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“Future of Skills and Jobs in Europe’s Electricity sector

Mapping existing national institutions concerned with skills/qualifications and

labour market research in the electricity sector in the EU member states.”

WORKSHOP

NOVEMBER, 15TH 2012

European project VS/2011/0528

With the financial support of the European Commission

1. Mapping context

2. Approach & methodology

3. Panel of identified observatories

4. Questionnaires synthesis

5. Typology and mapping

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“Future of Skills and Jobs

in Europe’s Electricity sector.”

PROJECT SUMMARY

Need for skills anticipation and matching

The European Commission framework

“New Skills for New Jobs” initiative (2008), which was later included in the Europe 2020 strategy

Feasibility study on EU sector skills councils (2009)

Communication of the European Commission on “An Agenda for New Skills and Jobs” (2010)

EU Skills panorama, a tool of cross-national cooperation on skills anticipation(2011).

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Mapping context

A follow-up to the works of the European social partners of the Electricity sector

In 2008, the European social partners considered the implications of ongoing demographic changes on the electricity industry

In 2011, they conducted a project “Towards a low carbon electricity industry: employment effects & opportunities for the social partners”.

“Both trade unions and employers consider that the public authorities have a genuine role to play in supporting the sector adapt in the coming years, especially in improving skills and competencies to match the supply of skills with the demand from companies.”

The European social partners have decided to carry on this work on skills anticipation and matching through the European Commission initiative on ESSC.


First step: mapping national skills bodies or observatories as well as relevant stakeholders which deal with occupations, skills anticipation and market prospective.

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Mapping context


Major role of national observatories

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Mapping context

Scope of the

research*

* Excluding internal observatories of companies

Step by step - state of play

A deskbased research 27 countries + Croatia

Contacts to check the relevance of the bodies

Questionnaires

Workshop 15st of November

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61 identified

bodies May 24th

June 20th

44 identified

bodies

October 8th

27 replies

19 fulfilled

questionnaires

First appointment

of relevant and interested

skills bodies

Approach & methodology

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Panel of identified skills observatories

First panel of 44 Observatories

Almost half of identified observatories cover several sectors amongst them electricity sector,

Almost half of them are part of public local authorities or Ministries (Labour or Education),

A wide coverage of data generation and analysis in the fields of labour, skills and training. Nevertheless, the services provided for market sector research and guidance for the labour market (especially to jobseekers) took a large part.

A short survey to know more about :

• Sectoral coverage

• Legal nature, means of funding and governance

• Tasks and work of the identified bodies and kind of data they

collect or/and use

• The sectoral issues they deal with

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Austria (AU) Forba

Belgium (B) Brussels Observatory for Employment - ACTIRIS

Belgium (B) Forem

Belgium (B) VDAB

Bulgaria (BU) National Agency for Vocational Education and Training (NAVET)

Croatia (CRO) Agency for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education

(AVETAE)

Czech Republik (CZ)

Czech Association of Energy Sector Employers

Estonia (EST) Estonian Qualifications Authority

Germany (GER) Federal Institute for VET (BIBB)

Ireland (IRE) FAS

Italy (I) FLAEI - Cisl

Netherland O&O Fonds

Portugal (P) ANQEP - Agência Nacional para a Qualificação e o Ensino Profissional,

I.P.

Portugal (P) Employment and vocation training institute

Romania (RO) Romanian Qualifications National Authority

Sweden (S) Svensk Energi-Swedenergy-AB

Sweden (S) Swedish Public Employment Service

UK Cogent Sector Skills Council

UK Energy & Utility Skills

Panel of identified skills observatories

Second panel on basis of 19 Replies to the survey

Questionnaires synthesis

Lack of focus on electricity sector


Almost two-thirds of the organisations are public authorities…

CZ, NL

S UK

… but nearly all of them work in close connection with social partners


A wide coverage of activities conducted by the skills bodies …


They collect and organize information both on employment, skills and training fields and on labour market as well


Skill shortages are the main issue analysed by the observatories

Typology and mapping

FLAEI

Monfalcone

NAVET

Sofia

1. ANQEP

2. IEFP

Lisbon

EQA

Talinn

FAS

Dublin

AVETAE

Zagreb

BIBB

Bonn 1.VDAB

2. ACTIRIS

3, FOREM

Brussels

SPES

Stockholm

Cogent SSC

Warrington

Electricity

All sectors including Energy

Other Energy

Gas

Energy & Utility

Skills

Solihull

Svensk

Stockholm

CSZE

Prague

RQNA

Bucharest

O&O Fonds

Arnhem

Public Employment Agency. VDAB/Actiris/Forem in Belgium; IEFP in Portugal; (Swedish Public Employment Service in Sweden)

Their official mission is to :

Implement active employment (and training) policies

Guarantee and promote placement, guidance and training services “with a view to lifelong and sustainable integration into the labour market of jobseekers and employees”

So, they organise quantitative information on labour market and use qualitative information on employment and skills (some collect too this information) in order to foster matching between job offers and vacancies

They analyse profile and employability of persons covered by training (excepting Swedish PES)

They are multi-sectoral including energy.

Public organisation, they work in close connection with social partners; these one are member of boards or of steering committees.

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Trade Union. FLAEI – Cisl in Italy

As a trade union focused on electricity sector, FLAEI :

“Collects quantitative data regarding number of employees in the electricity sector, type of activities, gender, companies,

Organises qualitative/ quantitative information on employment, skills and professionalism,

Manages bilateral training programs with companies.”

Employer associations. Czech Association of Energy Sector Employers; Svensk Energi – Swedenergy AB

They are focused on electricity and other energy sector. The first one is bipartite; the second one is a private association and doesn’t cooperate with Trade Unions.

Their current main activities are : definition of jobs qualifications, identification, monitoring and communication of the training needs towards schools, universities…

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Public organization on qualifications and VET. BIBB in Germany; Romanian Qualifications National Authority; ANQEQ in Portugal; Estonian Qualifications Autority; AVETAE in Croatia; NAVET in Bulgaria

From the National Qualifications Framework / Standards, they work on:

Occupations and qualifications changes or new needs based on competencies and learning outcomes in order to guarantee a continuous alignment of Education with Labour market needs

Promotion of the Vocation Education Training system that enables lifelong learning

Identification, monitoring of training needs and development of training regulations

Recognition, assessment of skills and learning

They do not collect quantitative data on labour market but use it from Statistical public department or organisation (e.g. IEFP in Portugal; other department from BIBB…)

Social partners are involved as bi or tri-partite committees are set-up in a permanent way or in ponctual working group.

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Sectoral private organization. Energy & Utility Skills and Cogent SSC in UK

“Energy & Utility Skills collects market intelligence on the labour and skills needs of the electricity and gas sector across the whole of the UK.”

“Cogent SSC is the UK’s industry skills body for chemical, pharmaceutical, nuclear, petroleum…”

They organise quantitative information on labour market, collect qualitative information on employment and skills : foresight research to ascertain key drivers for skills, profiling forecasted workforce and recruitment requirements, developing fit-for purpose standards and qualifications, evaluation of apprenticeship programmes…

They work in close conjunction with employers, trade unions and goverment.

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Observatories linked to training funds. FAS in Ireland ; Observatoire des Métiers Gaz et Electricité en France; O&O Fonds Enb in Netherland

FAS is funded by training funds (0,7 % of payroll + EU funds) and has focused its activity since January 2012 on offering training courses suited to the needs of jobseekers. It supplies each year the National Skills Database on behalf of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) : employment data, education and training provision… occupational employment forecasting model. It covers all sectors including Energy and has already carry out work on renewables.

O&O Fonds Enb aims at developing, designing and implementing activities that are within the field of education and employment for the members of the Employers Association Energy and Utilities (WENb). It is funded by yearly contribution between 0 and 0,2 % of the salary sum.

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Key observations

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A disparity of national skills bodies as regard to their legal nature and funding but :

Some common tasks (collect of data on employment, skills and qualifications, recognition…)

Some similar working methods (identification of skills changes within occupations…)

Involvement of social partners as members of board (tripartite bodies – IEFP, VDAB; bipartite – O&O Fonds, French Observatory) or members of expert committees (almost all)

A main challenge to be faced: skills shortages

Permanent and analyses done on electricity and/ or other energy

A strong willing of exchanging practices, information, methodology.

There are key drivers for a network but the question is to examine and be sure of the added value of such a network in the electricity sector


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Thank you for your attention

Maud Stéphan

[email protected]

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