Getting Skills Right Continuous Learning in Working Life in Finland
Getting Skills Right Continuous Learning in Working Life in Finland

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-02-19

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9264635491

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Skill shortages in the Finnish labour market are increasingly apparent and there are growing concerns about the supply of higher-level skills, given demographic change and stagnating educational attainment levels. Finland’s skill development system must get future-ready. This report analyses the status quo of the Finnish continuous learning system for adults, highlights its key challenges and makes actionable policy recommendations.

Getting Skills Right Continuing Education and Training in Germany
Getting Skills Right Continuing Education and Training in Germany

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-04-23

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9264328440

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Germany has a strong skill development system. The country’s 15‐year‐old students performed above the OECD average in the last (2018) edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), continuing a trend of significant improvement since PISA’s first edition in 2000.

OECD Skills Studies Raising the Basic Skills of Workers in England, United Kingdom
OECD Skills Studies Raising the Basic Skills of Workers in England, United Kingdom

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-12-18

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 9264383719

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This report provides examples and recommendations to help overcome obstacles to engage low-skilled workers and their employers in skills development. England has implemented impressive measures aimed at helping workers and employers to upskill. Nonetheless, there remains room for improvement.

Getting Skills Right Incentives for SMEs to Invest in Skills Lessons from European Good Practices
Getting Skills Right Incentives for SMEs to Invest in Skills Lessons from European Good Practices

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-12-17

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9264347488

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Workers’ skills are an essential asset for firms to recover from the COVID-19 shock and succeed in the twin digital and green transitions. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) face special barriers to investing in human capital because of their size and more limited access to information and capital markets. This report identifies policies that are successful in promoting SMEs’ investment in the skills of employees, managers or entrepreneurs.

Getting Skills Right Training in Enterprises New Evidence from 100 Case Studies
Getting Skills Right Training in Enterprises New Evidence from 100 Case Studies

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-10-29

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9264819274

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Enterprises are a key provider of education and training for adults across OECD countries. Yet, policy-makers lack a detailed understanding of how training in enterprises takes place. This report opens the black box of training and informal learning in enterprises by providing in-depth insights on: i) what training and learning opportunities enterprises provide; ii) why they provide training (or not); and iii) how they make decisions about training.

Getting Skills Right: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems
Getting Skills Right: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-02-13

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9264311750

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With digitalisation, deepening globalisation and population ageing, the world of work is changing. The extent to which individuals, firms and economies can harness the benefits of these changes critically depends on the readiness of adult learning systems to help people develop relevant skills ...

OECD Public Governance Reviews Anticipatory Innovation Governance Model in Finland Towards a New Way of Governing
OECD Public Governance Reviews Anticipatory Innovation Governance Model in Finland Towards a New Way of Governing

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2022-10-06

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 9264491414

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This report examined how Finland has been incorporating anticipatory functions within its governance system to deal with complex and future challenges in a systemic way. The report applies a new model of anticipatory innovation governance (AIG), developed by the OECD, addressing a considerable gap in prior knowledge and guidance on how governments prepare for unknowable futures.

OECD Economic Surveys: Finland 2020
OECD Economic Surveys: Finland 2020

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-12-10

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9264451358

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The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged Finland into a deep recession, albeit less severe than in most other OECD countries. Finland managed to bring the first wave of the coronavirus under control quickly through a combination of voluntary mobility reductions and timely containment measures and is on track to do the same for the second wave. Nevertheless, many people have been laid off and the budgetary costs of supporting household- and business incomes have been considerable.

Connecting People with Jobs Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Finland
Connecting People with Jobs Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Finland

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-02-02

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 9264424989

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This report uses rich administrative data from different registers in Finland to evaluate the impact of two types of training available to jobseekers: labour market training; and self-motivated training. Training outcomes are examined that go beyond the probability of employment and how different population groups are affected.