1. 2010/12/10 First Skills Council Meeting Brussels, April 14 th 2014 Federico Brugnoli

2. 2 Project Objectives The main objective of the project is to conduct the first year of activities of the ESSC for the Commerce Sector. The Work programme of the council is based on 5 pillars: -Interaction with the Commission and harmonisation -Information exchange -Updated sectoral knowledge -Direct interaction with the reference market - Intense communication

3. 3 Project Objectives Two TCL Skills Council meetings in 2014 (+ 1) 4 Reports Bi-lateral or tri-lateral activities Broadening the Council composition with new national ISPs Final conference in December 2014

4. 2010/12/104 Start date of the Project: 01 Jan 2014 Project Timetable

5. 5 Activity 1 Task 1.1: "Harmonisation meeting" ESCO Task 1.2: "Harmonisation meeting" SKILLS PANORAMA Task 1.3: "Harmonisation meeting” SKILLS ALLIANCE Task 1.4: Harmonisation Seminar March 17 2014

6. 6 Activity 1 OUTCOMES OF THE HARMONISATION WORKSHOP: There is lot of complementarity between Skills Council, the Skills Panorama and ESCO. So, there is a recognised need from all parties, social partners and the EU Commission (DG EMPL, EAC, MARKT and ENTER) that we need to work on a common denominator and a common understanding on the different existing and parallel initiatives. Long term sustainability: Skills council need resources to continue their work of skills anticipation and filling the skills mismatches, in order to do this, the EU Commission should support social partners on a continuous basis

7. 7 Activity 1 OUTCOMES OF THE HARMONISATION WORKSHOP: Skills Council are not only data collectors but are technical bodies working together with social partners with a view to produce consistent information and intelligence on skills with a view to increase job opportunities and reply to companies needs for a qualified workforce in line with the labour market demands. Skills Council must be strategic and not reactive to changes; There is a need for a strategic and long-term vision for the future of the sectors. In order to ensure this, the sectoral dimension must be fostered.

8. 8 Activity 1 OUTCOMES OF THE HARMONISATION WORKSHOP: Skills Council should act as sentinels, alerting on skills needs and changes but social partners should act with policy recommendations it has to be clear how we are going to use the outcomes of all EU Initiatives on skills, outcomes are to be tangible, respond to the sectoral needs and have sufficient resources to be translated in concrete actions.

9. 9 Activity 1 OUTCOMES OF THE HARMONISATION WORKSHOP: Sectoral approach, a “good angle” Mutualisation of resources Stable methodological framework for harmonisation Increase involvment of VET providers Good moment to interact with national authorities on ESF, EIDF ESSC shall be more strategic and less reactive How to use the intelligence that is produced Improve cooperation Skills Alliancies will continue support sectors with ESSC

10. 10 Activity 2 Task 2.1: Organization of the first council meeting Task 2.2: First council meeting: action planning April 14 th 2014 Task 2.3: Organization of the second council meeting Task 2.4: Second council meeting: intermediate evaluation, promotion and follow up actions Sep 2014

11. 11 Activity 2 DISCUSSION: First council meeting: discussion of the detailed work plan for the following 9 months of activities Second council meeting (September 2014): intermediate evaluation of the status of project activities evaluation of the information gathered and elaborated in the Researches and Reports as in project phase 3 detailed planning of the annual conference

12. 12 Activity 2 DISCUSSION: Date of the Second Council meeting Need for intermediate technical meetings Attendees to be invited to the 2 nd council meeting

13. 13 Activity 3 Report 1 - Employment situation of the COMMERCE sector including forecasts and trends Report 2 - Evolution of the COMMERCE sector's occupations and the associated skills Report 3 - Innovative tools, national and regional strategies, initiatives, methods to monitor skills needs and address skill mismatch and gaps Report 4 - Recommendations of the European sector skills council

14. 14 Activity 3 REPORT n° 1 The report will be presenting the employment situation of the sector including forecasts and trends. This information will, to the extent possible, be presented into sub-sectors, occupations and countries (regions). The report should be essentially data-driven, with synthetic description and analyses.

15. 15 Activity 3 REPORT n° 2 The report will be presenting a more qualitative assessment of the evolution of the sector, focusing on the evolution of the sector's occupations and the associated skills. It will contain information about emerging jobs, a review of factors affecting the changing nature of jobs, a synthesis of available scenarios. This report should draw on available information from national sector skills councils, such as employers' surveys and foresight techniques

16. 16 Activity 3 REPORT n° 3 The report will be describing innovative tools, national and/or regional strategies, local initiatives, methods put in place by members of the council to monitor skills needs and address the question of skill mismatch and gaps. The report, if possible, will also include national experiences from members of the EU sector skills council on mechanisms to meet skill needs from an employer’s perspective or successful experiences in using labour market intelligence to close the skills gap. In addition, the report can also focus on specific themes related to skills gaps and mismatch that reflect the interests of the EU sector skills council.

17. 17 Activity 3 REPORT n° 4 The report will be regrouping the recommendations of the European sector skills council based on the information collected and the analysis done as part of the reports and as a result of discussions between council members.

18. 18 Activity 3

19. 19 Activity 3 DISCUSSION: Content of the reports Practical organisation of work Intermediate deadlines

20. 20 Activity 4 Task 4.1: Identification, contact, visit and potential involvement of new stakeholders – Oct 2014 Task 4.2: National meetings for information exchange and network reinforcement – Dec 2014 Task 4.4: Web portal maintenance and development, Bimonthly Newsletters – Jan 2015

21. Activity 4

22. Emanuele Carpanzano – Franco A. Cavadini European Skill Council Web-Portal Development Status 06/10/20 11 Structure of the council 7 ISPs

23. 23 Activity 4 DISCUSSION: Task 4.1 Involvement of new observatories Possible Candidates Means of involvement

24. 24 Activity 4 DISCUSSION: Task 4.2 National Bi-Tri lateral meetings “Call for proposals” to ISPs Budget for 5 trips in EU (Need more?)

25. 25 Activity 4 DISCUSSION: Task 4.4 Web portal Traffic Portal functionalities Proposal for portal revision Task 4.4 Newsletter (5 in total) Content of the first newsletter Who does what Timing

26. 26 Activity 5 Task 5.1: Definition of the key topics and of the expected outcomes September 2014 Task 5.2: Conceptual and practical organization of the conference Task 5.3: Public and private stakeholders involvement Task 5.4: Annual conference Dec 2014

27. 27 Activity 5 DISCUSSION: Date Location Attendees to be invited Budget (40 people travelling to Brussels)

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