TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD CSC Commission Syndicale Consultative aupres de l’OCDE OECD/Germany Workshop Advancing innovation: Human resources, education and training Some reflections on the presentations and discussions of the first day Where do we go from here? Roland Schneider, TUAC Bad Honnef, 17 November 2008

TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD CSC Commission Syndicale Consultative aupres de l’OCDE Focus of my comments: 1) Some remarks regarding the appealing gospel of skills 2) Not looked at: business models and business strategies as drivers of skill requirements 3) The role of unions in the provision of VET and in the governance of VET 4) An innovation to learn: union learn

TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD CSC Commission Syndicale Consultative aupres de l’OCDE Economy wide measures of routine and non-routine tasks (US)

TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD CSC Commission Syndicale Consultative aupres de l’OCDE Moving beyond the supply side focus of skills – entering unchartered waters

TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD CSC Commission Syndicale Consultative aupres de l’OCDE Union learn: An innovation to promote workplace learning

TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD CSC Commission Syndicale Consultative aupres de l’OCDE About unionlearn Unionlearn is here to help unions spread the lifelong learning message to even more members. The Mission "We will increase workers’ life chances and strengthen their voice at the workplace through high quality union learning“ Unionlearn aims to help unions to become learning organisations It will also help unions to broker learning opportunities for their members. Unionlearn will research union priorities on learning and skills, identify and share good practice, promote learning agreements, support union members on learning and skills bodies, and help shape sector skills agreements.