Better information about the future labour market needs: New skills for new jobs initiative

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Better information about the future labour market
needs New skills for new jobs initiative
Aviana Bulgarelli Cedefop
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Cedefop

• European agency for the development of vocational
  education and training (VET)
• ? Centre of knowledge and expertise
• Research, analysis, scientific advice and
  networking to provide evidence and support in
• developing/implementing VET policy
• European cooperation in VET

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Why better labour market intelligence

• to better respond to global challenges
• to support evidence-based policy-making
• to fill existing information deficits
• Education and skills key driver for European
  growth, competitiveness and jobs
• need to know which occupations and skills will be
  required
• develop - through education and training -
  knowledge, skills and competences needed

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Shift towards services continues
EU-25
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with demand for all occupations
Danger of job polarisation!
EU-25
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Qualification requirements raising across all
jobs
EU-25
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even in elementary occupations
Cedefop-Photomuseum Award 2007 People at work,
people at training Schlamann, A. interSHOPs.
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policy implications?

• opportunity for consistent education and training
  policies
• ? to provide adequately skilled workforce with an
  optimal skills mix for growth and flexicurity
  strategies
• partnership, shared responsibilities and higher
  investment in LLL
• targeted guidance and counselling and validation
  of non-/informal learning

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BUT participation in LLL still low
78 million low skilled
Source Eurostat, LFS, 2000, 2007
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Regularly updated information about labour market
needs is key for informed decisions

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• European labour market requires European level
  monitoring
• Approaches to anticipate skills exist in several
  Member States
• BUT not yet well established at European level
• ? need for common analytical framework

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New skills for new jobs initiativeEU action

• Commission Communication (12/08)
• first assessment of skill needs up to 2020
• mapping and exploration of existing instruments
• outline the way forward
• ? towards development of effective common
  European approach to anticipation of skill needs

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New skills for new jobs initiativeCedefops
contribution

• regular European forecasts of skills supply and
  demand (every 2 years)
• employers surveys as a complementary tool
• Cedefops work on skill needs is part of overall
  strategy to make life-long learning a reality
• validation of non-/informal learning
• common European principles and tools (EQF, ECVET,
  guidance, quality, Europass)

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Thank you very much for your attention!
Contact details for more information
www.cedefop.europa.eu www.trainingvillage.gr/s
killsnet Alena Zukersteinova alena.zukerste
inova_at_cedefop.europa.eu Torsten
Dunkel torsten.dunkel_at_cedefop.europa.eu Peter
Szovics peter.szovics_at_cedefop.europa.eu