the role of regional / local labour market observatories in skill monitoring - a quantitative and...
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Presentation by Sigrid Rand (Manager of the European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring) on the occasion of the EESC Labour Market Observatory conference held on 3 December 2013 in Thessaloniki, Greece.TRANSCRIPT
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Quantiative and Qualitative Approaches to Skills Monitoring in European Regions: Experiences from the European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring (EN RLMM)
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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• Founded in 2005 – more than 400 members in all European countries
• Labour market monitoring on regional and local level• Processes of mutual exchange and learning• Extension in 2009: Initiative for Networking Regional and
Local Labour Market Observatories Across Europe
• Current discussions: shifting roles and functions of regional and local labour market observatories in the past years
European Network on Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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Since 2002: branch-related labour market monitoring systems (health and elderly care sector) in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany). Users: • Political and administrative decision-makers and social
partners (federal state level)• Administrative districts and cities• Placement offices• Employers• Workers• Unemployed
Skills monitoring is combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in order to:• Improve data quality• Satisfy user needs
IWAK – Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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PRIMARY USERS: members of the
Public Employment
Services
SECONDARY USERS I: decision-makers
(politics, administration), social
partners, interest groups
SECONDARY USERS II: employers, workers,
unemployed
Users of Labour Market Intelligence (LMI)User Groups
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
Stakeholders on the regional and local level need forward-looking information on the labour market – differences in the LMI demand and affinity of the user groups.
Source: EN RLMM/IWAK
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PRIMARY USERS: have strong affinity to LMI, possess the necessary skills - their demand
is covered
SECONDARY USERS I: some discrepancies between the
available LMI and their information needs; own data stocks - very specific needs
not satisfied by available data
SECONDARY USERS II: very specific needs, do not know
about the existence/benefits of monitoring systems
Users of Labour Market Intelligence (LMI)User Groups‘ LMI Needs
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
Source: EN RLMM/IWAK
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• Skills forecasting system established in 2007: supply of and demand for professions and qualifications on the level of administrative districts in the federal state of Hesse (5 years)
• Close cooperation with the Hessian Social Ministry
regio pro – Hesse, GermanyBackground
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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regio pro – Hesse, Germany Example
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regio pro – Hesse, Germany Example
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regio pro – Hesse, Germany Example
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Combination of quantitative and qualitative skills monitoring: • Since 2009, experts validating structural data (improving
data quality)• Since 2012, focus groups in administrative districts
validating forecasting data and developing strategies (satisfying user needs)
regio pro – Hesse, GermanyHistory
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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Two-fold responsibility in the process of labour market monitoring: • Support and guidance for secondary users for informed
and advanced use of LMI (acquiring labour market competence)
• Participatory approach in defining and implementing regional development strategies (involving the knowledge and experiences of existing regional/local stakeholder networks)
LMI + knowledge about the interest/actions of the stakeholders in the region/on the local level =>> informed decision-making
regio pro – Hesse, Germany Goals
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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• Development of skills strategies on administrative district level
• Specific professions: locally relevant determinants for its prospective development
LEAD: Skilled Labour Alliances of the Federal Employment Agency; Regional enterprise development agencies; regional development agencies; municipal employment centreFOCUS GROUPS : input of monitoring data as a starting point.Different perspectives, interactive discourse.
regio pro – Hesse, Germany Approach
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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• To some extent, the participation depends on the lead in the administrative district.
• Trade union : often not enough personnel for participating in such processes.
• Employers: difficult to reach; (indirectly) represented through regional enterprise development agencies, industry and trade chambers, crafts chambers. More possibilities for involvement in the implementation phase.
regio pro – Hesse, Germany Challenges of Participatory Strategy Development
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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• The Basque Country
Skills Monitoring in Other European Regions
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM
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Sigrid RandManager of the European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring
Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture (IWAK)Centre of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
www.regionallabourmarketmonitoring.net
European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring – EN RLMM