Country fiches

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)

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)

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Netherlands

Romania

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom