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What is ESCO and how is it structured?
Linux system administrator
Enterprise network architect
Frame-maker
Bench joiner for joinery workshop
Systems consultant/architect
Carpenter
ICT network architect
Provide technical documentation
Document the product life-cycle
Maintain ICT system
Create wood joints
Secure working area
Bachelor in computer science
Certificate of site carpentry
Job titles Occupations Skills Qualifications
Three ESCO pillars
2942occupations
13 485 skills
qualifications
Skill groups
• Transversal skills and competences
• Digital competences
• Languages
Cross-sectoral skills and comp.Sector-specific skills and comp.
Occupation-specific skills and comp.
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How can ESCO be used? 8
How ESCO can be used
Information on learning
opportunities
Guidance & counselling
Forecasting & planning
Performance management,
appraisalsJob matching Matching at
skills level
OccupationsSkills/
Competences Qualications Education/Training
LabourMarket
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ESCO in job search and job matching
• Support (digital) transactions in the labour market with a common language
• Publish job offers
• Create online CVs or profiles
• Search for jobs and candidates
• Online job matching
• Online applications
• Competence based job matching
EuresJobsIrelandEU Skills profile tool for third country nationalsJob search: Milch & Zucker
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ESCO for career management and HR
• Common language between recruiters, employers and career managers
• Access updated information on labour market terminology
• Identifying training needs
• Searching learning opportunities and matching skill gaps
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ESCO for labour market analyses
• Access to multilingual data
• Identify relations between occupations and the ISCO classification
• Ensure interoperability with other data sources thanks to Linked Open Data format
• Big data analysis
http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events-and-projects/projects/big-data-analysis-online-vacancies
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ESCO: connecting education and training with the labour market
• Bridging the communication gap between educationand work
• Achieve transparency and comparability of qualifications
• Support the shift to learning outcomes
• Adapt educational curricula to labour market needs
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The role of ESCO in EURES and Europass
New Europass Decision adopted in March and
April 2018
Recital 17: principles of ESCO use by
Commission
Web-based tools
• E-portfolio of personal information
• Self-Assessment tools
• Digital Qualifications
New Europass Services
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ESCOSkills matching
Interoperability
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EURES
network and
portal
Cooperation for free
movement of workers
Human network of
1000 advisers
Information, recruitment, placement services
Art. 19 EURES Regulation
2016/589/EU
Better matching people to jobs
Increased IT interoperability
ESCO
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The next steps for the Qualifications pillar
Transparent information on qualifications in EU portals (LOQ* and ESCO)
Collecting existing data on qualifications, following a common schema
Focus on qualifications data provided by Member States
Exploring possibilities to includeprivate/international, sectoral qualifications
*Learning opportunities and qualifications in Europe
EQF Recommendation-Annex VIElements for data fields for the electronic publicataion of informationon qualifications with an EQF level
A progressive approach
STEP 1
Bulding a
common
approach to
display qualifications
STEP 2
Collecting information
on qualifications:
LOQ and ESCO
STEP 3
Linkingqualifications to the other ESCO
pillars
Since2012
currently 2019 onwards
Launch of ESCO v1
Study:-QA of internationalqualifications-Linking 2nd and 3rd pillar
Next steps (1)
Publication in the ESCO qualifications pillar (and LOQ)
Currently: 2414 qual Before the summer 2018 (approx)
Latvia Estonia
Greece Belgium (French speaking community)
UK (Scotland)
Hungary
Countries currently developing databases(ready by end 2018 or 2019)
Austria Lithuania Slovenia
Bulgaria Luxembourg Slovakia
Croatia Malta Serbia
FYROM Montenegro Turkey
Romania The Netherlands Iceland
Publication only in LOQ (for now)
Germany
Belgium (FlemishCommunity)
Ireland
Slovenia
Next steps (2)
• - Study on the development of the qualificationspillar: quality assurance of internationalqualifications and linking of learning outcomes to ESCO skills
• - Keep populating the qualifications pillar
• - Linking the qualifications pillar with the skillspillar
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Continuous improvement of ESCO
Why ESCO needs to be updated
Ensure ESCO is fit-for-purpose:
• Changes in the labour market;
• Changes in education/training;
• Changes in terminology;
• Changes in the requirements of IT applications;
• Correction of any identified issues.
• Overview of the ESCO improvement process
1. Preparation
2. Scoping3. Knowledgeengineering
4. Release
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