Overview of the New Skills Agenda for Europe Key elements and actions
Europe vis-à-vis its competitors Low literacy skills Low numeracy skills EU-20 United States Canada Korea Australia Norway New Zealand Japan United States EU-20 Canada Australia New Zealand Korea Norway Japan 0 10 20 0 10 20 30 30 15 0 Source: PIAAC 2016
Low digital skills Failed ICT core or had no computer experience Below Level 1 60 40 EU average 20 0 NL SE FI DK AT UK (E) CZ BE (fl) DE EE IE UK (N.I) SK PL SI EL LT No Use Low 80% 60% 40% EU average 20% 0% Source: PIAAC 2016, Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 Digital Inclusion and Skills
What about qualifications? More than 65 million EU adults without upper secondary education Percentage of adults without upper secondary education (lower secondary is the highest acquired educational attainment level) 25 20 24% 15 10 5 0 Canada United States Switzerland Korea Norway EU-28 Source: Eurostat 2015, OECD 2014
Employment rates by qualification level, EU-28 90.0 tertiary education (levels 5-8) 80.0 upper and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3-4) 70.0 60.0 up to lower-secondary education (levels 0-2) 50.0 40.0 30.0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: EU-28; age group: 25-64; ISCED 2011' Eurostat 2015
% employers reporting difficulties in finding employees with the right skills 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 ECS (2013) CY HR EL ES UK IT SI NL IE DK PL PT RO EU28 SK CZ LU FI FR SE DE MT BG HU BE AT LT LV EE ECS (2013) European Company Survey
Digital transformation Main drivers Skills mismatches (affect productivity and growth) EU workforce ageing and shrinking Quality of education and training varies in EU Perceptions not rooted in reality (e.g. VET) Importance of learning outside the formal system
What's new Strong (but not exclusive) focus on low-skilled Impact of digitisation mainstreamed across all actions Involvement of business and trade unions key, alongside traditional education stakeholders Closer to economic reality and sectoral dimension
10 Key Measures in 3 Priority Areas: I. Improving the quality and relevance of skills formation II. Making skills and qualifications more visible and comparable III. Improving skills intelligence and information for better career choices
I. IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND RELEVANCE OF SKILLS FORMATION 1. Upskilling Pathways (ex Skills Guarantee)- adopted 2. Proposal for the review of the Key Competences - 2017 3. Proposals on making VET a first choice (e.g. revision of EQAVET and ECVET) - 2018 4. Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition 1 December 2016
II. MAKING SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS MORE VISIBLE AND COMPARABLE 5. Proposal for the revision of the EQF - adopted 6. Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals early 2017
III. IMPROVING SKILLS INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION FOR BETTER CAREER CHOICES 7. Proposal for the revision of the Europass Framework adopted 8. Blueprint for Sectorial Cooperation on Skills - ongoing 9. Analysis and sharing of best practice on brain drain - 2017 10. Proposal on Graduate Tracking - 2017
Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills Selection of sector EU partnerships National partnerships
Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliances 1. SKILLS NEEDS IDENTIFICATION 2. DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF VET 3. STRATEGIC COOPERATION (Blueprint phase 2) https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus_en
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships Transnational projects to develop innovative practices and promote cooperation and peer learning in education and training (and youth) E.g.: Cooperation and networking between organisations; development, testing, and implementation of innovative practices; validation of knowledge, skills, and competences Capped at 150k per year (1-3y) https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities-for-organisations/innovationgood-practices/strategic-partnerships_en
DELIVERING THE AGENDA Joint agenda for the EU, the Member States and stakeholders. Social partners: central role to play European Semester OECD-EU support for national skills strategies Current EU funding
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