Description
Country
Focus area
The purpose of the Regional Skills Platforms is to strengthen collaboration for a better supply of competence, between, for example, authorities, business and education. The work of building structures for regional competence supply creates readiness to handle changes and meet the business community's need for competences.
Link
Reference/weblink
Implementation level
At what level is the initiative implemented?
National
Legal base
Legal base (E.g. Law, regulation, implementing provision, other)
Government commission/ executive order
Starting period
TIMESPAN: In what year did the initiative commence?
The establishment of the Regional Skills Platforms began in 2010
Perspective
PERSPECTIVE: is the initiative based on evidence derived from skill forecasts or foresight activities?
Yes, the Regional Skills Platforms uses skill forecast to gain an overview of the labour market and educational skills in order to mitigate future challenges regarding skill matching at the regional level.
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?
Skill shortages (employers cannot fill their vacancies due to a lack of skills in the labour market)
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?
The initiative's purpose is to ensure regional skills supply by informing authorities, business and education. For example, the regional actors managing the platforms make analyses and forecast that e.g., employment offices can use when planning the process for an unemployed person.
Methods
Methods
What methods of undertaking skills assessments and / or skills anticipation does the policy instrument utilise?
Skills forecasting
Skill forecasting is used to analyse conditions and challenges for long-term supply of skills in different regions. This helps the regional actors make decision regarding employment and education
Skills foresight
Skills foresight is used to analyse conditions and challenges for long-term supply of skills in different regions. This helps the regional actors make decision regarding employment and education
Use of skills intelligence
How is labour market information / skills intelligence used within the initiative?
The initiative has been used in career guidance in schools to help pupils choose their future education or training. It has helped structure the guidance.
It is used to enable cooperation between regional actors regarding unemployment, generally, and the regional skills platform may, therefore, inform all of the above in some way.
Stakeholders
Main responsible body
Main body or organisation with overall responsibility for the initiative.
National agency
The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
Other involved organisations
Which other organisations have a role in the initiative?
National ministry
The government commissioned the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth to establish the regional skills platforms
Beneficiaries
Who are the intended beneficiaries?
Other
The regional skills platforms are not directed at any specific subgroup in the population, but it enables collaboration about regional skill supply, and decisions from this collaboration may benefit any of the above or the broader population.
Sustainability
Success factors
SUCCESS FACTORS in the implementation
Success factors are not explicitly stated, but it needs to contribute to increased knowledge of skill supply and cooperation in ensuring regional skills supply.
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?
The initiative was evaluated from 2013-2017 regarding national-regional cooperation, regional action plans and structures for validation. The evaluation resulted in two recommendations: closer cooperation between local, regional and national actors, goals and initiatives and making skills supply a regional development responsibility, i.e., this work needs to be highly prioritised.
Effectiveness
EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVENESS: How effective is the policy instrument?
The effectiveness of the regional skills planforms has not been studied. Therefore, this cannot be elaborated.
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY: How sustainable is the policy instrument? Do you expect the instrument to continue over the next few years and why?
The evaluation made from 2013-2017 points to the fact that this area needs to be prioritized to a greater extent than it previously was, which indicates that the initiative continues.
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