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 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) 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 21 country fiches Austria AMS Standing Committee on New Skills Belgium Competent (this is the name of the database) 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 Cyprus WE-Qualify: Improving Skills and Qualifications for the Building Workforce in Cyprus Czech Republic Education and Work Vocational Qualification Denmark Centres for adult education and continuing training (VEU-centres) Continuing training and education committees 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 Finland Door to Learning Labour Market Square France Extra Programme 500 000 jobseekers trained Germany Initiative for skilled workforce Eastern Germany Greece EGF/2014/015 EL/Attica Publishing Activities Ireland Skillnets Latvia Facilitation of regional mobility of persons employed by entrepreneurs. Practical training in the employer’s facilities Lithuania The open system of vocational information and consulting AIKOS Malta Addressing Skills Mismatches in the Aviation Maintenance Industry Construction Industry Skill Card Investing in Skills Linking Industrial Needs and VET to Optimise Human Capital (ESF 2.85) Netherlands Fund for young people entering the labour market Subsidy for practical learning Romania Development of a Labour Market needs anticipation instrument Evaluation and forecasting of the potential labour demand for higher education graduates up to 2020 Matching VET supply with labour market demand Slovakia National project: National Register of Occupations (NRO) III Spain Green Jobs Programme Observatory of Occupations of the Central PES Sweden Regional skills platforms United Kingdom UKCES Employer Investment Fund
