The goal is to provide a conceptual review of skills shortages and gaps, and devise a means of measuring their incidence and the extent to which they are likely to arise in the future as a consequence of key changes in the economy, notably digitalization. This project contributes to the European Skills Agenda by strengthening skills intelligence and by providing a set of tools for the development of policy initiatives in the areas of education and skills, that can help drive growth in European innovation and competitiveness.
Project duration:
June 2024 - June 2027 (37 months)
Budget:
EUR 2,99 million
Funder:
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Develop a clear framework for measuring skills shortages and gaps.Use big data approaches to create a framework that anticipates skills demand, thereby preventing deficiencies due to emerging technologies,
Deepen an understanding of employers’ experiences with skills deficiencies and identify key strategies they use to mitigate their impacts,
Develop a fully tested skills shortage index that can be adopted by member states,
Create tools for use within existing skills assessment and anticipation systems at the national level,
UT CASS is leading work package "Workplace determinants of shortages and gaps" with Lodz University, ESRI, IER and EKKE as the main contributors. The objective of this work package is to assess employers’ experience with and response to skill shortages and gaps by analysing links and relations between company level factors and data about existing skill shortages and gaps.
Our tasks will include:
Reviewing relevant data, datasets and recent (peer-reviewed) research;
Designing and implementing a survey among companies;
Conducting workshops and interviews with employers and other stakeholders to explore key questions that have emerged from the analysis of the primary and secondary data sources;
Developing ideas for interventions and policy measures.
Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini (FGB), Italy
University of Lodz, Poland
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Ireland
National Centre for Social Research (EKKE), Greece
University of Pisa, Italy
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
University of Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER), the United Kingdom
CASS members with the project
Sabina Trankmann
Thematic leader for labour market and social policy