Learning Skills Armelle Ledan Prade Brussels 23 09

Learning & Skills Armelle Ledan Prade Brussels 23. 09. 2015

Current state of play New Skills for New Jobs Initiative (2008) • Promote better anticipation of future skills needs • Develop better matching between skills and labour market needs • Bridge the gap between the worlds of education and work EU 2020 Strategy Flagship initiative (2010) Equipping people with the right skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow Common objective = Skills development European Employment Strategy, Guideline (2015): Enhanced labour and skills supply EU’s Structural & Investment Funds thematic priority (2014) Investing in education, and training for skills and lifelong learning

Priority and challenge, why ? Skills upgrading is critically important for Europe's short-term recovery and longer term growth and productivity, for its jobs and its capacity to adapt to change, for equity, gender equality and social cohesion. • High unemployed across the EU • Demographical change • Skill supply & demand forecasts for 2025: uneven return to job growth • Risk of labour market polarisation

Potential areas for TN activity MS interest for Learning & Skills theme : 12 • Combating/ addressing early school leaving • Vocational Education and Training • Accreditation (of prior learning) • Lifelong learning • Transitions within and between school and work

Potential added value of transnational co-operation To find solutions to today’s problems & adapt lessons to new situations and circumstances Ø Effective way to access new ideas, innovative approaches and new skills Ø Help understand what works and what does not, and why Ø Complex world and challenges require the power of collective intelligence

(Too? ) Broad theme A more precise scope to be co-produced collectively in line with members’ mutual interests • Specific objectives defined and refined • Democratic and participative bottom-up approach to increase the relevance of network objectives to Member State priorities • Space for the less tangible goals of learning, sharing and collaborative working

Everyday words… Meaning ? Learning Skill The act of acquiring new, or modifying and reinforcing, existing knowledge, behaviours, skills, values or preferences, does not happen all at once. A process, rather than a collection of factual and procedural knowledge. The learned ability to carry out a task with pre-determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. In other words, the abilities that one possesses.

« Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information » . Albert Einstein. Thank you for your attention !