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

2. 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

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

4. 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%

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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!
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