2010/12/10

First Skills Council Meeting

Brussels, April 14th 2014

Federico Brugnoli

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Project Objectives

The main objective of the project is to conduct the first year of activities of the ESSC for the Commerce Sector. The Work programme of the council is based on 5 pillars:

- Interaction with the Commission and harmonisation

- Information exchange

- Updated sectoral knowledge

- Direct interaction with the reference market

- Intense communication

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Project Objectives

• Two TCL Skills Council meetings in 2014 (+ 1)

• 4 Reports

• Bi-lateral or tri-lateral activities

• Broadening the Council composition with new national ISPs

• Final conference in December 2014

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Start date of the Project: 01 Jan 2014

Project Timetable

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Activity 1

Task 1.1: "Harmonisation meeting" ESCOTask 1.2: "Harmonisation meeting" SKILLS PANORAMATask 1.3: "Harmonisation meeting” SKILLS ALLIANCETask 1.4: Harmonisation Seminar March 17 2014

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Activity 1

OUTCOMES OF THE HARMONISATION WORKSHOP:

There is lot of complementarity between Skills Council, the Skills Panorama and ESCO. So, there is a recognised need from all parties, social partners and the EU Commission (DG EMPL, EAC, MARKT and ENTER) that we need to work on a common denominator and a common understanding on the different existing and parallel initiatives.

Long term sustainability: Skills council need resources to continue their work of skills anticipation and filling the skills mismatches, in order to do this, the EU Commission should support social partners on a continuous basis

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Activity 1

OUTCOMES OF THE HARMONISATION WORKSHOP:

Skills Council are not only data collectors but are technical bodies working together with social partners with a view to produce consistent information and intelligence on skills with a view to increase job opportunities and reply to companies needs for a qualified workforce in line with the labour market demands.

Skills Council must be strategic and not reactive to changes; There is a need for a strategic and long-term vision for the future of the sectors. In order to ensure this, the sectoral dimension must be fostered.

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Activity 1

OUTCOMES OF THE HARMONISATION WORKSHOP:

Skills Council should act as sentinels, alerting on skills needs and changes but social partners should act with policy recommendationsit has to be clear how we are going to use the outcomes of all EU Initiatives on skills , outcomes are to be tangible, respond to the sectoral needs and have sufficient resources to be translated in concrete actions.

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Activity 1

OUTCOMES OF THE HARMONISATION WORKSHOP:

Sectoral approach, a “good angle”

Mutualisation of resources

Stable methodological framework for harmonisation

Increase involvment of VET providers

Good moment to interact with national authorities on ESF, EIDF

ESSC shall be more strategic and less reactive

How to use the intelligence that is produced

Improve cooperation

Skills Alliancies will continue support sectors with ESSC

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Activity 2

Task 2.1: Organization of the first council meetingTask 2.2: First council meeting: action planning April 14th 2014Task 2.3: Organization of the second council meetingTask 2.4: Second council meeting: intermediate evaluation, promotion and follow up actions Sep 2014

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Activity 2

DISCUSSION:

First council meeting: discussion of the detailed work plan for the following 9 months of activities

Second council meeting (September 2014):• intermediate evaluation of the status of project activities• evaluation of the information gathered and elaborated in the

Researches and Reports as in project phase 3• detailed planning of the annual conference

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Activity 2

DISCUSSION:

Date of the Second Council meeting

Need for intermediate technical meetings

Attendees to be invited to the 2nd council meeting

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Activity 3

Report 1 - Employment situation of the COMMERCE sector including forecasts and trends

Report 2 - Evolution of the COMMERCE sector's occupations and the associated skills

Report 3 - Innovative tools, national and regional strategies, initiatives, methods to monitor skills needs and address skill mismatch and gaps

Report 4 - Recommendations of the European sector skills council

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Activity 3

REPORT n° 1The report will be presenting the employment situation of the sector including forecasts and trends. This information will, to the extent possible, be presented into sub-sectors, occupations and countries (regions). The report should be essentially data-driven, with synthetic description and analyses.

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Activity 3

REPORT n° 2The report will be presenting a more qualitative assessment of the evolution of the sector, focusing on the evolution of the sector's occupations and the associated skills. It will contain information about emerging jobs, a review of factors affecting the changing nature of jobs, a synthesis of available scenarios. This report should draw on available information from national sector skills councils, such as employers' surveys and foresight techniques

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Activity 3

REPORT n° 3The report will be describing innovative tools, national and/or regional strategies, local initiatives, methods put in place by members of the council to monitor skills needs and address the question of skill mismatch and gaps. The report, if possible, will also include national experiences from members of the EU sector skills council on mechanisms to meet skill needs from an employer’s perspective or successful experiences in using labour market intelligence to close the skills gap. In addition, the report can also focus on specific themes related to skills gaps and mismatch that reflect the interests of the EU sector skills council.

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Activity 3

REPORT n° 4The report will be regrouping the recommendations of the European sector skills council based on the information collected and the analysis done as part of the reports and as a result of discussions between council members.

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Activity 3

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Activity 3

DISCUSSION:

Content of the reports

Practical organisation of work

Intermediate deadlines

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Activity 4

Task 4.1: Identification, contact, visit and potential involvement of new stakeholders – Oct 2014

Task 4.2: National meetings for information exchange and network reinforcement – Dec 2014

Task 4.4: Web portal maintenance and development, Bimonthly Newsletters – Jan 2015

Activity 4

Emanuele Carpanzano – Franco A. Cavadini

European Skill Council Web-Portal Development Status06/10/2011

Structure of the council

7 ISPs

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Activity 4

DISCUSSION:Task 4.1 Involvement of new observatories

Possible Candidates

Means of involvement

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Activity 4

DISCUSSION:Task 4.2 National Bi-Tri lateral meetings

“Call for proposals” to ISPs

Budget for 5 trips in EU (Need more?)

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Activity 4

DISCUSSION:

Task 4.4 Web portalTrafficPortal functionalitiesProposal for portal revision

Task 4.4 Newsletter (5 in total)Content of the first newsletterWho does whatTiming

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Activity 5

Task 5.1: Definition of the key topics and of the expected outcomes September 2014Task 5.2: Conceptual and practical organization of the conferenceTask 5.3: Public and private stakeholders involvementTask 5.4: Annual conference Dec 2014

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Activity 5

DISCUSSION:Date

Location

Attendees to be invited

Budget (40 people travelling to Brussels)

Thank you