Sectoral Approach

The what and why of the Sectoral Approach

Mitigating imbalances between skills supply and demand is one of the biggest challenges vocational education and training (VET) policies and systems now face. Employers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to engage with public authorities in developing and implementing skills policies in the ETF partner countries.

Sectoral approaches are used to shape VET and skills provision to fit the needs of businesses in a given economic sector through the engagement of social partners (employer and employee representatives).

Start learning with this mini module

Sector-based (or sector-focused) skills anticipation explores demands and trends from the meso-level perspective and provides a medium-term view of various developments and scenarios.  With this mini module you will gain a clear understanding of what the sectoral approach is and why it matters.

Duration: 20 minutes.

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Incubator for start-ups in the Piedmont Region:

Skills needs anticipation in the agro-food sector:

If you really want to know everything....

• Summary 'Sector-based skills anticipation: making sense of emerging labour market trends' https://www.etf.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/sector-based-skills-anticipation-making-sense-emerging

• Guide 'Working at sectoral level – Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs' https://www.etf.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/working-sectoral-level-guide-anticipating-and-matching

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