Policy instruments

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Displaying 30 policy instruments

Title	Country	Focus area	Policy area	Skills matching focus	Use of labour market intelligence
AMS Standing Committee on New Skills	AT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Innovation Digital economy	Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly Other	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
PES Skills Barometer	AT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training	Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly Other	Other
Employment and Trade/Professions Directory	BE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Employment	Other	Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Other
List of professions with worker shortages	BE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Other
Local 'Basin' Authority for Qualifying Education, Training and Employment	BE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Other	Other
view.brussels	BE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Training Employment	Address mismatch broadly	Other
‘Youth Employment’	BG	Key training policy measure	Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market	Other
Employer Survey on Skill Needs	BG	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Other
Compass (skills anticipation system)	CZ	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Innovation		Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
Trade committees and local committees	DK	Key training policy measure	Education Employment	Address mismatch broadly	Other
OSKA -System of labour market monitoring and future skills forecasting	EE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Digital economy	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Designing standards and accreditation Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
National foresight Network	FI	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Other	Other	Other
The Competence Foresight Forum (OEF)	FI	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Address mismatch broadly	Other
Anticipation for jobs and occupations	FR	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Migration Digital economy Social inclusion	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
Personal Training Account	FR	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment Equality/equal opportunities	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
Immigration monitoring instrument	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Employment Migration Other	Other	Other
Qualification Opportunities Act	DE	Key training policy measure	Education Training Social inclusion Equality/equal opportunities	Upskill or reskill employed adults	Other
Skilled Worker Shortage Analysis	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Migration	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly Other	Other
Social Partners' interventions for skills' foresight in the framework of the Mechanism for Labour Market Diagnosis.	GR	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Employment Digital economy	Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Other
The Springboard+	IE	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment Innovation Digital economy	Upskill or reskill non-employed adults	Other
Medium and Long-term Labour Market Forecasts	LV	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Other
Short-term labour market forecasts	LV	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Social inclusion Equality/equal opportunities	Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Other
Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition	LU	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment Digital economy	Address mismatch broadly	Other
National Skills Council	MT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Other	Other
Programme labour market healthcare and welfare	NL	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Address mismatch broadly	Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
National Initiative in Digital Skills e.2030	PT	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment Innovation Digital economy Social inclusion Equality/equal opportunities Other	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Other
Forecasting of Developments of Labour Market Needs	SK	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Employment Other	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Other
National project: Dual education and increasing the attractiveness and quality of VET	SK	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages	Designing standards and accreditation Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Other
Regional analysis- and forecastsystem (RAPS)	SE	Key training policy measure	Employment Other	Other	Other
Regional Skills Platforms	SE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Employment	Address mismatch broadly	Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Other