ¿existe o no en México una brecha entre las competencias que demandan las empresas y las competencias que adquieren o fortalecen los egresados de las instituciones de educación superior (IES)? En otras palabras, ¿ofrece o no el sistema de educación superior las competencias que requieren los procesos productivos del país?

En el primer capítulo se analiza de forma muy breve la situación actual, en términos de cobertura y calidad de la educación en el país. En el segundo capítulo se describen las causas y características de las brecha entre la oferta y demanda de competencias que existe en el país. En el tercer capítulo se define qué se entiende en esta investigación por “competencia” y se presenta la lista de competencias que se evalúan por categoría. En el cuarto capítulo se presentan los resultados de la investigación relacionados con la situación laboral de los jóvenes y con las prácticas de su reclutamiento que llevan a cabo las empresas. En el quinto capítulo se presenta información sobre vinculación entre empresas e IES. En el sexto capítulo se agrupa por estado las competencias más importantes y escasas que se encontraron en el estudio. En el séptimo capítulo se presenta por área las competencias más y menos importantes, así como las escasas. En el octavo capítulo se menciona de forma puntual recomendaciones dirigidas a tres actores: autoridades, empresas e IES. Finalmente, en el noveno capítulo se presentan las conclusiones de este estudio.

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Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Skills indicators

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skills-indicators

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653

Skills mismatch

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Youth

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youth

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319

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Americas

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Mexico

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Document

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Green jobs: Beschäftigungswirkungen einer green economy

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Bilateral organizations

The development agencies of many countries make skills development a pillar of their Official Development Assistance – from the perspective of education systems, employment promotion, poverty reduction, and private sector development. Documentation of their experience, evaluations and impact assessments, mission statements, and other knowledge products are made available through the Global KSP.

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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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skpAFSN

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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. 

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Publication Date:

23 Feb 2015

Mit einer Green Economy sollen nicht nur Emissionen und Inanspruchnahme von Ressourcen reduziert werden, sondern damit ist auch die Hoffnung auf eine Ausweitung der Beschäftigung in Sektoren verbunden, die auf einer nachhaltigen Ressourcenbewirtschaftung bzw. deren Schutz beruhen. Die Beschäftigung, die im Bereich Umwelttechnologien und erneuerbarer Energien in Deutschland und anderen westlichen Industrieländern entstanden ist, nährt eine solche Hoffnung. Aber ist dies auch auf den Kontext von Entwicklungsländern übertragbar? Oder fallen hier Mehrkosten gegenüber ressourcen- und emissionsintensiven Wirtschaftsweisen stärker ins Gewicht und werden insgesamt Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten sogar beeinträchtigt? Die hier vorgelegte Literaturstudie versucht, einen Beitrag zur Debatte zu leisten, indem zentrale Konzepte, Methoden sowie Befunde zur Messung und zu den Voraussagen der Beschäftigungseffekte eines Übergangs zu einer Green Economy zusammengetragen werden. Auf dieser Basis werden Handlungsempfehlungen für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit entwickelt.

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Document

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Catálogo de competencias clave para la innovación en el trabajo

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Spanish

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spanish

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skpEsp

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Governments

Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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governments

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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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skpAFSN

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

Knowledge Products:

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. 

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Publication Date:

18 Feb 2015

Una competencia es más que conocimientos y destrezas. Involucra la habilidad de enfrentar demandas complejas, apoyándose en y movilizando recursos sicosociales en un contexto en particular.

En el presente documento, las competencias se definen como una combinación de conocimientos, habilidades, actitudes y valores adecuados al contexto. Las competencias clave para la innovación son aquellas que todas las personas precisan para su realización y desarrollo personales, así como para la ciudadanía activa, la inclusión social y el empleo.

El Catálogo de competencias clave para la innovación en el trabajo identifica los conocimientos, habilidades, actitudes y valores que el trabajador debe poseer, y los empresarios y empleadores fomentar para promover entornos favorables para desarrollar la capacidad creativa e innovadora de los trabajadores y lograr un desempeño superior en el plano individual, grupal y organizacional.

El documento tiene como objetivo presentar una guía de referencia para las organizaciones, los empleadores, los trabajadores y los recién egresados, identifica y describe las competencias necesarias para interactuar positivamente en los entornos laborales, ser innovador y, en consecuencia, más competitivo.

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Education and training

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education-and-training

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116

Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Skills upgrading

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skills-upgrading

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657

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Americas

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Countries and territories:

Mexico

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Document

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Skillset and Match

Language:

Sources:

Other sources

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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skpOSource

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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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skpAFSN

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Promotional material

Presentations, discussion papers, meeting reports, promotional materials, videos, fact sheets, brochures and newsletters on skills development for employment.

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Publication Date:

17 Feb 2015

Cedefop’s magazine promoting learning for work

The January 2015 issue contains interviews, features, news from EU Member States and information on new publications.

Highlights

Message: Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Marianne Thyssen

Interview: ‘Old roots for new routes’ – Cedefop Director James Calleja talks about the agency’s 40th anniversary and looks ahead to its future role

Feature: EuroSkills – win-win for young people and vocational training (including interviews with participants, delegates and WorldSkills Europe President Jos de Goey)

Interview: Cedefop’s Sylvie Bousquet on ReferNet, Europe’s network for vocational training

Member States: Luxembourg assesses vocational education and training initiatives

Feature: Accessible Europass.

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School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Vocational training

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vocational-training

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124

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Europe and Central Asia

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Document

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Un'agenda per nuove competenze e per l'occupazione

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Italian

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italian

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skpit

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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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international-organizations

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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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skpAFSN

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

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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. 

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skpRPS

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research-papers

Publication Date:

12 Feb 2015

L’Unione europea si è prefissa l’obiettivo di raggiungere entro il 2020 un tasso di occupazione del 75% per le persone di età compresa tra i 20 e i 64 anni: un impegno ambizioso a favore della sostenibilità del modello sociale europeo, dei sistemi di welfare, della crescita economica e delle finanze pubbliche.

Non sarà facile colmare la distanza ancora da percorrere per il raggiungimento dell’obiettivo. La crisi ha fatto scendere il tasso di occupazione al 69% e ha fatto salire il tasso di disoccupazione al 10%; presumendo che il mercato del lavoro si stabilizzi nel periodo 2010-2011, per raggiungere entro il 2020 un tasso di occupazione pari al 75% sarà necessaria una crescita occupazionale media leggermente superiore all’1% annuo. Poiché i tassi di fecondità sono in calo, nell’UE la popolazione in età lavorativa (15-64) comincerà a diminuire a partire già dal 2012, nonostante le continue ondate migratorie. Disporre di una forza lavoro qualificata è essenziale per sviluppare un’economia competitiva, sostenibile e innovativa, conformemente agli obiettivi della strategia Europa 2020. In tempi di ristrettezze di bilancio e di pressioni della concorrenza mondiale senza precedenti, è necessario dare la priorità alle politiche dell’UE in materia di occupazione e di competenze che contribuiscono a configurare la transizione verso un’economia verde, intelligente e innovativa.

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Labour migration

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labour-migration

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609

Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Skills mismatch

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skills-mismatch

Identifier

654

Youth

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youth

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319

Regions:

Europe and Central Asia

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Document

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Prospectiva de la formación profesional. Área de servicios de turismo, sub-áreas de servicios de hospedaje, recreación y de viajes. Informe final.

Language:

Spanish

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spanish

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skpEsp

Sources:

Governments

Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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governments

ILO

The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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skpILO

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ilo

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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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skpAFSN

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

Sectoral approaches

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Matching skills to labour market demand requires reliable sectoral and occupational information and institutions that connect employers with training providers.  Sector based strategies and institutions have proved effective in engaging all stakeholders in promoting both pre-employment training and life-long learning.

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skpSectApr

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sectoral-approaches

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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. 

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research-papers

Publication Date:

09 Jun 2014

El Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad (INTECAP), como institución líder en formación profesional y desde el campo de su competencia, la capacitación y la asistencia técnica, ha buscado nuevos métodos, modelos, técnicas y estrategias de aprendizaje para contribuir a mejorar el desempeño del talento humano guatemalteco y así cubrir las necesidades de las personas y de las empresas.

El método de prospección se utiliza como herramienta para la identificación de tendencias de difusión tecnológica e impacto en las principales ocupaciones de un sector específico. Con el apoyo de OIT/CINTERFOR, el Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje Industrial de BRASIL (SENAI), transfirió a INTECAP dicha metodología a través de talleres presenciales. En este caso específico, el ejercicio de prospección, se realizó en el sector turismo debido a la importancia que éste tiene como segundo generador de divisas para el país. La formación en turismo precisa de una reorientación y reestructuración para lograr que sea más competitivo, con capacidades de innovación y que tenga una visión del nuevo mercado de trabajo.

En el presente estudio se determinaron las tecnologías emergentes del sector turismo que probablemente serán utilizadas en Guatemala dentro de los diez próximos años, utilizando para su identificación y validación la técnica del panel de especialistas y la de entrevista directa.

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Education and training

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education-and-training

Identifier

116

Hotel industry

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hotel-industry

Identifier

236

Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

Identifier

676

Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

Identifier

677

Technology

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technology

Identifier

345

Tourism

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tourism

Identifier

243

Regions:

Americas

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Countries and territories:

Guatemala

Type:

Document

Content Type:

Schlussfolgerungen über Qualifikationen für mehr Produktivität, Beschäftigungswachstum und Entwicklung

Language:

Sources:

ILO

The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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ilo

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Access to training

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Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.  

This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business. 
 

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skpATSU

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access-to-training

Apprenticeships

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Quality apprenticeships based on robust social dialogue and public-private partnerships can improve employment prospects for young people while developing high level skills identified by employers as necessary for growth and increased productivity. Both informal and regulated apprenticeship systems are important learning resources enabling young people to overcome the work-inexperience trap, gain new and enhanced skills and recognized qualifications.

Upgrading informal apprenticeships and expanding regulated ones is a cost-effective way to invest in a country’s skills base, promote economic growth and enhance the employability of youth.

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skpAppren

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apprenticeships

Career guidance and employment services

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Career guidance and counselling, career education and lifelong development of skills for employability are key for success in learning activities, effective career transitions, livelihood planning, entrepreneurship and in increasing labour market participation. They are instrumental in promoting skills utilization, recognition (RPL), as well as in improving enterprise human resource management.

Career development activities encompass a wide variety of support activities including career information and advice, counselling, work exposure (e.g. job shadowing, work experience periods), assessment, coaching, mentoring, professional networking, advocacy, basic and employability skills training (curricular and non-curricular) and entrepreneurship training. It is often an area which is fragmented across different ministries (e.g. education, TVET, employment, youth) requiring an effort to achieve the necessary coordination to provide adequate support to individuals during learning, employment and unemployment/inactivity periods.
 

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skpLMIES

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career-guidance-and-employment-services

Financing of training

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Initial education and training and lifelong learning benefit individuals, employers and society as a whole. Economic principles dictate that the costs for services with public and private benefits should be shared between public and private funding, or else too little training will be provided or taken up. Effective mechanisms for financing skills development vary according to countries’ economic and political circumstances and the degree and level of social dialogue established.

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financing-training

Lifelong learning

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There is a critical need for a greater overall investment in education and training, particularly in developing countries. Education and training investments should be closely linked to economic and employment growth strategies and programmes. Responsibility should be shared between the government (primary responsibility), enterprises, the social partners, and the individual. To make lifelong learning for all a reality, countries will need to make major reforms of their vocational and education and training systems. School-to-work schemes for young people should integrate education with workplace learning. Training systems need to become more flexible and responsive to rapidly changing skill requirements. Reforms should also focus on how learning can be facilitated, not just on training for specific occupational categories.

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skpPSLLL

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lifelong-learning

Monitoring and evaluation

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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.

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monitoring-and-evaluation

Participation of employers' and workers' organizations

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The world of learning and the world of work are separate but linked. While one involves learning, the other produces goods and services. Neither can thrive without the other. Strong partnerships between government, employers and workers help ensure the relevance of training to the changing needs of enterprises and labour markets. 

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skpPSP

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participation-of-employers-and-workers-organizations

Sectoral approaches

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Matching skills to labour market demand requires reliable sectoral and occupational information and institutions that connect employers with training providers.  Sector based strategies and institutions have proved effective in engaging all stakeholders in promoting both pre-employment training and life-long learning.

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skpSectApr

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sectoral-approaches

Skills policies and strategies

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Skills and employment policies should be viewed together.  The full value of one policy set is realized when it supports the objectives of the other.  For investments in education and training to yield maximum benefit to workers, enterprises, and economies, countries’ capacities for coordination is critical in three areas: connecting basic education to technical training and then to market entry; ensuring continuous communication between employers and training providers so that training meets the needs and aspirations of workers and enterprises, and integrating skills development policies with industrial, investment, trade, technology, environmental, rural and local development policies.

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skpPolConv

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skills-policies-and-strategies

Training quality and relevance

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skpTrainQR

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training-quality-and-relevance

Knowledge Products:

International standards

International conventions and recommendations and other international instruments on human resource and skills development. Strategy papers on the practical application of international standards from international organizations covering issues related to training, effective utilization and development of skills, and on linking skills to employment.

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skpISSP

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international-standards

Publication Date:

04 Sep 2013

Internationale Arbeitskonferenz, 2008

Investitionen in Bildung und Qualifikationen für Frauen und Männer mit dem Ziel, Wirtschaften zu unterstützen, damit sie ein dynamisches Wachstum mit qualitativ guten Arbeitsplätzen erzielen, ist rund um den Globus eine dringende Priorität.

Auf der Internationalen Arbeitskonferenz 2008 hat die dreigliedrige Mitgliedschaft der IAO – Regierungen, Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmer – eine Reihe von Schlussfolgerungen angenommen, die diese Herausforderung direkt angehen. Diese Schlussfolgerungen bieten praktische Hinweise, wie die Bildung, die Berufsbildung und das lebenslange Lernen als zentrale Säulen der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit für Arbeitnehmer und Nachhaltigkeit für Unternehmen innerhalb der Agenda für menschenwürdige Arbeit gestärkt werden können.

Die Schlussfolgerungen betonen, dass die Qualifikationsentwicklung ein wichtiges Werkzeug zur Verringerung von Armut und Ausgrenzung und zur Stärkung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Beschäftigungsfähigkeit sein kann.

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Document

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Briefing note: Skill mismatch in Europe

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English

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english

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skpEng

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Other sources

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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other-sources

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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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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

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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. 

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skpRPS

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research-papers

Publication Date:

21 Aug 2013

The briefing note provides an overview of Europe’s skill challenge and argues that the information revolution is gradually dispensing with many jobs that had seemed to be a permanent fixture of societies, while the jobs it generates need an ever-widening skill base. Consequently, it is becoming more difficult to find the right people for the right jobs with skill-intensive economic and technological change making the issue of skill mismatch even more prominent.
The publication explores different types of skill mismatch, groups of workers affected by it, causes of skill mismatch and ways of tackling this issue.

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Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Skills mismatch

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skills-mismatch

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654

Regions:

Europe and Central Asia

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