Local and Regional Compendium of Good Practice
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PROJECT VET-EDS OUTCOME 2 LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMPENDIUM OF GOOD PRACTICE National Training Fund Zdeňka Matoušková, Marta Salavová 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 3 THEME 1: MATCHING THE EDUCATION WITH EMPLOYERS´ NEED ......................................................... 5 THEME 2: FORECASTING ......................................................................................................................... 7 THEME 3: SECTOR SPECIFIC TRAINING .................................................................................................... 8 THEME 4: INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL EXCLUDED/IMMIGRANT INTO LABOUR MARKET .......................... 9 THEME 5: ANALYSIS & MONITORING .................................................................................................... 10 2 INTRODUCTION The Local and regional compendium of good practice is one of the key output of the project Effective Forecasting as a mechanism for aligning VET and Economic Development Strategies (VED-EDS(. The purpose of the project is identification of the very best examples of effective VET Policy and economic development planning and to understand the differing ways that labour market and skills intelligence and measures has been used. Other regions and countries could adopt these practical methods and approaches to help the better linking VET policy to economic development strategy. Each good practice selected by partners explores successful examples of how local and regional authorities/governments have aligned their VET policies with their local and regional economic development strategies and furthermore the potentially critical role that labour market forecasting has played in facilitating this alignment. Each good practice seeks to learn transferable lessons in both the practical aspects and benefits of aligning VET and economic development policy. The Compendium brings altogether 40 examples from seven countries (Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom) collated by the project partners. These examples are described in two ways – shorter one as a “good practice” and more detailed one as a “case study” however the structure is common. Each of the examples consists of Title Introduction (how this fits with aim of VET-EDS, why is it successful and a good practice) Context and settings (economy, geography, nature of VET concerned, nature of the economic development) Description (scale, type of VET policy, target groups, organisations involved and stakeholders, how is it organized, what worked and why, constraints) Impact and replicability (how it has impacted on VET and economic developments and in what circumstances could it be replicated) Summary Contact details Examples gathered and described in the Compendium represent wide range of approaches and tools aimed at support alignment of VET policy and economic development strategy. For the purpose of the Compendium the examples have been divided into following key themes though several examples focus on more than one theme: Matching the education with employers´ needs Forecasting Sector Specific Training Integration of social excluded/immigrants into the labour market Analysis 3 In compliance with the main purpose of the project the most examples concentrate on the approaches to matching the education with employers´ needs. The overview of individual theme frequency provides Table 1. Table 1: Good Practice Examples List according to the main theme TOPIC Good Practises (Name) CZ – TOGETHER initiative CZ - Active Matching: Strategic support for counselling within labour market ES - Agreement between the regional authorities, training centres and the University of the Basque Country to support action plans in Gipuzkoa’ SMEs on a vulnerable situation Matching the education with SE - Delta Blekinge employers´ needs SE -Teknikcollege Skåne NL - GOA PUBLIEK NL - Kenniswerkplaats IT – Higher Technical Institutes UK- Marchmont’s SLIM Learning Themes CZ – Prognosis of the development in selected sectors and changes in the structure of employment till 2033 DE - Local conferences in the “Forecasting System for the Forecasting Development of Employment and Qualifications – regio pro” NL - Labour market monitor Eemsdelta approach to LMI SE- The Forecast on Education and Training in the County of Skåne (UAPS) UK - Developing a Local Skills Plan; DE - Sector-specific professional training for unskilled workers in Hessian SME‘s Sector Specific Training ES - Sectorial Expert Panel IT - The ASLAM Association NL-Nordwin approach to developments in the Frisian dairy sector UK - Construction Skills Network DE - Welcomecenter Hessen Integration of social DE - Hessian Labor Market and Migration Monitor – excluded/immigrants into the “HeMonA” labour market ES - Aid for local employment promotion actions IT – Oliver Twist School SE – Swedish for professionals ES - The role of other Regional Agents in the analysis of the Labour Market Analysis ES - Urban Observatory IT – CNOS-FAP Association PL (CZ) - Malopolska Observatory UK - New Economy – Cost Benefit Analysis Model & Unit Costs Database TOPIC Case Studies Matching the education with ES - Agreement between the regional authorities, training employers´ needs centers and the University of the Basque Country to support 4 action plans in Gipuzkoa’ SMEs on a vulnerable situation NL - MyTec Noorderpoort SE -Teknikcollege Skåne Forecasting SE - The Forecast on Education and Training in the County of Skåne (UAPS) DE - The “Bildungswerk” as intermediary VET actor in the logistics sector in Hesse Sector Specific Training UK - Local Sectoral Skills Analysis UK - Hinckley Nuclear Plant Construction (and associated use of LMI) Integration of social DE- Labor market integration as part of the General Concept excluded/immigrants into the for Securing Skilled Workers in Hesse. A regional approach labour market NL - Working in Germany; a cross-border partnership of the Netherlands and Germany CZ - The Observatory of competitiveness and Labour Market in Analysis & Monitoring the Moravia-Silesian Region CZ - Regional Innovation Strategy – Ústecký region IT- WollyBi Notes: CZ - Czech Republic; DE – Germany; ES – Spain; I – Italy; NL – Netherlands; PL – Poland; SE – Sweden; UK – United Kingdom THEME 1: MATCHING THE EDUCATION WITH EMPLOYERS´ NEED Introduction This theme consists of ten examples - two from the Czech Republic, Sweden, Netherlands, one form Italy, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. Two examples are described twice, once in a shorter way (good practice) and once in a more detailed way (case study). It concerns following example Teknikcollege Skåne and Agreement between the regional authorities, training centers and the University of the Basque Country to support action plans in Gipuzkoa’ SMEs on a vulnerable situation. Common aim of these examples is fostering cooperation between schools and business through different measures and approaches. Table 2 provides a brief overview of the example´s main aim. Table 2: Practice and their focus Practice Focus TOGETHER mapping the current situation and forms of collaboration between VET and firms designing models of effective collaboration methodology for establishing such cooperation Active matching: Strategic support for identify employers’ requirements on workforce counselling within labour market and assessing whether the requirements are referring mainly to education, level of qualification and work experience or to competencies 5 Agreement between the regional authorities, create a link between education, training and training centres and the University of the research and regional economy Basque Country to support action plans in emphasis on regional transition Gipuzkoa’ SMEs on a vulnerable situation assistance for SME in implementation of the viability plan, management model, productive competitiveness Delta Blekinge improve and develop the interaction between school and business bringing “real” inspiration from the working life to school Teknikcollege Skåne increase the attraction of technology – oriented courses increase the quality of technology – oriented courses GOA Publiek . raise awareness for apprenticeship training (BBL) in the public sector; . support and encourage public organizations to offer apprenticeships; . counsel students during their apprenticeships Kenniswerkplaats create a link between education, training and research (knowledge) and regional economy (demands) My Tec innovative program for technical education practical oriented teaching methods collaboration with regional companies orient young people and their families to the Higher technical institute technical professions experiential learning development methods for innovation and technology transfer to small and medium-sized enterprises mechanism to achieve ‘evidence-based’ skills Marchmont’s SLIM Learning Themes policy gather information from both research and practitioner experience >>>Description of individual practices see Annex 1<<< 6 THEME 2: FORECASTING Introduction This theme consists of four examples from five countries: the Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany and Netherlands. All of them are described as a good practice, Sweden example is described also as a case study. Practice Focus Prognosis of the development in selected prognosis of employment in eight economic sectors and changes in the structure of sectors employment till 2033