Description
Country
Focus area
The portal integrates data on employment, unemployment, enrolment in secondary and higher education programmes, key economic activities and corresponding employment rates. The aim is to support the establishment and work of the bodies and stakeholders involved in the process of implementation of the CROQF, which includes the development of occupational standards, qualifications standards and educational programmes compliant with them. One of the main activity is related to National Human Resources Council. The portal is constantly updated with relevant information on the CROQF so that citizens have complete information on everything that happens in connection with the implementation of the CROQF. CROQF is a tool that will enable Croatian citizens to easily enter the labor market in Croatia.
Link
Reference/weblink
Implementation level
At what level is the initiative implemented?
National
Legal base
Legal base (E.g. Law, regulation, implementing provision, other)
Law on the Croatian Qualifications Framework, Official Gazette, 22/13; 41/16; 64/18; 47/20; 20/21.
Starting period
TIMESPAN: In what year did the initiative commence?
2013
Perspective
PERSPECTIVE: is the initiative based on evidence derived from skill forecasts or foresight activities?
Yes, based on monitoring the development of the economy and analysis of relevant institutions in the field of monitoring the needs of the labor market (Croatian Employers' Association, Croatian Employment Service) focused on the harmonization of qualifications in terms of content and not on the form of education.
Policy area
To which POLICY AREAS(s) does the initiative apply?
Funding
How it is funded?
Funded by national government
Skill mismatch
Skill mismatch target
What type(s) of skills MISMATCH does the initiative aim to addresses?
Overqualification (individuals' qualifications/credentials are above their job's needs)
Underqualification (individuals' qualifications/credentials are below their job's needs)
Skill underutilisation (individuals' skills are not well used in their jobs)
Skill shortages (employers cannot fill their vacancies due to a lack of skills in the labour market)
Skill gaps (worker's skills are below the level of proficiency required by their employers and jobs)
Skills obsolescence (some or all of an individual's skills are no longer relevant to the current employer or in the labour market generally)
Skills matching focus
How does the initiative address skills mismatches?
Implementation of reformed educational programs whose content is based on proven indicators of the needs of society and the economy, and which have been developed in 63 projects implemented so far in the field of adult education and higher education.
By defining the formal outcome of the assessment and evaluation process, which shows that a person has achieved learning outcomes in accordance with the standards prescribed by a competent body (institution), and / or that he / she possesses the competencies necessary for a certain activities.
By defining the formal outcome of the assessment and evaluation process, which shows that a person has achieved learning outcomes in accordance with the standards prescribed by a competent body (institution), and / or that he / she possesses the competencies necessary for a certain activities.
In the development of occupational standards, which means recognizing the knowledge and skills needed by a large number of employers
Occupational market projections are used in the development of occupational standards
By linking sets of competencies in occupations with sets of learning outcomes in educational programs in order to achieve the relevance of education to labor market needs.
Skills delivered
What types of skill does the initiative deliver?
More advanced digital skills
General employability skills (team working, communication, etc.)
Green skills
Job search skills
Career management skills
Methods
Methods
What methods of undertaking skills assessments and / or skills anticipation does the policy instrument utilise?
Skills forecasting
When developing occupational standards, projections of labor market trends prepared by the Croatian Employment Service are used
Employer surveys
Developing methodology for a systematic approach in the participation of employers in predicting the required skills of employeesthrough sectors (Croatian Employers' Association)
Skills foresight
See above.
Expert panels
Organized by Croatian Employment Service, Croatian Employers' Association, various research institutes….
Graduate tracing
Particulary for those with aquired knowledge and skills from unformal and informal education.
Real-time labour market information (e.g. big data analysis of job advertisements, CVs)
Using analysis provided by Croatian Employment Service, Croatian Employers' association.
Use of skills intelligence
How is labour market information / skills intelligence used within the initiative?
For designing methodology for sectoral profiles development and occupational standards using statistic information /data provided by Croatian Employment Service/, studies on the short-term projection of labor market trends (Ministry of Labour.., Croatian Employer's Association), as well as with providing data about assessment of supply and demand matching.
Stakeholders
Main responsible body
Main body or organisation with overall responsibility for the initiative.
National ministry
Ministry of Science and Education
Other involved organisations
Which other organisations have a role in the initiative?
National ministry
Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy; Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
National agency
Agency for Vocational Education and Training- developing new curricula for personal and professional development and continuing education.
Social partner: employer organisation
Croatian Employers' Association - activities of association in education, aiming on supporting occupational standards creation
Social partner: trade union
Trade union representatuves participate within sectoral councils
National PES
Croatian Employment Service, with statistic data about of long-term trends in a particular group of occupations
Regional PES
Regional Croatian Employment Services on county level - with statistic data about of long-term trends in a particular group of occupations
Chambers of Commerce
Croatian Chamber of Commerce-proposals for occupational standards
Training Providers
Centres for Lifelong Learning - acquisition and improvement of competence for personal, social and professional needs in accordance with the Law on the Croatian Qualifications Framework
Research centres, universities
Universities and higher education insititutions
Beneficiaries
Who are the intended beneficiaries?
Young people making the transition from education into work
recognizing opportunity for educational continuation
Young people with low levels of basic skills /early leavers from education or training
recognizing opportunity for educational continuation
Adults with low basic skills
recognizing opportunity for educational continuation
Adults in employment with upskilling potential
recognizing opportunity for upskilling
Adults in employment with reskilling potential
recognizing opportunity for reskilling
Employed adults at risk of job displacement
Minority groups in the population
Groups under-represented in certain sections of the labour market
recognizing the attraction of these certain sections of the labour markets
People with disabilities
recognizing opportunity for adequate education
Sustainability
Success factors
SUCCESS FACTORS in the implementation
The importance of wide public promotion for CROQF that has been recognized from the very begining and supported by various public institutions and the broad e public interest expressed for this portal.
Monitoring and evaluation
MONITORING and EVALUATION: Is progress measured regularly? What are the indicators used to measure progress of the policy instrument? Have any evaluations been conducted?
It is related to the pogress of CROQF development, not to the portal bas such.
Updates
UPDATES: whether there have been any major updates of the initiative since it has been implemented?
Yes
It is, for exmaple, related to the CROQF Register established for the needs of the data management system on learning outcome sets, occupational standards, qualification standards, programs for acquiring and evaluating learning outcome sets, programs for evaluating learning outcome sets, qualification programs and other data of interest, due to their connections and harmonizations.
Effectiveness
EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVENESS: How effective is the policy instrument?
It improves efficiency in recognizing occupational standards and qualifications standards for the general population and strengthens and provides more opportunities for the inclusion of resources in the education system.
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY: How sustainable is the policy instrument? Do you expect the instrument to continue over the next few years and why?
Yes, it is expected the continuation of this instrument for the next years.The portal is constantly updated with relevant information on the CROQF so that citizens have completed information on everything that happens related to the implementation of the CROQF
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