Description
Country
Focus area
BERUFENET is a database with training and job descriptions that contains information on future trends in several occupations.
Link
Reference/weblink
Implementation level
At what level is the initiative implemented?
National
Legal base
Legal base (E.g. Law, regulation, implementing provision, other)
Instrument of the Federal Employment Agency (German PES).
Starting period
TIMESPAN: In what year did the initiative commence?
BERUFENET - since November 1994 (electronically). Preceeding project before November 1994 - GabeI Verlag (in printed form).
Perspective
PERSPECTIVE: is the initiative based on evidence derived from skill forecasts or foresight activities?
Yes - it includes information on trends in occupational fields.
Policy area
To which POLICY AREAS(s) does the initiative apply?
Gives information about university degrees in various fields and how/where to study.
Gives information about vocational training opportunities.
Gives information about occupational trends on the labour market.
Informing people in the labour market on career choice opportunities. It helps all interested parties (PES employees, journalists, politicians, company representatives, people who want to choose their career) to process information on the local, regional, and national labour market.
Funding
How it is funded?
Other
BERUFENET is funded by the German PES. No information on the amount of funding is publicly available.
Skill mismatch
Skill mismatch target
What type(s) of skills MISMATCH does the initiative aim to addresses?
Other
The portal does not exclusively focus on skills mismatch, but career choices of individuals directly affect the extent of skills mismatch. With information provided on the portal, skills mismatch might become visible for participants in the labour market.
Skills matching focus
How does the initiative address skills mismatches?
By implementing information on future trends in the occupation, BERUFENET helps young graduates to assess (future) labour market demands.
By implementing information on future trends in the occupation, BERUFENET helps adults in employment to assess (future) labour market demands.
By implementing information on future trends in the occupation, BERUFENET helps adults not in employment to assess (future) labour market demands.
Information is available to the broad public via the internet.
Skills delivered
What types of skill does the initiative deliver?
Job search skills
Career management skills
Methods
Methods
What methods of undertaking skills assessments and / or skills anticipation does the policy instrument utilise?
Other
Different LMSI from different sources (research institutes, federal offices and ministries, guild and chambers, associations) are used.
Use of skills intelligence
How is labour market information / skills intelligence used within the initiative?
E.g., information where specific university courses are offered are included in the database.
BERUFENET includes a large amount of information on various occupations.
BERUFENET includes a large amount of information on various occupations.
BERUFENET includes a large amount of information on various occupations.
Stakeholders
Main responsible body
Main body or organisation with overall responsibility for the initiative.
National PES
Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German PES)
Other involved organisations
Which other organisations have a role in the initiative?
Other
BERUFENET is a service of the German PES for its customers and therefore does not rely strongly on input from external stakeholders.
Beneficiaries
Who are the intended beneficiaries?
Other
In general, all persons in need of information about the German labour marked and training system profit from the initiative.
Sustainability
Success factors
SUCCESS FACTORS in the implementation
In general, increasing availability and use of the internet should have broadened the user base of the instrument.
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?
Progress could be measured by internet traffic/number of users. However, no information is publicly available.
Updates
UPDATES: whether there have been any major updates of the initiative since it has been implemented?
Yes
In December 2015, the interface of the website was updated to improve user-friendliness.
Effectiveness
EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVENESS: How effective is the policy instrument?
No information is publicly available.
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY: How sustainable is the policy instrument? Do you expect the instrument to continue over the next few years and why?
BERUFENET is updated regularly. There is no indication that the Federal Employment Agency will discontinue this instrument, and the internet will remain important in the future, as a channel for gathering information on skills.
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