Description
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Focus area
The Directive aims to increase job placement opportunities for young people and adults through the provision of free courses, implemented by the training agencies accredited by the region, in order to contribute to the placement and re-placement of participants and enabling them to acquire technical-professional and generic skills immediately usable in the labour market. The main objectives of the measure concern the reduction of the mismatch between workers and companies' professional needs, as well as the reduction of the gap between theoretical training implemented in schools and the technical and professional skills required by companies.
The measure is implemented taking into account the results of the regional survey on professional needs conducted by IRES (Piedmont Institute for Economic and Social Research).
The measure is implemented taking into account the results of the regional survey on professional needs conducted by IRES (Piedmont Institute for Economic and Social Research).
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Implementation level
At what level is the initiative implemented?
Regional
Legal base
Legal base (E.g. Law, regulation, implementing provision, other)
Law
Starting period
TIMESPAN: In what year did the initiative commence?
The instrument is regularly in operation since the approval of Piedmont Region's law on Vocational Training and Guidance (1995). The currently operational instrument covers the period 2018-2021.
Perspective
PERSPECTIVE: is the initiative based on evidence derived from skill forecasts or foresight activities?
The implementation of the directive is anticipated by analyses on the forecast of professional needs in the Piedmont region, which are periodically carried out by IRES. On the basis of the information collected concerning the labour market, also through other stakeholders, IRES produces indicators able to capture the various employment needs subdivided by sector and highlights the job skills that offer more employment opportunities.
Policy area
To which POLICY AREAS(s) does the initiative apply?
Funding
How it is funded?
Funded by national government
Funded by the EU
European Social Fund
Skill mismatch
Skill mismatch target
What type(s) of skills MISMATCH does the initiative aim to addresses?
Underqualification (individuals' qualifications/credentials are below their job's needs)
Skill gaps (worker's skills are below the level of proficiency required by their employers and jobs)
Skills obsolescence (some or all of an individual's skills are no longer relevant to the current employer or in the labour market generally)
Skills matching focus
How does the initiative address skills mismatches?
The training courses offered by the Region differ according to the target group. For unemployed young people training courses with internships are offered to enhance skills and job placement in the sectors that offer the greatest potential for growth
Adult employees are offered courses in line with the lifelong learning objective
Unemployed adults with low educational qualifications are offered training courses with internships to meet the professional needs of companies in the area.
Skills delivered
What types of skill does the initiative deliver?
Basic literacy and numeracy skills
Basic digital skills
General employability skills (team working, communication, etc.)
Methods
Methods
What methods of undertaking skills assessments and / or skills anticipation does the policy instrument utilise?
Skills forecasting
Ires uses an established methodology for its analysis of professional needs. Skill forecasting are made on the basis of historical series from ISTAT, integrated with exogenous variables (regional GDP and exports) from Prometeia: the model used is the VAR (Vector Autoregressive Model), which is integrated in order to also consider the so-called replacing demand.
Use of skills intelligence
How is labour market information / skills intelligence used within the initiative?
The IRES Research Centre has the role of assessing the evolution of employment stocks in the medium term for each sector in the region.
The Piedmont Region, based on specific criteria such as course quality and training plans, allows the accreditation of training providers.
The Piedmont Region, based on specific criteria such as course quality and training plans, allows the accreditation of training providers.
Stakeholders
Main responsible body
Main body or organisation with overall responsibility for the initiative.
Regional ministry
Piedmont Region
Other involved organisations
Which other organisations have a role in the initiative?
National ministry
The state and the European Union provide the funds for the implementation of the project.
Regional ministry
The implementation of training plans is carried out by the Region, which adapts on the basis of the information collected by IRES. Also, the region is responsible for monitoring and implementing the programme.
Social partner: employer organisation
Social Partners, in cooperation with the Provinces and the Region, discuss the instrument's structure and contents.
Social partner: trade union
Training Providers
Training providers are identified by the region through a "call for application", in accordance with certain quality standards
Research centres, universities
The IRES Research Centre gives indications on forecasts regarding the training and professional needs of companies for the coming years
Beneficiaries
Who are the intended beneficiaries?
The main beneficiaries of the measure are young people, with low or high educational qualifications, who are facing the transition to the labour market; NEET young people and adults; disabled people who have difficulties entering the labour market; foreigners, with language difficulties; adults with a limited number of competences and skills. For each of the target groups, different measures and training plans are offered according to their needs, in order to be more easily attractive for the regional economy labour demand.
Young people making the transition from education into work
Young people with low levels of basic skills /early leavers from education or training
Adults with low basic skills
Minority groups in the population
Groups under-represented in certain sections of the labour market
People with disabilities
Sustainability
Success factors
SUCCESS FACTORS in the implementation
The success factors of the policy are two: 1) a close link and continuous communication between all the actors involved (from the initial phase of training needs analysis to the final phase of course delivery); 2) , the diversification of the courses according to the potential recipients.
Monitoring and evaluation
MONITORING and EVALUATION: Is progress measured regularly? What are the indicators used to measure progress of the policy instrument? Have any evaluations been conducted?
As the measure is still in place, there are no evaluations yet for the 2018/2021 directive. However, IRES regularly records the effectiveness of training policies in previous years using: direct interviews with beneficiaries, analysis of changes in employment and course participation rates, number of training courses that were activated and successfully concluded.
Updates
UPDATES: whether there have been any major updates of the initiative since it has been implemented?
No
Effectiveness
EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVENESS: How effective is the policy instrument?
Currently, there are no studies on the effectiveness of the tool for the years 2018/2021. However, in previous years, many IRES studies (such as "The employment effect of vocational training in Piedmont") have highlighted the effectiveness of training tools in terms of increasing the skills and employment opportunities of beneficiaries. Those who have benefited most from the measure have been adults and young people with low educational qualifications.
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY: How sustainable is the policy instrument? Do you expect the instrument to continue over the next few years and why?
The measure has been used for many years and will certainly be renewed for the three-year period 2021/2024. The reason lies in its potential to provide, through training courses tailored to the recipient, skills and competencies that are spendable in the labour market and that allow for a greater chance of being employed.
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