To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of local people but also the utilisation and deployment of these skills by employers. By ensuring that skills are utilised effectively, local economies can become more competitive and host better quality and better paid jobs, while simultaneously improving living standards and stimulating innovation. The OECD LEED Skills for Competitiveness project has reviewed the tools and governance mechanisms which policy makers are putting in place to tackle this policy area in three LEED member countries, Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy, with information on a wider set of policies and measurement tools being collected through an international literature r...
This chapter highlights why it is increasingly important for policy makers to focus on demand-side s...
For the economy to thrive, the best use needs to be made of the skills produced, and workers need to...
Professor Frank Peck of the University of Cumbria’s Centre for Regional Economic Development writes ...
To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of loca...
The OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme Papers present innovative ideas ...
With the UK government's intention to reinvigorate the further education sector (see Department for ...
Skills in England 2007 provides a summary of the latest information about the demand for and the sup...
Over the past twenty five years, UK skills policy has focused primarily on boosting the supply of sk...
Skills are the basis for any job, and the right combination of skills are needed for any organizatio...
Skills in England 2003 is presented in four volumes this year. Volume 1 provides key messages and an...
Over the past twenty five years, UK skills policy has focused primarily on boosting the supply of sk...
The UK’s policy response to globalisation centres on building a highly skilled population and compet...
The aim of this briefing paper is to provide an understanding of the factors that determine the leve...
In a context of high unemployment following the crisis and increased global competition, ensuring an...
This chapter highlights why it is increasingly important for policy makers to focus on demand-side s...
For the economy to thrive, the best use needs to be made of the skills produced, and workers need to...
Professor Frank Peck of the University of Cumbria’s Centre for Regional Economic Development writes ...
To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of loca...
The OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme Papers present innovative ideas ...
With the UK government's intention to reinvigorate the further education sector (see Department for ...
Skills in England 2007 provides a summary of the latest information about the demand for and the sup...
Over the past twenty five years, UK skills policy has focused primarily on boosting the supply of sk...
Skills are the basis for any job, and the right combination of skills are needed for any organizatio...
Skills in England 2003 is presented in four volumes this year. Volume 1 provides key messages and an...
Over the past twenty five years, UK skills policy has focused primarily on boosting the supply of sk...
The UK’s policy response to globalisation centres on building a highly skilled population and compet...
The aim of this briefing paper is to provide an understanding of the factors that determine the leve...
In a context of high unemployment following the crisis and increased global competition, ensuring an...
This chapter highlights why it is increasingly important for policy makers to focus on demand-side s...
For the economy to thrive, the best use needs to be made of the skills produced, and workers need to...
Professor Frank Peck of the University of Cumbria’s Centre for Regional Economic Development writes ...