An Introduction into Labour Market Information Systems and Skills Demand Assessment

26 April 2021 - 07 May 2021 OBJECTIVES The main objective of the course was to “provide participants with an introduction of the main functions, components, and applications of a Labour Market Information System (LMIS). The course will also help participants better understand the skills anticipation and matching characteristics, methodologies, institutional arrangements, mechanisms, and modalities needed for identifying labour market imbalances in terms of skills, in addition to recognizing the current and future skills needed in a broader macroeconomic policy framework.” Specific Learning Objectives • Understand labour statistics, main sources of labour statistics, and main uses of labour statistics; • Understand the main components of a LMIS (Data collection, repository of information, analytical tools, and institutional arrangements); • Understand the main functions of a LMIS (Labour market analysis, monitoring and reporting on policies, coordinating the interaction among different actors and institutions that produce and utilize labour market information); • Analyze different methods and tools related to quantitative and qualitative methods to identify labour markets supply and demand imbalances; • Analyze different methods to measure skills mismatches. CONTENT The course content focused on: • Overview of labour statistics • Introduction & Overview of Labour Market Information Systems (LMIS) • Governance and institutional arrangements for effective LMIS • Data sources, labour market indicators, sources of labour statistics, SDG and Decent Work Indicator Frameworks; • Skills Anticipation & Matching • Measuring Skills Mismatches • Data modelling and information flows • LMIS Toolkit: DSD Constructor, SMART and .STAT Platform