European Sector Councils on Employment and Skills

Alina Maria BERCEAUnit New Skills for New Jobs, Adaptation to Change, CSR, EGF

Brussels 15 April 2011

Policy context - Background

• 2008 Com “New Skills for New Jobs”

• 2009 Feasibility study on EU sector councils

• 2010 Expert Group on New Skills for New Jobs

Policy context – New objectivesEU2020 Strategy

Employment Productivity Social cohesion

Competitive and creative companies

Highly skilled workforce with right skills mix

Education and training institutions

- responsive to labour market needs

- accessible to all

Policy context – Actions needed2010 Com “An Agenda for New Skills and Jobs”

Up-skill workersInvest in right skills policies

Improve knowledge on skills needs

Reduce skills mismatch

Bring closer E&T

Develop partnerships

Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Existing national observatories

Sector Skills councils

Observatoiresdes métiers

Comitete Sectoriale

Fondi per la fomazione continua (FPIFC)

Skills committees (AF)

Conselhos Sectoriais

National education andtraining Committees

Sectoral professional councils (EQA)

Sector training funds

Sektorové rady

Expert special Councils (SVEI)

KBB, Sectorfondsen

Common challenges

No exchange

A network of existing national observatories

Sector Skills councils

Observatoiresdes métiers

Comitete Sectoriale

Fondi per la fomazione continua (FPIFC)

Skills committees (AF)

Conselhos Sectoriais

National education andtraining Committees

Sectoral professional councils (EQA)

Sector training funds

Sektorové rady

Expert special Councils (SVEI)

KBB, Sectorfondsen

EU sectorcouncils

A bottom-up approach

EU network of national councils

National skills and jobs councils

EU sector councils on jobs and skills

EU sector councils - Tasks and remits

Quantitative &

Qualitative

trends

Tools, processes, strategies

Recommendations

Analysis/ discussion

information

collected

Proposals

EU qualification and competence

standards

Strategies in Education and

trainingEU sector councils

European strategies to make sector more attractive

Key principles:• network of existing national councils• to be created at request from stakeholders• decision, leadership and steering by EU social partners • involvement from representatives of education and training providers• exchange information and dialogue• cooperation with other EU initiatives

Financial support from the Commission: • conditional • temporary

Evaluation based on: • Output• Commitment• Satisfaction • Added-value

Governance, support and evaluation

Commission support

Temporary

Co-financing

Financing

Conditional

• Peer learning for national/regional councils

• Platform of exchange between sector representatives and education/training providers

• Single access point to information on employment and skills

• Tool to support sectoral social dialogue activities

• Recommendations to draw attention of policymakers

• Possibility to develop joint actions

Value-added of an EU sector council?

Composition of EU sector councils

EU

secretariat

National skill councils

EU education

and training EC

(observer)

European

social

partners

Webtool

Steering board (sector representatives)

Reports

Steps towards EU council

Decision Feasibility

Project

Decision Yes/No

EU sector council

• EU social partners

1st:Mappingexercise

• National /Regional sector councils

• Education/Training actors

• Composition

2nd:Potentialcontent

• What information

• Potential remit/scope

• Value-added?

• By EU social partners /

sector representatives

• Work programme

• EU grant

• Meetings

• Outputs

1st phase - feasibility 2nd phase

Call for proposals

DG Employment budget line 04.04.01.03

VP/2011/008

Restructuring, well-being at work and financial participation

Deadlines for submission: - 14 June 2011 - 6 September 2011

Call expected to be published by 20 April

Thank you for your attention!

Contact:

alina-maria.bercea@ec.europa.eu

manuel.hubert@ec.europa.eu

http://ec.europa.eu/restructuringandjobs 

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=958&langId=en