You are hereHome > Country fiches Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInSend via email Country fiches Explore innovative policy instruments focused on matching skills to current and future skill needs in each EU country. Click on policy instruments to view initiatives matching the search filter(s) used. Focus area Matching skills for today’s job market (127) Matching skills for the future of work (32) Policy area Active labour market policies (53) Adult education and training (23) Initial vocational education and training (20) Higher education (7) General education (5) Employment policy (6) Social and integration policies (5) Growth and innovation (4) Other (7) Aim of policy instrument Upskill and match skills of unemployed (65) Address skill shortages (62) Upskill employed adults (45) Match skills of young graduates (43) Facilitate job/career transitions (37) Broadly address skill mismatch (32) Other (24) Use of labour market intelligence Design training programmes to activate unemployed (55) Inform job-search decisions of unemployed (53) Inform decisions on course funding/provision (47) Inform career-making decisions of students (41) Enable strategic business decisions (34) Inform and train career guidance and counsellors (28) Inform the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) (24) Design standards and accreditation (21) Other (24) Country EU Member States Austria (5) Belgium (6) Bulgaria (5) Cyprus (4) Croatia (5) Czech Republic (5) Denmark (5) Estonia (5) Finland (5) France (3) Germany (5) Greece (4) Hungary (5) Ireland (4) Italy (5) Latvia (5) Lithuania (5) Luxembourg (4) Malta (5) Netherlands (3) Poland (4) Portugal (5) Romania (4) Slovakia (5) Slovenia (5) Spain (5) Sweden (5) Other United Kingdom (4) Stakeholders Training providers (public/private) (77) Chambers of commerce and industry (37) Employer federations (47) Government (central & regional) (109) Guidance counsellors (24) Research centres and universities (36) Social partners (42) Trade unions (33) Other (37) Displaying 20 country fiches Austria AMS Standing Committee on New Skills Belgium Online courses Bulgaria Development of a Workforce Competence Assessment System by Sectors and Regions (CASSY) Flexible employment and training opportunities in companies with varying/inconstant activity intensity New working place 2015 Czech Republic Sector Councils Vocational Qualification Denmark Centres for adult education and continuing training (VEU-centres) Favourable educations Job Rotation Scheme Estonia Choose IT! Development of OSKA, a system of labour market monitoring and future skills forecasting Development of the Career Guidance System in Estonia Vocational reintegration programme of early school leavers "Kutse" Finland Door to Learning Labour market training France Anticipation for jobs and occupations Personal Training Account Germany BERUFENET Greece EGF/2014/015 EL/Attica Publishing Activities Local Action Plans (TOPSA) Hungary One step ahead Renewal of the contents, methodologies and structure of vocational training Italy Permanent National Information System for occupational needs Lithuania Competences LT Sectoral practical training centres The open system of vocational information and consulting AIKOS Luxembourg Skills Observatory Malta Addressing Skills Mismatches in the Aviation Maintenance Industry BUILD UP Skills Malta Construction Industry Skill Card Investing in Skills Linking Industrial Needs and VET to Optimise Human Capital (ESF 2.85) Romania Development of a Labour Market needs anticipation instrument Matching VET supply with labour market demand Partnership analysis and labour market forecasting system with continuing adaptation to economic dynamics Slovakia National Project: Forecasting of Developments of Labour Market Needs National project: National Register of Occupations (NRO) III Slovenia Competence centres for HR development Spain Green Jobs Programme Integrated pathways to employment. Barcelona grows through new opportunities for better quality jobs. Observatory of Occupations of the Central PES Sweden Regional skills platforms The Matching map The Teachers' Lift 2