European Alliance on Skills for Employability

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European Alliance on Skills for Employability
Presented by Carsten Johnson Area Academy
Manager, Cisco Systems GmbH Sylvie
Laffarge Director for Community
Affairs, Microsoft EMEA
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Toolbox Tuesdays and Thursdays
On the 4th of December 2008 CSR Europe launched
20 CSR Tools which were the compilation of 18
months of work by CSR Europe, its Members and
Partners and the European Alliance for CSR. CSR
Europe has now launched Toolbox Tuesdays and
Thursdays as a new service to its Members and
National Partner Organizations. The purpose of
these conference calls is to give CSR Europe
Members and NPOs a light informal training on
the individual CSR Tools launched as part of CSR
Europe's Toolbox in December 2008.
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European Alliance on Skills for Employability
Over 40 of Europeans have no basic ICT skills,
and 17 million Europeans are unemployed
The European IT industry employs 7.8 million
people and is projected to add another million
jobs by 2011
To enhance access to employment and to raise
productivity, the EU needs greater and more
effective investment in human capital and
lifelong learning. Partnerships between
businesses and stakeholders to raise
employability skills is key to success.
the Tool
Collaborative Model to Build Skills for
Employability across Europe Network model with
four key activities Increase the skill level
of Europeans in the areas of information
technology, technical ability and other modern
employability-related skills Help develop
curricula so that the process of skill creation
becomes long-term and sustainable Support
people in finding appropriate jobs, and in
preparing for job placements Offer mentoring
programmes, to help the transference of
skills Read about this tool at
www.csreurope.org/toolbox/employability
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Under the umbrella of
European Alliance on Skills for Employability
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Agenda

• The need for e-skills and employability in Europe
• Employability Alliance Partners
• Launch of Employability Alliance and goals
• Examples country chapters

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The importance of e-skills for employability and
e-inclusion in Europe I.
Employability giving people access to the skills
they need to access, retain a job or transition
to a new job. According to IDC ICT skills are
crucial to be employable, almost without regard
to job function
ICT skills key to the uture success of an
organisation
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The importance of e-skills for employability and
e-inclusion in Europe II.

• The latest communication from the Commission on
  ICT skills for the 21st century highlights that
  the digital divide, social exclusion and
  employability are closely interwoven
• 37 of of the EU population has no computer
  skills whatsoever
• More than 60 of people not educated beyond lower
  secondary level have no basic e-skills
• An increase in the estimated number of employed
  IT practitioners during 1998-2004 of about 48
• Approximately 180 million people are using ICT at
  work

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Launch of The European Alliance on Skills for
Employability

• In January 2006 the European Alliance on Skills
  for Employability was launched at the presence of
  the EU Commission President Barroso.
• The partners committed to working in partnership
  across the Employability value chain to deliver
  skills and training opportunities for
• young unemployed and underemployed
• people with disability
• older workers and the elderly
• women (re)entering the labour market

Objective reach 20 million people in the EU
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Building Pathways to Employability
Companies work at all levels of the
employability pathway from basic ICT skilling
to training more advanced ICT users and ICT
practitioners to the provision of curriculum,
software ... Over 10 M people reached across
Europe to date
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Features
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Latest recognitions
CSR Europe Award winner Oct 2007
Key success factor MULTI-STAKEHOLDER APPROACH
where companies, NGOs and governments are
working together to provide efficient eSkills
training
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EA country chapters
EA is active in the following countries Germany F
rance Belgium Luxemburg UK Hungary Poland (pilots
already started) Netherlands (pilots already
started)
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Germany

• IT Fitness Initiative is at the center of
  Germany's efforts as part of the European
  Alliance on Skills for Employability... an
  innovative example of multi stakeholder
  partnerships in the field of CSR EU
  Commissioner, Vladimir Spidla
• Central to the initiative is an online test, that
  gives people the ability to assess their IT
  knowledge, and guidance to free onward training.
  

Impact up-to-datereached over 1 million and 170
000 people have already taken the test! Goal
reach 4 million people!!!
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Hungary
Training Programme for Increased Adaptability in
the Information Society (TITAN) provides an
integrated approach to the different e-skills
levels coexisting in society.

• We would like to attain the goal that tens or
  hundreds of thousands of Hungarian SMEs would
  benefit from both high-level ICT skills and
  digital literacy as a natural part of their
  everyday lives. Mr Ferenc Gyurcsány Prime
  Minister - Hungary

• Impact (planned)
• 10 000 IT Professionals,
• 25 000 SME Managers and
• Deliver basic skills to 200 000 adults

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France
Aim address the high rate of unemployment faced
by women over the age of 45
Full support to reaching the goal of employment
consists of Basic to advanced training in
technology and e-learning, thanks to the support
of Microsoft and State Street, building up to the
completion of ECDL training certifications, right
up to the connection with potential employers,
through Randstad
Impact (planned) Help 1500 women over 45 to find
a job
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www.employabilityalliance.eu
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Thank you! Discussion
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European Toolbox Roadshow
From February 2009-January 2010, CSR Europe will
be coordinating in cooperation with National
Partners, national sessions in various geographic
areas in Europe as part of a wider European
Toolbox Road show. The objective is to further
disseminate the laboratory tools, as well as to
equip companies and stakeholders participating in
national sessions with relevant, useful and
practical CSR tools. Further Information
www.csreurope.org/page/en/roadshow.html
.Skills for Employability Tool
The Tool will be presented at the following
National Sessions Sweden Turkey Scotland