Policy instruments

Scroll down to explore detailed information on skills anticipation and matching policy instruments from EU countries. Click on the respective tabs to select and filter by specific search criteria, such as the focus of the policy area, the aim of the instrument, the specific use of labour market intelligence and the type of stakeholders involved.

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Displaying 19 policy instruments

Title	Country	Focus area	Policy area	Skills matching focus	Use of labour market intelligence
AMS Standing Committee on New Skills	AT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Innovation Digital economy	Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly Other	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
PES Skills Barometer	AT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training	Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly Other	Other
Employment and Trade/Professions Directory	BE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Employment	Other	Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Other
Local 'Basin' Authority for Qualifying Education, Training and Employment	BE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Other	Other
Promising Professions	BE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Other	Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
HRDA Scheme for Job Placement and Training of Tertiary-Education Graduates	CY	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address mismatch broadly Other	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
Education and Work	CZ	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Facilitate job / career transitions Other	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
National foresight Network	FI	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Other	Other	Other
Investing in competences 2018-2022	FR	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment Migration Social inclusion	Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Other	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Designing standards and accreditation Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
Immigration monitoring instrument	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Employment Migration Other	Other	Other
Skilled Worker Shortage Analysis	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Migration	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly Other	Other
Skilled workforce bottleneck monitor	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Other	Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Updating VET Training Contents	DE	Key training policy measure	Education Training	Other	Designing standards and accreditation
Excelsior Employment and Training Information System	IT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Migration Innovation Digital economy Social inclusion Equality/equal opportunities	Other	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
Permanent National Information System for occupational needs	IT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Other
National Skills Council	MT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Other	Other
Labour Market Observatory of Lubelskie	PL	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Other	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Pomeranian Labour Market Observatory	PL	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Migration	Other	Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors
Regional analysis- and forecastsystem (RAPS)	SE	Key training policy measure	Employment Other	Other	Other