OUTPUT 1 DATABASE OF BEST PRACTICES 1. FORESIGHT 1.1. Adequacy of the offer and demand of professionals in the energy sector .Spain 4 1.2. EQUIB.Germany 13 1.3. National and regional occupational profiles. Czech Republic 20 1.4. Sectorial Prospective studies in Spain . Spain 29 1.5. Regio pro. Germany 37 1.6. Sectoral Expert Panel In The Labour Market In The Basque Country. Basque 45 Country 1.7. Scotland’s skills investment plans .SIP . Scotland 52 1.8. Strategic Sectoral Observatories: Competitive Intelligence Systems of the Clusters 60 in the Basque Country. Basque Country 1.9.Training needs analysis and detection studies. Spain 65 1.10. UKCES. UK 72 2. MONITORING 2.1.Active Matching: Strategic support for counselling within labour market. Czech 80 Republic 2.2. ConstructionSkills. England and Wales 87 2.3. Dutch Youth Monitor. Netherlands 95 2.4. Employers Survey on Employability of University Graduates. Czech Republic 101 2.5. HoTSW - Nuclear. UK 109 2.6. Information System About Transition From The Educational System Into Working 122 Life. Basque Country 2.7. Information System For Decision Making In The Planning And Financing Of Training 128 For Employment. Basque Country 2.8. Sectoral agreement.Czech Republic 135 2.9. Tknika Innovation Model. Spain 141 3. DISSEMINATION 3.1. Horizon 2020 Analysis of Talent Needs in the Basque Country (2014). Basque 162 Country 3.2. Joblinge. Germany 168 3.3. Needs of the labour market and preparedness of the graduates to enter the labour 175 market. Czech Republic 3.4. OloV. Germany 181 3.5. ORM - PACA (Green). France 189 3.6. Tganet- Information model at local level . Spain 195 3.7. WOLLYBI. Italy 202 2 3 1. FORESIGHT 4 1.1. ADEQUACY OF THE OFFER AND DEMAND OF PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINING NEEDS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR Author Eugenia Atin Raquel Serrano Date February 2015 5 Summary of the practice The energy sector is one of the main driving forces of the economy of the Basque Country through its strategic character and growing capital intensity. The energy sector in the Basque Country is both dynamic and competitive, made up of more than 350 companies creating a total turnover of EUR 44,000 million and providing direct employment for 68,000 people. About 35% of this turnover and employment involves operations by these companies in the Basque Country itself, with the rest corresponding to international activity. The Basque energy sector covers a wide range of specialities, emphasised by the strong position and international leadership obtained in established fields such as electric grids and onshore wind energy, and the strategic investment in emerging sectors such as offshore wind energy, solar thermoelectric power and wave energy. In 2009, the association of Basque companies in the energy sector which were part of the Basque Energy Cluster were experiencing difficulties in hiring some of the key professionals and a growing concern about the availability of enough workforce in the sector for certain industries. Moreover, the critical situation of the declining working age population and the increasing employment in the sectors of high education were indicating, according to all analyses, a growing need for a very qualified workforce to support the economy of the sector. In this situation, the Energy Cluster undertakes a research to identify the situation on training needs in the sector and future scenarios to match the supply and the demand of skilled workers in the energy sector. The study has seemed of interest for combining a methodology to identify current and future training needs with a development of future scenarios, in an attempt to project the work force needed for the future (in terms of quantity but also quality) in order to adapt the training offer to the demand of the energy companies in the medium to long term. Available Language: Spanish Website: http://www.clusterenergia.com/ 6 Intended Impacts The ultimate aim of the "Study on the adequacy of the offer and demand of professionals and training needs in the energy sector” was to draw conclusions that would enable the Energy Cluster to identify current and future training needs in the industry as well as the needs of professionals in order for the Cluster to address strategies to avoid possible gaps. Under this purpose, the study pursued the following main impacts: 1. Identify and project the current and future potential demand from the Basque companies in the energy sector of qualified professionals and training needs (shortages, gaps and training demands). 2. Assessing the adequacy of the training offer through the analysis of the evolution of students in university and vocational training centres, determining at the same time the key trends that allow us to estimate the evolution of the enrolments for the adequacy to the existing jobs and future business demands. Under the first objective, the study focused on the detection of training needs and demand for professionals, through the analysis of key positions in the energy sector, the qualification required for these positions (technical and transferable skills), the evaluation for both now and the future and the needs identified. With this knowledge the Energy Cluster aimed to produce a diagnosis of training needs of the sector in order to guide the training agents - vocational training centres and universities- to adapt their offer training. The second objective of the study was to analyse the match between the supply of trained professionals that will exist in the next 10 years, considering the situation and development (trends and motivation) of enrolments in different degrees in key positions, and its adequacy to the needs of the business world, taking into account the scenarios where potential demand from companies in the sector is quantified. With the likely future scenarios, the Energy Cluster sought to articulate innovative proposals that would allow to mitigate the potential shortage of professionals in the energy sector going into detail on the fields of motivation (social dimension), awareness and corporate social responsibility (occupational dimension), and other measures to reorient the provision of current and future professionals in terms of stability (agreements with other universities, foreign students, attracting professionals, training needs, plans and programs ...) and learning (necessary skills -degrees, knowledge, abilities, ...). In this line, the ultimate goal of the diagnosis on the current and future situation and the conclusions on the scenarios was at all times to develop proposals to address the identified 7 training needs and improve the match between supply and demand for professionals in the 2018 horizon. Description of the practice and its content The Study on the adequacy of the offer and demand of professionals and training needs in the energy sector was conducted over nine months of work through the activities described below: 1. Framing of the study: Activities: Given the diversity of activities carried out by the companies associated to Energy Cluster, the study was framed to those activities that had certain homogeneity: electric-manufacturers of electrical components and the distribution network industry. Key Positions: Given the diversity of professional profiles, the study has focused on the analysis of qualifications awarded by the three Basque Universities (Mondragón, UPV / EHU and Deusto) and by the vocational centres of the three provinces in the Basque Country, which were developing a curriculum in this area. Scope: the scope of the study covers the current situation and the evolution over the next 10 years, presenting scenarios related to the match between supply and demand in 2018. 2. Organization and launch of the project: Team: a working team comprised of staff with multidisciplinary profiles from the consultant team (economists, sociologists, engineers, ..), as well as staff from the management of the Energy Cluster where the main associated companies were represented and a third group consisting of agents from the training field, with representation from teachers of the three Basque universities and training centres with training related to the energy sector. Methodology: Foresight tools, focusing on the development of scenarios and a participatory process with companies and training centers were used for both in the provision of information and in the analysis of the results. Thus, for the preparation of this study the research team contrasted a number of sources (both qualitatively and quantitatively) and an interesting overview of contributions made from different institutions and European and international organizations (OECD, CEDEFOP, ILO). The collaboration of a large and representative sample of companies, in addition to the collaboration of several members in the education field was also taken into account on the research. This, together with the scenario method and the elaboration of 8 future hypothesis, allowed the analysis and diagnosis of the current and future training needs and the consequent potential demand, as well as the evaluation of the matching between supply and demand for professionals in the energy sector based on a number of contrasted sources and the collaboration of stakeholders themselves. 3. Analysis of the sector and field work: After the above steps related to the planning and launch of the project, the first phase of the study consisted of a statistical and documentary analysis of the sector through various official sources, studies and reports as well as the planning of the field work by developing tools for the gathering of information, mainly surveys and structured interview guides. Document analysis: It was focused on the study of the growth forecasts and the occupational and educational structure, gathering information from different sources, mainly: CEDEFOP - Future skill needs in Europe - Focus on 2020 and internal studies at the Basque Country related to the ageing population, labour insertion of the analysed diplomas and degrees, science and technology plans, plans of competitiveness and industry, strategies of the Basque energy sector from different government sources, and business and other entities related to education and training in the sector.