1. e-Skills ; Measurement
Skills deployed in the workforce measure
ICT practitioner skills to build ICT infrastructure which supports the knowledge economy
ICT user skills to complement other competences in ways which raise productivity

2. e-Skills ; Measurement
Skills, qualifications and competences as the supply side measure
Difficult to measure competences (or anything too technical) from labour force surveys
Occupations as the demand side measure
but in conventional frameworks such surveys make weaker predictions of skills
Changing patterns of training
new proprietary qualifications by the firms who build software and systems

3. e-Skills ; Measurement
Software professionals
people who build the software investment
we count their activity as capital formation
STILE makes it clear that:
classifications are complex and inconsistently applied
occupations arise and change very fast
Better definition is essential
should statistical system be looking at market based classifications through ‘job boards’?
can we use IT to measure IT?

4. e-Skills ; Measurement
e-Business or Advanced User skills
ICT plus other competences
is this where fastest growth is likely in the future?
How to capture ICT skill as part of occupation
classifications are complex and inconsistently applied
suggest that only an automated stystem can keep up
Deployment is what we want to measure
‘skills accounting’ across industries only possible in countries with strong statistical infrastructure
another argument for ‘market based’ approach

5. e-Skills ; Measurement
Will ECDL help EU firms to be ‘high users’?

6. e-Skills ; Measurement
Competitive and social challenge in all three areas of the labour market
ICT professionals
Specialists for whom ICT is core
ICT enabled service providers
These are ‘globally competing’ occupations
service occupations now open to international competition
major expansion in trade, unevenly distributed
Can better labour market statistics help us understand the opportunities as well as threats?