1. EU SKILLS PROFILE TOOL for Third Country Nationals
DG EMPLOYMENT WEBINAR
24th of November 2017
Dennis van Gessel
DG EMPL, European Commission

2. Help migrants to integrate Benefit from incoming skills
MIGRANTS' SKILLS – why?
Help migrants to integrate
"Integration Action Plan of Third-Country Nationals"
DG HOME+
Benefit from incoming skills
"New Skills Agenda for Europe"
DG EMPL+

3. NEW SKILLS AGENDA FOR EUROPE
Quality & relevance of skills
Visibility and comparability
Skills intelligence
1. Upskilling Pathways
5. Revision of EQF
7. Revision of EUROPASS
2. Key Competences Framework
8. Analysis of brain drain
3. VET as a first choice
9. Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills
6. Skills profile tool for 3rd country nationals
4. Digital Skills and Jobs coalition
10. Initiative on graduate tracking

4. EU SKILLS PROFILE TOOL – aims
Make skills visible
Understand needs
Offer advice

5. EU SKILLS PROFILE TOOL – users
National authorities and other services in (early) contact with third country nationals (asylum applicants, refugees, beneficiaries of international protection, etc.)
The Tool is accessible directly online
Voluntary and free of charge
Flexible use – users choose which sections to fill in, in one go or several sittings
The Tool has been designed with flexibility in mind, and with different target users, who may use it in the most appropriate way for them.
The main users include, but are not limited to:
National authorities responsible for reception and integration of refugees
Reception centres
Employment assistance services
Education and training advisers
Social services
Non-governmental organisations and charities offering services to refugees and other third country nationals
How the form is filled in can be decided by users:
a Third Country National and an adviser could sit and complete the Tool together, with two languages side-by-side on the screen;
a Third Country National could complete "Personal information" and "Skills identification" sections on their own and an adviser could complete the "Overall appraisal and recommended next steps" section separately;
it can be filled in in one or several sittings (please see section 4.4 on how to save and re-upload a profile to continue working on it).

6. EU SKILLS PROFILE TOOL – key facts
Documenting skills, not assessment
Basis for advice and referrals to other services
Record and share data across the EU (multilingual tool, use of international classifications - ISO, ISCED, ESCO, NACE)
Data editor, not data store (profiles to be saved locally, import/export functionality)
Standard international classifications used:
- ISO (for languages and countries)
- ISCED-F 2013 (for education levels)
- European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO)
- Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE)

7. EU SKILLS PROFILE TOOL – languages
Multilingual online tool, bilingual screen
All EU languages (except Gaelic)
7 non-EU languages: Turkish, Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Sorani, Somali, Tigrinya
Other languages may be added subject to demand
• Arabic (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen)
• Farsi (Iran, Afganistan)
• Pashto (Afganistan)
• Sorani / Central Kurdish (Iraq)
• Somali (Somalia)
• Tigrinya (Eritrea and northern Ethiopia)

9. Part 1 personal details and key background info
Part 2 more in-depth info on skills, qualifications and experiences of the individual
Part 3 more detailed info on what the individual expects or wishes to do (e.g. language or other training, work)
Part 4 outcomes of the identification and documentation exercise; advice for next steps and referrals to other services/organisations
Can fill in as many, or as few fields as possible
A summary document available in pdf
Upload documents/repository

10. EU SKILLS PROFILE TOOL – structure
Part 1 personal information Part 2 expectations Part 3 skills identification Part 4 overall appraisal and next steps Part 5 summary

11. EU SKILLS PROFILE TOOL – next steps
6 Nov release for public use
4Q dissemination:
webinars,
events,
videos
manuals
Future development:
Guidance section
Availability of other language versions
Statistical information
Interest in webinars?

12. EU SKILLS PROFILE TOOL – links
Feedback/questions:
Thank you!