| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Education and Culture, EURYDICE |
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| Publisher | EC |
| Publication Date | 2010 |
| Content Type | Report |
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With 24 countries participating in the 2010 Eurydice reporting exercise on ‘New Skills for New Jobs’, the consultation provided a unique opportunity to gather information on recent national developments in skills forecasting and to assess how this information is channelled into education and training provision. Among the main findings: + Virtually all European countries are reinforcing their capacity to forecast, anticipate and match skills needs; + Most countries rely on specific institutional mechanisms bridging the worlds of education and employment through cooperation and partnership; + Strategies to connect education and training to the labour market take a variety of forms ranging from comprehensive measures to more targeted approaches (curriculum reform, education and training of teachers and trainers, student assessment and quality management); + As a result of the economic crisis, education decision-makers in some countries now seem to be more aware of the challenges arising in the labour market. In many cases the crisis has had a significant impact on the transition of young people from school to the labour market. This might prompt more countries to take steps to further improve the responsiveness of their education and training systems to meet labour market needs. The initiative ‘New Skills for New Jobs’ was launched in 2008 by the European Union to promote an improvement in skills forecasting and to match the supply of skills to the needs of the labour market through better cooperation between the worlds of work and education. |
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| Source Link | https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Main_Page |
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| Subject Categories | Employment and Social Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
