Skills and competences for recovery and growth Aviana Bulgarelli Director, Cedefop

Skills and the economic crisis The crisis reinforces the need to: continue to reform education and training to provide people with the right skills and competences throughout working life be better prepared to sustain economic growth and innovation through better anticipation and matching of skill demand and supply Thinking beyond recovery is paramount

Towards knowledge & skill intensive occupations EU-25+ Negative scenario

More jobs require medium and high qualifications Employment trends, 1996-2020, by qualification EU-25+ Negative scenario 20,9% 46,2% 32,9% 25,3% 31,4% 48,6% 50,0% 26,2% 18,6%

Changing shares of qualification needs in sectors Selected examples EU-25+ Negative scenario

Europe’s skills in 2020? On the right track: But: more Europeans have high and medium qualifications younger Europeans more qualified than ever But: more adults will need to broaden or upgrade their skills 77 million low-skilled but still only about 10% of adults participate in lifelong learning

Risk: waste of talents – unemployment rate Younger women’s qualifications surpassing men’s Labour force supply, 2007 and 2020, by age, gender and qualification In the crisis, more dismissal of men not least because of the sectors involved Complementary social policies needed to give more women the opportunity to participate in the labour market in jobs hat are relevant to their education and training Risk: waste of talents – unemployment rate NB: Labour force aged 25 and more. EU-25 without Malta, plus Norway

Education and training: the route to skills and competence Some key issues: more flexible learning paths that recognise and value what people know and can do by measuring learning outcomes moving up and across, into work and back to learning throughout life develop a common understanding between formal qualifications and the content of occupations inform, advise and support people in making suitable choices Better integrate learning and working

Road to success: partnership Expand cooperation with all relevant actors: comprehensive and complementary education and training, employment, social and economic policies cooperate closely to put common European objectives, policies, principles and tools into practice Dialogue and joint forces of institutions and social partners

Thank you for your attention! Cedefop welcomes the European Economic and Social Committee’s engagement in this debate. Cedefop also welcomes the chance to provide evidence for its opinions and to learn from you who face the real challenge of reforming vocational education and training. Thank you for your attention! For more information: www.cedefop.europa.eu