New Skills for New Jobs Anticipating and Matching Labour Market and Skills Needs

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New Skills for New JobsAnticipating and
Matching Labour Market and Skills Needs

• Julie Fionda
• European Commission, DG Education and Culture
• 2009 Techno TN Forum, 6th June 2009 - Brussels

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Rationale for New Skills for New Jobs

• Skills a determinant factor for productivity and
  employment
• Changes (demographic, globalisation, low-carbon
  economy, technological and organisational)
  require different and new skills
• Skills shortages and mismatches a growing
  concern in Member States
• Address the short-term employment impact of the
  economic crisis and improve the long-term job
  prospects of the EU workforce

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Meeting the Skills Challenge

• A need to increase skills at all levels
• but not just any skills a need to match
  real labour market needs
• a quickly changing skills demand
• Improving capacities for skills assessment,
• anticipation and matching
• Limits projections are uncertain!

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Political mandate of the initiative

• The European Council Conclusions stressed that
  Member States and the Commission should give
  priority to the implementation of the New Skills
  for New Jobs initiative (December 2007)
• Invite the Commission to present a comprehensive
  assessment of the future skills requirements in
  Europe up to 2020, taking account of the impacts
  of technological change and ageing populations
  and to propose steps to anticipate future needs.
  Economic migration can play a role in meeting the
  needs of the labour market and can contribute to
  help skills shortages (March 2008)

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The 2008 Communication

• A first assessment of future skill needs based
  mainly on Cedefop work, but also on Eurofound
  studies and academic research
• Policy recommendations and actions

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A first assessment

• Past and future structure of jobs by education
  attainment level a need for higher education
  attainment

Source Cedefop, data for EU 25
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The right skills

• A growing demand from employers for transversal
  key competencies, such as problem-solving and
  analytical skills, self-management and
  communication skills, linguistic skills
• A broader portfolio of skills is required

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Policy conclusions

1. Addressing mismatches
2. Strengthening the Union's capacity for
   forecasting and anticipation
3. Deepening international cooperation
4. Mobilising Community instruments

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