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1 ESCO (2015) MAI 002 FINAL Creation Date: 20/03/2015 Last update: 27/04/2015 MEETING MINUTES 15th meeting of the ESCO Maintenance Committee March 2015 Hotel Thon Bristol Stephanie, Brussels 1. Opening of the meeting Tony Bird chaired the meeting. The agenda of the 15 th meeting of the ESCO Maintenance Committee (MAI) was approved unanimously. Meeting minutes The minutes of the 14 th meeting of the MAI were adopted unanimously via written procedure. The action points from the minutes were reviewed. The ESCO Secretariat (SEC) will circulate the learning outcomes terminological gap analysis developed by the TEG. The SEC will liaise with the ILO for the quality assurance of the ISCO codes relations. Anders Ekeland will contact the SEC to suggest an expert on oil and gas. 2. Thematic bloc 1: the delivery of ESCO v1.0 Barend Jan de Jong presented the implementation plan for the delivery of ESCO v1.0. The MAI members commented that the role of the MAI should be made clear throughout the process. The SEC replied that this will be clarified in the following presentations. Aikaterini Sylla presented the process for the online consultation. ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative. 1

2 The MAI suggested that a quality assurance process should be foreseen for the recruitment of the experts that will take part to the online consultation. This will have indeed a strong impact on the quality of the final content. However, the MAI welcomed the new approach, considering it to be better structured. The MAI asked that the appointment process start as soon as possible. The SEC communicated that the process has already started. The MAI members advised the SEC to make sure that the interest organisations do not bias the process and that the labour market reality be reflected both in the process and in the final outcome. The SEC clarified that the experts are appointed in their own capacity. Additionally, the online consultation platform allows tracking the individual contributions, creating transparency throughout the whole process. Regarding the experts selection, the SEC will contact all the PES and involve the Member States through the Member States expert group. Additionally, the SEC will reach out to the statistical offices. The SEC has planned several communication actions together with the ESCO Board (BOA) in order to increase the participation rate as much as possible. The MAI members agreed on five moments in which they are invited to advise the SEC: 1. on the list of experts: the MAI will advise on potential gaps; 2. on the sectoral data developed by the Taxonomy Expert Group (TEG) for the online consultation; 3. on the content coming out of the online consultation; 4. on the content coming out of the targeted second iteration (if it takes place); 5. on the final content to be included in the release. Vito Spinelli presented the updated approach for monitoring the quality assurance process and the decision-making process leading to the release publication. The MAI members stressed that the new 16 sectors will feature several overlaps and that they would like to be informed how the SEC solves these cases. The SEC stated that the standard approach used is the one described in the ESCO Guidelines as cooperation scenario. However the SEC will inform the MAI on the methodology and results of dealing with these overlaps through the quality assurance reports. ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative. 2

3 The SEC will circulate the documents of the last ESCO Board meeting. More generally, the BOA document should always be made available to the MAI as soon as they are final. The SEC will inform the MAI on the plans for fit-for-purpose testing The SEC will inform the MAI on other testing already performed and will provide technical documentation on the mapping pilot 3. Thematic bloc 2: fine-tuning the methodology 3.1. Updating of the ESCO Guidelines Vito Spinelli updated the MAI members on the revision of the ESCO dissemination tools, focusing at this stage on the ESCO Guidelines. Katrien Vander Kuylen briefed the MAI on the updated ESCO Guidelines for the use of sources in ESCO. The MAI members suggested that the sources should also be used for the translations. The MAI members noted that the Australian standard classification of OCC was replaced in 2006 by the Australian and New Zealand standard classification of occupations. This change needs to be reflected in the document Added value of work context in ESCO Cristina Perera presented the results of desk research to test the relevance of work context in a sample of job vacancies. The MAI expressed concerns that aspects of the work context are regulated at national level and this would make the task very complex. Moreover, the scope of the work context is not clear to the extent that includes several different categories, further adding to the complexity. The MAI discussed whether the TEG have enough resources to be able to develop the list of work context on top of their current tasks. Additionally, the list was not developed for the 11 sectors and this would create an unbalanced situation. Furthermore, some members pointed out that work context is a feature of jobs, while ESCO describes occupations. Other members stressed that work context is an attribute in high demand among some stakeholders as being essential for job matching. The SEC observed that ESCO will be used for job matching by providing a standardised vocabulary of occupations that will be used to describe jobs (in CVs and job vacancies). Concepts like the ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative. 3

4 optional skills or work context do not apply to all jobs within one occupation but help to filter out relevant jobs within one occupation in search results. The work context adds a lot of value for describing the preferences of a jobseeker and the effort to develop this list compared to composing skills profiles is minimum. The MAI agreed that the desk research revealed a gap in the current data and that work context adds value to enrich the classification and to enhance job matching. The SEC clarified that the list of work contexts will be developed and will be part of the online consultation process. The MAI and SEC agreed that the resources available are sufficient to collect the information on work context for the new 16 sectors. However, this is still not clear for the existing 11 sectors. The SEC will develop a detailed planning and submit it to the MAI via written procedure Functional analysis and regulated professions in ESCO Angeliki Dedopoulou presented the SEC proposal for an approach on the regulated professions in ESCO, taking into account the developments within the Healthcare and social services Sectoral Reference Group (SREF) and the consultations with the medical doctors representatives. The MAI members agreed that in principle the methodology described in the ESCO Guidelines should always be implemented. Only in exceptional cases a divergent approach can be accepted. In this case the TEG will compile: the essential knowledge, skills and competences with content extracted from the directive on regulated qualifications (2005/36/EC); the optional knowledge, skills and competences with data that reflects the labour market reality. The MAI decided not to revisit the agreed definition of essential and optional knowledge, skill and competence The role and place of transversal and cross-sectoral skills in ESCO Pedro Chaves addressed the concerns expressed by the MAI members on the use and implementation of the transversal and cross-sectoral skills in ESCO v1.0. The MAI discussed on the benefit of adding a dimension of knowledge, skills, competences that allows creating paths from the more generic KSC (with less job-matching value) to the more specific KSC. The MAI members had different opinions on the matter. ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative. 4

5 A point of concern was that for non-professional end users (employers, job seekers) it is easier to work with transversal skills when they are translated into clearly defined labour market activities and related performance criteria, rather than general abstract lists and levels. Abstract lists of transversal skills are a type of information that is not fit for automatic matching. The MAI members agreed to advise the Cross-sectoral Reference Group (CSREF) to move forward with the development of a methodology for this purpose. The MAI will invite a representative of the CSREF to join the next MAI meeting and present the results. In parallel, the SEC will organize a meeting with two or three Public Employment Services in order to investigate how they deal with this issue (the reuse level of knowledge, skills and competences). The MAI members will share their comments with the SEC on the working version of the ESCO Guidelines v2 document via . The SEC will update the document on the guidelines for the use of sources. The SEC will develop a planning for the implementation of the work context in the 11 sectors and submit it to the MAI via written procedure. The CSREF will develop a methodology for the contextualisation and de-contextualisation of knowledge, skills and competences in ESCO. The MAI will invite a representative of the CSREF to join the next meeting and present the results of the task described above. The SEC will organise a meeting with two or three PESs to investigate how they deal with the layering of knowledge, skills and competences. The SEC will make the ESCO Guidelines available on the ESCO Portal as soon as they are finalised. Technical information will also be included. 4. Thematic bloc 3: finalising the ESCO sectoral revision Mira Lepur updated the MAI on the progress of the HEAL SREF and the developments that followed the quality assurance meeting in February. The MAI members expressed their appreciation for the work the HEAL SREF members have done so far. The MAI members advocated that the SREF finalises this work and asked the SEC to provide all the support needed. However, the MAI acknowledged that this is a large and complex sector and so far the scope foreseen in the SREF mandate is not fully covered. Therefore, the MAI advised the SEC to further ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative. 5

6 develop the missing content and publish it in the online platform so that new experts can review it in the online consultation. The MAI members discussed on how to thank all the SREFs for the work done. The SEC clarified that plans are already in place to formally thank the SREFs and invite a delegation to the ESCO conference in Additionally, the SEC will draft a thank you letter on behalf of the MAI. The MAI members agreed that they need to have access to the online consultation platform. The SEC will grant the MAI reading rights. The MAI members agreed to monitor the online consultation. Each member will take responsibility for monitoring two sectors. The SEC will circulate the sectors list to the MAI members in two iterations, so that each member can select two sectors. The MAI members agreed that monitoring the online consultation can result in two actions: 1. The MAI members who are following a specific sector can directly comment in CTC to provide input; 2. If general issues arise that require a broader discussion within the MAI, the MAI members can create a discussion topic on the closed forum space in CTC. Katrien Vander Kuylen updated the MAI on the progress of the ESCO mapping pilot. The MAI clarified that these tests do not concern job matching but concept mapping that can show how certain information gets across the ESCO bridge. Some MAI members pointed out that the topic of semantic interoperability deserves further clarification for the members that have a less technical expertise. Therefore, the SEC agreed to share the existing documents on the topic and the Powerpoint presentation that was delivered at the ESCO goes live conference. The MAI members will signal whether this will be sufficient for the purpose. The SEC will draft a letter to inform the SREF HEAL of the MAI position. The SEC will circulate the draft to the MAI members for written procedure. The SEC will draft a thank you letter on behalf of the MAI that the SEC will distribute to the SREFs on their behalf. The SEC will grant the MAI members reading rights to the online consultation platform. The SEC will circulate the list of 16 sectors to the MAI members in two iterations, so that each member can select two sectors. ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative. 6

7 The SEC will share the existing documents on semantic interoperability and the powerpoint presentation delivered at the ESCO goes live conference. The SEC will inform the MAI on the progress and status of the mapping pilot (the description of the test cases being used, how they are implemented and the results, and the evaluation by the PES involved). 5. Thematic bloc 4: steps after the MAI consultation Mira Lepur presented the approach for the sectoral integration and clean-up of the ESCO data. The SEC will start testing the clean-up methodology with the data of three SREFs: HOSP, AGRI, VETE and ICT. The SEC will inform the MAI on the process and will consult the MAI on the difficult cases. The MAI advised the SEC that this is a large task and should be restricted in terms of level of detail: striking the right balance will be challenging. The SEC will inform the MAI members on the progress of the clean-up process and will consult them on the difficult cases. 6. AOB The MAI and SEC agreed on a timeline for the MAI to provide feedback and input in the content development and delivery process. The SEC will include this timeline in the presentation on the planning for the delivery of ESCO v1. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ESCO Maintenance Committee Members Participants ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative. 7

8 Heathwood, Cathy Diekmann, Knut Hunter, David Goetschalckx, Gerd Bird, Tony Bergenhill, Rita Ekeland, Anders Dupuch, Alain Da Silva Cipriano, Paulo Clark, Trevor Voltman, Janneke Council for Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), Principal Officer Qualifications and Skills Accreditation Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Director Principals of Further Vocational Education Policy International Labour Organisation VDAB, Co-ordinator R&D Bird and Associates PES Sweden Statistics Norway, Senior Adviser Pôle Emploi EURES National Coordination, Employment department Portugal Independent expert SBB (foundation for cooperation on vocational education, training and the labour market), Netherlands Permanent observers to the ESCO Maintenance Committee Franco Lopes, Ana EC/ESTAT, Head of section, European Commission ESCO Secretariat Le Vrang, Martin Laudi, Aldo Spinelli, Vito Perera Orcastegui, Cristina Lepur, Mira Chaves, Pedro Dedopoulou, Angeliki Vander Kuylen, Katrien Wywial, Katarzyna De Jong, Barend Jan Sylla, Aikaterini ESCO Secretariat (DG EMPL) ESCO Secretariat (DG EMPL) ESCO Secretariat (Tenforce) ESCO Secretariat (Tenforce) ESCO Secretariat (Tenforce) ESCO Secretariat (DG EMPL) ESCO Secretariat (Tenforce) ESCO Secretariat (TenForce) ESCO Secretariat (TenForce) ESCO Secretariat (TenForce) ESCO Secretariat (TenForce) Excused Stroie, Dana Wechsler, Dietmar Milford, Kate Bjornavold, Jens Ministry of National Education of Romania BW Bildung und Wissen Verlag, Service provider and information expert in the fields of education, training, occupations and careers Rhead Group ESCO Secretariat (Cedefop) ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative. 8