how intent fits with the european developments pauline van den bosch evta 11 december 2009

How INTENT fits with the European developments

Pauline van den Bosch

EVTA11 december 2009

Global developments

Risks and opportunities rise from:

Globalisation, technological change, shift to low carbon economy, demographic developments.

Economic crisis: stronger policies and innovations to improve employability.

What recently happened in Europe..

Upgrading skillsUpgrading skills

Match labour market needsMatch labour market needs

One of the initiatives

Dec. 2008:

New skills for new jobsNew skills for new jobs

Sectoral approach: studies in 19 sectors;Resulting in a guide for

actors at different levels;Scenarios, implications

and options (2020);

To improve the capacity to anticipate and match labour market skills need in the

EU

Distribution and trade

Open and internationalized sector: Sensitive for developments and changes in economy and society;

In size, employment and turn over the largest sector;

A great number of drivers do impact the sector;

SWOT analysis

To define key internal and external factors which can destroy or create values:

Strengths and weaknesses: : internalinternal factorsSkills, resources, location;

Opportunities and Threats: externalexternal factorsMarket dynamics, demographic, economic, political, technical, social, legal or cultural;

Some examples…

Opportunities:Opportunities:Competition based on services and customer relations;E-commerce: multichannel strategies and sophisticated websites;Green retailing, Lifestyle changes;Ageing society: different shopping demands;

Challenges:Challenges:Price competition: race to the bottom;International competition: firms from China, India;Cultural differences in barriers to global expansion;E-commerce: trust, delivery etc.

Drivers of change

Economic:Economic:Competition on the global market;Economic development;

Social & political:Social & political:Lifestyle changes;Regulations: climate, health, safety and security;Ageing; Market segmentation;

Technical & natural:Technical & natural:ICT and e-commerce; Oil and energy resources;R&D: new marketing concepts, materials, processes

Emerging skills and competences

+ multiskilling and new combination of skills

Emerging skills and competences: per sector

Recommendations

Adapt and modernise VET at national level;

Intensify collaboration with all relevant stakeholders;

Preparing for re-training, upskilling, multiskilling;

Enhance flexibility abd modularisation;

E-learning, blended learning, EU wide recognition of skills;

Joint training networks to foster apprenticeships in the sector;

Training offers for SMEs (invest in human capital);

Adressing the demand of business run by migrants;

Foster sector specific skills at an early stage;