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Cedefop, in cooperation with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the European Training Foundation (ETF) is organising a training workshop on financing skills development in Turin, Italy (7-11 March).

This workshop is designed to build knowledge and allow the sharing of good practice about existing mechanisms of financing training, and the necessary conditions for acquiring appropriate funding for skills development. It provides opportunities to share lessons learnt and cutting-edge knowledge. It embraces an exhaustive approach on financial initiatives.

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This workshop will have around 20 participants, mostly international experts in labour market information (LMI) and career guidance, with published research on the topic and selected promoters of relevant projects in the EU. The main purpose of this workshop will be to debate priorities in research and capacity development in LMI and information technologies (ICT) in European lifelong guidance (LLG) systems.

Topics to discuss include:

  • How to achieve successful integration of LMI in career guidance and career education;

  • How to better make use of ICT and diverse media to improve delivery of services to end users;

  • Which elements to prioritise in the capacitation of career development services in LMI and ICT.

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From 2014, Cedefop is responsible for the development of the EU Skills Panorama. The objective of the Skills Panorama is to improve transparency on the European labour market by providing online access to national, sectoral, European and international data and research findings on skills and labour market prospects.

In this context, in 2014, Cedefop carried out a feasibility study to assess the availability and fitness-for-purpose of existing Labour Market Information (LMI) on skills and related issues at a pan-European level for supporting career advisors and employment services in their daily work. The study developed recommendations on how such support can be achieved through the use of LMI. Based on the outcomes of the feasibility study, a new interface for these target groups (career advisors and employment services) is to be developed to extend and improve the Skills Panorama functions.

The interface will be designed for use by careers guidance experts and all those responsible for ensuring that people are able to successfully enter and progress in the labour market across Europe. The support and expertise of EURES advisors is of utmost importance to the entire endeavour of producing an LMI tool/interface within the Panorama. The aim of the workshop as a whole is to ensure that the needs of this group are being identified and collected.

Workshop objectives

This workshop will be the second meeting of both working groups and will aim at validating and refining the concept for the Skills Panorama second phase carrer advice tool.

Participation in this event is upon invitation only.

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Skills are a key factor in the prosperity and economic growth of the regions of the EU. Despite high unemployment, many employers report difficulties in recruiting staff with the right skills. There is an urgent need for better anticipation of the needs of employers, to make better use of existing skills and for developmen...

Skills are a key factor in the prosperity and economic growth of the regions of the EU. Despite high unemployment, many employers report difficulties in recruiting staff with the right skills. There is an urgent need for better anticipation of the needs of employers, to make better use of existing skills and for development of the skills that are needed by the labour market.

Effective skills strategies are based on three main pillars: firstly, the availability of reliable and robust labour market data to identify and analyse current skills gaps; secondly, the anticipation of trends and of future needs for skills; and thirdly and most importantly, translating this information into actions though the better matching of the supply and demand for skills. The seminar is an opportunity to learn about the newest EU initiatives, trends and tools in relation to skills anticipation, and methodologies for skills foresight, as well as to gain practical insight from the EPSA finalist project FREMKOM on how to design and manage innovative methods for sustainable skills development strategies based on social dialogue and strong stakeholder involvement.

Target group
This seminar has been especially designed for individuals working in the fields of education and training, economic growth, employment and the labour market at national, regional and local level. This includes managers and expert practitioners from ministries and government agencies responsible for economic growth, skills development and employment creation, regional development agencies, employment services, vocational training institutions, chambers of commerce, industry organisations, trade unions etc.

Description
The seminar has been developed in cooperation with the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) and the Danish finalist project of the European Public Sector Award 2015‘FREMKOM – Future Competencies of Region North Denmark’.

The seminar is an opportunity to learn about the newest EU initiatives, trends and tools in relation to skills anticipation, and methodologies for skills foresight, as well as to gain practical insight from the EPSA finalist project FREMKOM on how to design and manage innovative methods for sustainable skills development strategies based on social dialogue and strong stakeholder involvement.

Skills are a key factor in the prosperity and economic growth of the regions of the EU. Despite high unemployment, many employers report difficulties in recruiting staff with the right skills. There is an urgent need for better anticipation of the needs of employers, to make better use of existing skills and for development of the skills that are needed by the labour market.

Effective skills strategies are based on three main pillars: firstly, the availability of reliable and robust labour market data to identify and analyse current skills gaps; secondly, the anticipation of trends and of future needs for skills; and thirdly and most importantly, translating this information into actions though the better matching of the supply and demand for skills. Matching the supply and demand of skills involves cooperation, mediation and negotiation between the education systems and the business sector, while also adjusting supply and demand.

Effective matching requires the implementation of coherent and regular anticipation procedures, with policies based on reliable data, diagnosis and monitoring tools. A wide range of methods and tools have been developed and applied at European, national, regional and sector level, using qualitative and quantitative approaches, ranging from quantitative, model-based approaches to sector studies, employer surveys and qualitative foresight. What has proven most successful is a mix of approaches, regular application and improvements, and a social partnership approach at the regional and local level.

Learning methodology
The seminar applies a practice-learning method. Participants will be actively involved during the two days in tailor-made exercises and will benefit from the EPSA 2015 finalist project FREMKOM to illustrate a successful methodology in tackling the skills gap through the involvement of relevant stakeholders in the joint development of regional skills strategies.

Objectives
Participants will gain insight, practical tools and methodologies relating to:
• State-of-the-art skills identification methodologies and how to replicate them in their own contexts;
• How to engage relevant stakeholders in effective skills development systems;
• Ensuring sustainable investments in skills;
• How to design, manage and sustain the processes to develop robust joint skills strategies matching the future skills needs.

More information on the program of the event can be found here.

The registration will remain open until the 9th of May 2016.

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Reference
AO/DSL/VKVET/Skills forecasts/001/16
Closing date
04/04/2016