Relevant and targeted vocational education and training (VET) programmes need to reflect insights of skills anticipation methods (such as skills forecasts, skill foresights, employee and employer surveys, big data analysis). Particularly in times of increased volatility and economic pressures, economic sectors are the hubs of change and innovation that can enable a just twin transition. A mix of suitable skills anticipation tools and methods, availability of data, capacity to handle and “translate” the data into actionable and policy steps are crucial. Sectoral skill strategies, built on high quality sectoral skills intelligence, place relevant stakeholders at the driver’s seat and call for a holistic skills governance approach, founded on comprehensive skills ecosystems.
Cedefop’s 3rd virtual get-together welcomed sectoral actors, VET providers, guidance practitioners and other actors to exchange experience with sectoral skills intelligence stemming from skills anticipation methods and identify opportunities and challenges for using it “in the front line”. The role of sectoral skills intelligence in supporting the design and improvements of sectoral skill strategies has also been discussed.
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Agenda
Times are indicated in CET.
| 10.00 – 10.05 | Opening and welcome by Jasper van Loo, Cedefop, coordinator of the department for VET and Skills |
| 10.05 – 10.25 | Skills anticipation in times of transitions: trends in Member States Stelina Chatzichristou, Cedefop expert |
| 10.25 – 11.00 |
Sectoral skills strategies and skills anticipation for a just transition: Next Tourism Generation Alliance SPIRE/SAIS & ESSA Blueprint projects |
| 11.00 – 11.15 | Questions & Answers |
| 11.15 – 12.00 |
Panel discussion moderated by Jasper van Loo, Department Coordinator at Cedefop, with
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View moreHe also supports relationships with external entities and is also responsible for the regulations and standardization processes at ATEC since 2004, namely to those related with VET training development and delivery and for the relations between ATEC and the Portuguese governmental institutions. |
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She is leading Cedefop’s research on jobs, skills and vocational education and training (VET) for the green transition and sectoral skills developments. View moreStelina coordinates the skills intelligence and foresight team, and contributes to the Centre’s research on skills anticipation and skills governance. Before joining Cedefop, Stelina worked for almost a decade as a researcher and policy analyst in the private sector. In that capacity, she has worked on and managed projects on national and EU comparative analysis on VET, skills and entrepreneurship. |
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Arthur is responsible for the coordination of SolarPower Europe’s Renewable Hydrogen Workstream and Skills Taskforce, as well as for facilitating SolarPower Europe’s involvement with the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance and the Renewable Energy Skills Partnership (RESP). View moreHe also supports the activities of the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition. Before joining SolarPower Europe, he was a consultant at Eurodom/Action Europe where he advocated for the consideration of the EU’s Outermost Regions and their specificities in EU legislation. He holds a BA in History, Politics and Economics from University College London (UCL) as well as an Msc in European Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Studies (LSE). Besides his native French, Arthur speaks English and basic Italian. |
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Yngve Rosenblad is one of Estonia's leading experts on the future of labour market ant its connections to skills and education, often reflecting on these topics in the media and at conferences. View moreThe Estonian system for labour and skills needs monitoring, fully redesigned in 2015, has been a success story. In addition to trends and data analysis, numerous employers, educational and government institutions are involved in the process. OSKA intelligence is widely used in employment and education policies Yngve Rosenblad has also worked in Statistics Estonia for years, leading the Estonian Labour Force Survey team as well as analysing and monitoring labour market trends and different topics connected to working life. |
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His focus is on Social Innovation (esp. combining technological and social innovation) and Vocational Education and Training. View moreHe has worked in and managed more than 30 European projects, recently co-ordinating two large scale EU Erasmus+ funded sectoral European Skills Alliances (ESSA and SPIRE-SAIS). He is Managing Director of the European School of Social Innovation ESSI, Chairman of the Focus Group People within the European Steel Technology Platform ESTEP, Leader of the Permanent Working Group “Societal Innovation” of the Advisory and Programming Group for Processes for Planet (Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE)) and Chair of the Senate of the German Professional Association of Social Scientists (BDS). Beneath publishing more than 80 books or articles, he is editorial member of the Atlas of Social Innovation and the Social Innovation Research Agenda. |
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In this role, she is responsible for the implementation of the European and national programmes related to the labour market in Central Greece. She supervises 10 schools for vocational education and training in which approximately 1000 students attend. View moreShe has a broad knowledge of the labour market in Greece and also of vocational education and training. She obtained her MBA from the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, and her second Master’s degree in Education from the Open University of Greece after her undergraduate degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki researching “Human Resources Management and Artificial Intelligence in Greek Public and Private Sector” |
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He currently coordinates the labour market and skills analysis work of the agency. He is also part of the team investigating EU skills trends using online job vacancies. View moreHe has a master degree in quantitative and general economics and holds a Ph.d. in social sciences. As a researcher and project manager at the Dutch research centre for education and the labour market (ROA) Jasper led research projects on labour market issues, skills, employability and obsolescence of knowledge. He also worked on HRD and HRM, taking an economic perspective to human resources issues. Jasper started working for Cedefop in 2007. He led the centre’s early work on skill mismatch, coordinated the centre’s work on national VET systems and policies for several years, and led the centre’s skills governance work. |
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View moreSpecialized in destination marketing and management, he has a career of over 25 years in the tourism sector, where he has worked for several companies, organizations, public bodies, national and international agencies, dealing with business development, cultural heritage enhancement, promotion of tourism offer, as well as training, upskilling and reskilling of human resources. Among the various positions held, there is also that of Project Manager and Coordinator of the "Next Tourism Generation Alliance" (Blueprint project co-financed by the European Union and developed over four years by 14 partners representing 8 European countries). |
João Alves graduated in Environmental Engineering in 2001 and is ATEC’s Cooperation Projects and Certifications Area Coordinator since 2011, having coordinated ATEC’s participation in several European Commission and national funded projects for the fulfillment of ATEC’s Mission.
Stelina Chatzichristou is an expert in the Department for VET and skills at Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training.
Arthur Daemers works as a Policy Advisor on renewable hydrogen and skills at SolarPower Europe.
Yngve Rosenblad is the Chief Analyst of OSKA (Estonian labour and skills needs anticipation system) at the Estonian Qualifications Authority.
Antonius Schröder is senior researcher and member of management board of sfs (Social Research Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences at the TU University Dortmund), responsible for international research.
Olga Tsiourva is the Thessaly Regional Director of D.Y.P.A. (The Greek Public Employment Service).
Jasper Van Loo is coordinator of Cedefop’s department for VET and Skills.
Rino Vitelli is Head of EU Projects and Partnerships at Federturismo Confindustria, the leading Italian business association in the tourism industry, and member of the International Group of Experts established by UNESCO-UNEVOC for the implementation of the BILT Project.Event details
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Presentation "Skills anticipation practices in times of transitions: trends in EU Member States" (Stelina Chatzichristou)
Presentation "How skills intelligence can support the just transition - The European tourism industry perspective" (Rino Vitelli)
Presentation "Sectoral Blueprints ESSA and SPIRE-SAIS - Lessons learned" (Antonius Shröder)
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