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Displaying 25 policy instruments

Title	Country	Focus area	Policy area	Skills matching focus	Use of labour market intelligence
Analyses and Forecasts for the Labour Market Development in Bulgaria Web Portal	BG	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Development of a Workforce Competence Assessment System by Sectors and Regions (CASSY)	BG	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Designing standards and accreditation Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
National Reference Framework website.	BG	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Designing standards and accreditation Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Occupational barometer	EE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
OSKA -System of labour market monitoring and future skills forecasting	EE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Digital economy	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Designing standards and accreditation Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
Anticipation for jobs and occupations	FR	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Migration Digital economy Social inclusion	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level Other
Investing in competences 2018-2022	FR	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment Migration Social inclusion	Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Other	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Designing standards and accreditation Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
Occupation Information Net	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Other	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Address mismatch broadly	Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
PROSIMA apprenticeship market model	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Informing career-making decisions of students Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Qualification and Occupational Fields Projections	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Facilitate job / career transitions Address mismatch broadly	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Skilled workforce bottleneck monitor	DE	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Other	Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Mechanism for Labour Market Diagnosis	GR	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing career-making decisions of students
Integrated Higher Education Graduate Tracking Database	HU	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market	Informing career-making decisions of students
Employment opportunities barometer	LT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Employment Other	Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
The Occupation Map	LT	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment Migration Other	Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Facilitate job / career transitions Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages Address mismatch broadly	Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
Young Talents	LU	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment Digital economy	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages	Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students
Youth Guarantee 2.0	MT	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed
Job opportunity	NL	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages	Informing career-making decisions of students Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Labour Market Information System	NL	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill non-employed adults	Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Pact for the technical sector	NL	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment	Upskill or reskill employed adults Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages	Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing career-making decisions of students Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Labour Market Observatory of Lubelskie	PL	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Other	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
Partnership analysis and labour market forecasting system with continuing adaptation to economic dynamics	RO	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Designing standards and accreditation Informing decisions on course funding/provision Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Enabling strategic business decisions at sector/enterprise level
National programme for the development of education (NPDE)	SK	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment Innovation Social inclusion Equality/equal opportunities	Upskill or reskill employed adults Upskill or reskill non-employed adults	Informing the design of national qualification frameworks (NQFs) Designing standards and accreditation Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students
National project: Dual education and increasing the attractiveness and quality of VET	SK	Key training policy measure	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill employed adults Address sectoral or occupational skill shortages	Designing standards and accreditation Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Other
Increasing effective coordination of supply and demand in the labour market	SI	Main skills assessment/anticipation initiative	Education Training Employment	Match young graduates' skills to labour market Upskill or reskill non-employed adults Address mismatch broadly	Designing training programmes to activate unemployed Informing and training career guidance and counsellors Informing career-making decisions of students Informing job-search decisions of unemployed

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