Skills anticipation and matching

2 November - 18 December 2020 LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants receiving the Certificate of Achievement have: • Acquired a good understanding of the drivers of change which impact the demand for skills and the reasons for labour market imbalances and their consequences • The capacity to identify critical milestones, questions, objectives, beneficiaries and target groups of anticipating skill needs for the labour market • Understood the underlying principles of and the different approaches to skills needs anticipation. • Analysed different methods and tools related to quantitative and qualitative methods, which can be used for skill needs anticipation and matching supply and demand in the labour market. • Developed a solid knowledge of the different institutional approaches and implications of setting up anticipation systems • Acquired a better understanding of how to analyse and translate data from anticipation exercises into adequate policy making and planning. CONTENTS Module 1: Rationale for skills needs anticipation and matching Module 2: Generation and analysis of labour market data Module 3: Approaches and methodologies for anticipating skills needs Module 4: Institutional mechanisms and roles of different actors for anticipation & matching Module 5: Sectoral approaches Module 6: Translation into policy and practice ACHIEVEMENT Number of hours: 60 Participants were required to complete various exercises and six quizzes (one per module). After successfully completing the pre-defined modules, participants were required to submit a capstone project as final assignment, with the aim to demonstrate the consolidated learning gained through the activities. Weighting of assignments: • Each in-module quiz weighs 10% on the final grade; • Final assignment (capstone project) weighs 40% on the final grade