OECD skills strategy 6th peer learning workshop 2019

1. OECD SKILLS STRATEGY
BUILDING EFFECTIVE NATIONAL SKILLS STRATEGIES
https://www.oecd.org/skills/centre-for-skills
6th Annual Peer Learning Workshop
29 October 2019
Andrew Bell
Head of the OECD Skills Strategy Team
OECD Centre for Skills

2. Mexico
Peru
Korea
Flanders
(BE)
Italy
Kazakhstan
Netherland
s
Norway
Latvia
Poland
Slovak Republic
Spain
Portugal Austria
Sloveni
a
N Ireland
(UK)
Applied in 16 diverse countries so far

3. Mega trends are changing and increasing the
skills needed for success in work and life
GLOBALISATION TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGE
DEMOGRAPHIC
CHANGE
Rapid development of
new technologies
Emergence of new
forms of work
Expansion of sources
of learning, especially
online
More integrated world
economy than ever
Emergence of global
value chains, offshoring
and outsourcing
Increased vulnerability
of some workers
Large expected
decline in working-age
population
Important
reallocations towards
care services
Need to ensure youth
have the right skills

4. Megatrends are contributing to polarisation
Job polarisation in the past two decades
%-point change share of total employment, 1995-2015
Source: OECD (2017), Employment Outlook 2017, Figure 3.A1.1, Job polarisation by country,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933477940
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
Low-skilled workers Middle-skilled workers High-skilled workers
%

5. In the future a large share of
jobs could be impacted by automation
Source: Nedelkoska and Quintini (2018)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70%
Jobs at risk of Automation
Share of jobs at HIGH RISK (>70%) of automation and at SIGNIFICANT RISK (50-70%)
14%
32%

6. 10
Creating pressure for a new approach
to skills policy

7. 7
Lessons learned
from working with
countries on
national skills
strategy projects
Analytical work
on skills from 7
OECD directorates
Summary of the Skills Implications of megatrends
OECD Skills Strategy dashboard
Updated OECD Skills Strategy framework
Key policy insights and recommendations on
developing relevant skills
Key policy insights and recommendations on using
skills effectively
Key policy insights and recommendations on
strengthening the governance of skills systems
OECD Skills Strategy 2019

8. 8
2019 OECD Skills Strategy Framework

9. 9
Skills Strategy Dashboard:
Developing relevant skills

11. 11
Skills Strategy Dashboard:
Using Skills Effectively

14. CONTINUING THEMATIC WORK
 Strengthening the governance of skills systems
 Theme of the 2018 Peer Learning Workshop
 Report to be published in Q1 2020
 Continuing work to put governance in comparative perspective
 Financing skills development across the life course
 Theme of the 2018 Peer Learning Workshop
 Proposing in PWB to do new work in this area

15. TOPIC OF TODAY’S WORKSHOP
Financing skills development across the life course
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Cartoonist: David Parkins
Source: https://www.economist.com/node/21714341/all-comments?page=6

16. FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT
FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
• How much is spent can influence the quality of skills
development (up to a point!)
• Who pays affects the incentives for individuals and
employers to invest in skills, and has implications for
equity
• How funding is allocated can influence the types of skills
people develop and the responsiveness of the skills
system to changing skills needs

17. FINANCING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Key financing considerations
How much will be
spent
•In total
•Per learner
•As a share of public
expenditure / GDP
Who pays for what
•Individuals/ households
•Employers/ sectors
•Governments (central,
sub-national)
•Civil society
organisations
•International
organisations
How funding is
allocated
•Life stages
•Learning contexts
•Forms of learning
•Specific skills
•Specific programmes/
providers
•Target groups
•Financing mechanisms

18. SKILLS FUNDING HAS GROWN ACROSS THE
OECD
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
% Change in expenditure per student
Percentage change in total expenditure on educational institutions per full-time equivalent
student (2005 and 2016)
Primary to tertiary education, all funding sources
Source: OECD (2019), Education at a Glance 2019: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/f8d7880d-en.
How much will be
spent
•In total
•Per learner
•As a share of public
expenditure / GDP

19. SKILLS FUNDING LEVELS DIFFER ACROSS
OECD
Total expenditure on educational institutions per full-time equivalent student (2016)
In equivalent USD converted using PPPs
Source: OECD (2019), Education at a Glance 2019: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/f8d7880d-en.
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
Primary, secondary, and post-secondary non-tertiary Tertiary
Equivalent
USD
How much will be
spent
•In total
•Per learner
•As a share of public
expenditure / GDP

20. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What is a major example from your country related to each of the
four session topics?
2. What form(s), stage(s) and/or context(s) of learning does your
country example apply to?
3. What are the main successes and challenges of your country
example?
4. What do you want to learn from your peers?

21. For more information
To discuss OECD’s work on National Skills Strategy projects, please
contact:
montserrat.gomendio@oecd.org
andrew.bell@oecd.org