Skills mismatch

Boosting skills for all in the Netherlands

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Boosting skills for all in the Netherlands

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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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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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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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07 Jul 2016

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Strong and adequate skills are essential to support workers’ productivity and to ensure robust employment outcomes. Developing workers’ skills would also increase their personal satisfaction and wages, contributing in making growth more inclusive. The Netherlands performs well in terms of competences of a large part of the population. Moreover, the country has been successful in adjusting the required level of skills over time. The education system plays a key role in developing skills and achieves good results, but there is room to make vocational education and lifelong learning less job-specific to better adapt to new economic trends. There is scope to use more effectively existing skills at work of youth entering the labour market and entrepreneurs, and to reduce labour market mismatches. Another challenge is to help some people to acquire skills by facilitating their labour market integration – in particular first- and second-generation immigrants, long-term unemployed, and people with low educational attainment and health problems -, which requires stronger targeted active labour market policies. This paper presents an analysis of current and future skills trends in the Netherlands.

DOI: 10.1787/5jlwjg6j6lr1-en

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Inclusion

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inclusion

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Skills and training policy

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Youth

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Europe and Central Asia

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Netherlands

World Economic Forum: The Human Capital Report 2016

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English

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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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Research papers

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04 Jul 2016

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The World Economic Forum’s Human Capital Report ranks 130 countries on how well they are developing and deploying their talent. The index takes a life-course approach to human capital, evaluating the levels of education, skills and employment available to people in five distinct age groups, starting from under 15 years to over 65 years. The aim is to assess the outcome of past and present investments in human capital and offer insight into what a country’s talent base looks like today and how it is likely to evolve into the future. This year’s edition also explores new data sources to reveal fresh insights on skills diversity, the gig economy and talent mobility.

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Skills anticipation

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Skills mismatch

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Global

Preguntas y respuestas sobre las competencias necesarias para enfrentar el desafío de los empleos verdes

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															Preguntas y respuestas sobre las competencias necesarias para enfrentar el desafío de los empleos verdes
													

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Spanish

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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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Promotional material

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

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01 Jul 2016

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Preguntas y respuestas sobre las competencias necesarias para enfrentar el desafío de los empleos verdes

El desarrollo de nuevas competencias profesionales, o la actualización de las existentes, es clave para liberar el potencial de los empleos verdes. La Iniciativa Empleos Verdes de la OIT, el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), la Organización Internacional de Empleadores (OIE) y la Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), trabajan desde 2008 para transformar este potencial en realidad. Noticias de la OIT habló con Olga Strietska-Ilina, especialista en desarrollo de competencias del Departamento de Conocimientos Técnicos y Prácticos y Empleabilidad de la OIT, sobre un nuevo informe realizado conjuntamente por la OIT y el Centro Europeo para el desarrollo de la formación profesional (Cedefop) sobre la necesidad de contar con calificaciones profesionales en las economías más verdes. Haga clic en el enlace de abajo para acceder a la entrevista completa.

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Green jobs

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Green skills

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Global

Investing in skills for growth

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Investing in skills for growth

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English

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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 matching skills needs

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Training quality and relevance

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National policies and initiatives

National legislation, policies and initiatives on the issue of training and skills development and the world of work.

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30 Jun 2016

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wcmstest4_177664.pdf

The Tasmanian Government recognises that developing a skilled and productive workforce to support economic growth is a shared responsibility between government, industry, employers, training organisations and individuals.

This report outlines the Government's aspirations for the Tasmanian training and workforce development system. Government will focus on three key areas:

1. a more efficient and competitive training system
2. a greater focus on delivering skills for real jobs
3. investing in skills that drive State growth.

These goals will guide the development of Tasmania'sTraining and Workforce Development Strategy 2015-2020.

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Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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Skills mismatch

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Asia and the Pacific

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Australia

Ministerial priorities for training and workforce development 2016

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Ministerial priorities for training and workforce development 2016

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English

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Governments

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governments

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Training quality and relevance

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National policies and initiatives

National legislation, policies and initiatives on the issue of training and skills development and the world of work.

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30 Jun 2016

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This report presents Ministerial Priorities out short-term and mid-term objectives and actions related to Tasmania’s skills development. They are guided by the strong directions set out in the Tasmanian Government’s strategy for publicly funded training and workforce development Investing in Skills for Growth, released in November 2014.

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Inclusion

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Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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Asia and the Pacific

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Australia

Plugging the skills gap: The clock is ticking - Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM)

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															Plugging the skills gap: The clock is ticking - Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM)
													

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English

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Employers' organizations

Employers invest in training in order to improve productivity, innovate and adopt new technologies, and compete in changing markets. Case studies and research from individual employers and associations of employers on the Global KSP deal with apprenticeship and workplace skills provision, quality assurance and governance of training institutions, and employers’ roles in anticipating skill needs and in influencing national and sector policies on skills development.

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Research papers

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24 Jun 2016

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This publication addresses the alarming situation concerning skills shortages in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the EU. This lack of talent will have severe consequences not only on the competitiveness of individual companies but also on the economy at large. BUSINESSEUROPE's members consider shortages of STEM-skilled people to be one of the key obstacles to economic growth in the years to come. Moreover, it hampers the potential of European business to contribute finding solutions to modern challenges, like climate change and the ageing of the population. Companies across the EU have taken actions in order to increase the supply of STEM-skilled workers. However, they cannot do this alone. A stronger commitment and more joint efforts are needed from national governments and education providers.

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Employers

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Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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Skills mismatch

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Technology

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Europe and Central Asia

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Ireland: ICT Skills action plan

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Ireland: ICT Skills action plan

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Governments

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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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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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National policies and initiatives

National legislation, policies and initiatives on the issue of training and skills development and the world of work.

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22 Jun 2016

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This Action Plan is a collaborative effort by Government, the education system and industry. This report indicates a continuing strong demand for high-level ICT skills with 44,500 job openings forecast to arise over the period to 2018 from both expansion and replacement demand. It concludes that all potential policy levers will need to be utilised to build up the ICT skills supply pipeline including through education, conversion and reskilling programmes, continuing professional development and attracting experienced international talent, including expatriate talent.

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Information and communication technologies

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Internet

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internet

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Private sector

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Skills anticipation

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Europe and Central Asia

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Ireland

E-Skills for jobs in Europe: Measuring progress and moving ahead

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E-Skills for jobs in Europe: Measuring progress and moving ahead

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English

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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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Research papers

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21 Jun 2016

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This study aims to monitor the supply and demand of e-skills across Europe, benchmarking national policy initiatives and multi-stakeholder partnerships in the European Union. The study analyses the evolution of the supply and demand of e-skills over the last ten years, to provide a basis for:

-understanding the impact of initiatives launched at EU and national level since 2007;
-proposing remedies where necessary; and
-identifying efficient methods of fostering multi-stakeholder partnerships so as to reduce e-skills shortages, gaps and mismatches.

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Information and communication technologies

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information-and-communication-technologies

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Internet

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internet

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Skills mismatch

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Europe and Central Asia

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Questions and answers: How a sectoral approach to skills development helps contribute to productive and competitive economies

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															Questions and answers: How a sectoral approach to skills development helps contribute to productive and competitive economies
													

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English

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ILO

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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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Promotional material

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

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promotional-material

Publication Date:

13 Jun 2016

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wcmstest4_176463.pdf

Helping enterprises find workers with the right skills, and ensuring that workers acquire the skills they need to find productive employment is a key to unlocking the door to economic prosperity and building inclusive societies. A methodology developed and being implemented by the ILO contributes to export growth, economic diversification and decent jobs by taking a sectoral approach to skills training and development. By adopting a forward-looking perspective, the intervention anticipates a sector’s development and growth opportunities based on its global competitive position and market development and anticipates the skills that the sector most needs to strengthen for future success. An equally important step in the process involves analysing current skills supply and demand. Together, these steps help to identify existing and anticipated skills shortages, and to plot a path to avoiding skills mismatches that contribute to unemployment.

The Global Skills for Employment Knowledge Sharing Platform (Global KSP) spoke with ILO Skills Specialist Cornelius Gregg about the impact of this intervention and how it differs from traditional forms of skills development and contributes to economic growth and productivity.

Download the complete Q&A in PDF.

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Sectoral approaches

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Skills and training policy

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Trade

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The labour market story: Skills for the future

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The labour market story: Skills for the future

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English

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Governments

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governments

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Research papers

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16 Jun 2016

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This paper covers the supply of skills and mismatches between supply and demand for skills in the United Kingdom. It provides an analysis of the stock of skills in the labour market and identifies skills gaps, shortages, under-use and mismatches in an increasingly polarised labour market. It explores the nature and extent of skills mismatches and considers how employers, individuals and the state are investing to overcome these. The paper argues that employers need to be more involved in designing education and training courses.

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