Skill needs forecasting system

Implementation is continuing.

The 2020 annual report of the Mechanism of labour market diagnosis was published by EIEAD in a concise and easy-to-use format, utilising advanced imaging software. The report referred to the years 2011-19 and analysed national and local developments in employment and unemployment, the demand for jobs by profession, by industry and by skill level. It consisted of 59 interactive whiteboards that allowed the user to specify the available information according to demographics, time, space, etc. It was also possible to extract even more detailed information through the learn more option.

The first section of the report addressed the evolution of the basic dimensions of the labour market, while the second presented the analysis of labour market trends and, in particular, the dynamism of professions and sectors of national and local economic activity. The data of the report were derived from the labour force survey of the Greek statistics agency (ELSTAT), the information system (for monitoring the labour market) ERGANI, the register for unemployment of the Manpower Employment Organisation (OAED) and the European classification system of skills, abilities, qualifications and professions ESCO.

The sixth EIEAD annual report, Work and employment in Greece, was published. It included chapters on the consequences of COVID-19 and the long-term economic crisis on the economy, the labour market and society at large. Other chapters focused on the following topics, providing statistical data:

1. digital economy;
2. vocational education and training;
3. immigration;
4. labour relations and trends in the labour market for specific social groups.

The annual report also referred to the findings of the EOPPEP VET graduate tracking study. It underlined that, among Greeks aged 16-24, 47% have basic digital skills and 45% have digital skills above the basic level (compared to the same category in the EU-27 where 23% have basic digital skills and 59% have above the basic level).

One of the most important findings of the 2021 annual report pointed out that special attention should be paid to VET actions related to NEETS, as their percentage in 2020 (13.2%) was slightly higher than 2019 (12.5%) but lower than 2018 (14.1%) and in 2017 (15.3%).

In 2022, Law 4921/18 April 2022 ,Better jobs for everyone: Reorganisation of the Public Employment Service- DYPA (former Manpower Organisation OAED) and digitalisation of its services, upgrading of workforce skills and jobs need diagnosis and other provisions, integrated the EIEAD to the labour ministry, and its tasks, to contribute to the establishment of the mechanism of labour market diagnosis and to develop a methodology for skills forecasting) were transferred to labour ministry.

By Law No. 4921/2022 the ,mechanism of labour market diagnosis, falls under the ,unit of experts in employment, Social Insurance, welfare & social affairs, (?.?.?.?.) with the following responsibilities:

1. to collect statistics from national and European databases (ELSTAT, ERGANI, DYPA, AADE, EFKA, Eurostat, ESCO) to monitor job creation and loss by occupation, education level, gender, age, and employment status on a monthly basis, across all regions, regional units, and municipalities. The aim is to highlight the most dynamic occupations and sectors.
2. to compile surveys and studies, including business surveys, focus groups, technological research perspectives, and both quantitative and qualitative data, to detect skill and occupational mismatches at national and local level. These findings are summarised in the Mechanism's Annual Report.
3. Maintain an information system and a website for storing and disseminating labour market data to the general public and authorised users.

The ,mechanism of labour market diagnosis, and the accompanying website were fully developed and operational in 2023.

The ,mechanism of labour market diagnosis, plans to develop a tool to assess, on a quarterly basis, the balance between the supply and demand of wage labour by occupation, gender, and age at national, regional, and local levels.