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Systems, institutional frameworks and processes for early identification of skill needs
International Conference25th - 26 th November 2004, Dublin,
Forward studies on skills and Forward studies on skills and qualificationsqualificationsin France : in France :
Is it possible to coordinate so many Is it possible to coordinate so many actors ?actors ?
Marc-Antoine EstradeCommissariat Général du
Plan(Planning Office)
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Prospect of skills and qualifications in France
• Economic and demographic background
• Who is interested in identification of skill needs ?
• The different levels of identification of skill needs
• Main difficulties
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Economic and demographic background1. Retirements
• Retirements flows will grow by 50% in the next decade
• Change in retirement age will just delay the growth of retirements rates
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From 2005, post-war baby-boomers will From 2005, post-war baby-boomers will retireretire
400
600
800
1000
40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70
En milliers
Total French population, aged between 40 and 70, by age
Large increase of retirements leaves from 2005 478 000 people per year 2000-2005 653 000 people per year 2005-2010
Economic and demographic background : retirements leaves
source : Insee, march 2001
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Ageeing or young occupations Ageeing or young occupations proportion of workers over 50proportion of workers over 50
Managers and executives in banking and insurance,Civil servant managersExecutives in building and industries,TeachersGeneral managers, Farmers, Doctors
Some occupationswhere proportionof workers aged 50 ormore isover 30%
Household service occupations, Child Care workers,Civil servant clerks
Non qualified blue-collar workersWaiters, barmaid, bar helpersCashiers, Accountants
Occupations whereproportion of workersaged 50 or more is lessthan 15% Computer ingeneers,
Social and recreationnal workers
Source INSEE-DARES
Economic and demographic background : retirements leaves
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Economic and demographic background2. Education and employment
• Only one third of all workers have been formally trained for the jobs they currently have
• Seniority increased for the more qualified workers
• Unemployment rates are very high among less qualified
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Economic and demographic background3. Polarization of labour demand
• Labour demand is projected to increase strongly in the next years for managers, engineers and technicians, particularly in computer science-related activities, R&D, professional training and public relation occupations
• But, labour demand for less qualified positions would also be very dynamic, in contrast to previous decades, particularly for domestic services occupations (child care workers, personal and home care aides…), waiters and cashiers
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Growth rate over…(in %)
Rank Occupations by FAP
Projectedemployment
at 2010(nb in
thousands)
Openingjobs due to
employmentgrowth(nb in
thousands)
1990-2000(Previousdecade)
2000-2010(Projected
period)
1 W1-instructors, coaches and recruiters 302 150.7 59.9 99.62 T2 – child care workers 1,090 448.8 89.0 70.03 N0-R&D engineers and managers 427 170.2 50.8 66.34 M0- computer engineers 590 204.4 47.0 53.05 U0-Professionals, communication and
documentation (marketing, advertising andpublic relation occupations, journalists, editors,librarians, archivists, …)
235 75.9 23.7 47.7
6 L5L6 – general Managers and Top Executives 800 229.0 18.0 40.17 L4- technicians of financial, administrative and
accounting services350 85.4 16.9 32.3
8 S1-cookers 286 69.7 17.8 32.29 T1 – housekeepers, Butlers, Cleaners and
servants, private household328 71.1 30.4 27.7
10 R0-Cashiers 351 72.0 28.7 25.8
Economic and demographic background : labour demand forecasts
Top of occupational growth of employment Top of occupational growth of employment by 2010by 2010
Source : Dares, French Ministry of Labour
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Who is interested in identification of skills needs?
1. Firms
• They are in charge of worker training(training expenditures should represent at least 1,5% of wages)
• Firms are not prepared for demographic changes
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Who is interested in identification of skills needs?
2. Sectors
• 95% of workers are implicated in sectoral collective agreements (branches)
• Collective bargainings on training and employment
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Who is interested in identification of skills needs?
2. Sectors
• Joint commissions collect the money from firms and organize training sessions
• All sectors will set up observatories for occupations and qualifications
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Who is interested in identification of skills needs?
3. Regions
• Regions finance youth training measures(apprenticeship,…)
• Regions coordinate all the training operators in a regional plan for training development (PRDF)
• Regions are responsible for economic development
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Who is interested in identification of skills needs?
4. Public employment service
• PES needs informations to match demand and supply of occupations
• Provides training for unemployed
• Will cooperate at the local level within the « Houses of employment »
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
1. Sectoral level
• Future sectoral studies (CEP)• Co-financed by sectors and Ministry of Labour• Identify economic, technologic and social changes • Consequences of these changes on work contents
and organization, the qualifications, skills and training needs
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
1. Sectoral level
• About 70 CEP available since 1988
• Both quantitative and qualitative methods
• These studies are now more on a regional basis with region’s involvment
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
1. Sectoral level
• Observatories for occupations and skills
• Law in may 2004
• All are mainly involved in statistical collection
• Dissemination towards firms
• Some are directly involved in implementation of training policies
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
2. Regional level
• Regional observatories for employment and training (OREF)
• Co-financed by state and the region
• Mainly to prepare PRDF
• Some studies are based on a broad cooperation(region, PES, sectors, regional government departments : Labour, Education)
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
3. Vocational diplomas and certificates creation
• Ministry of Education, Adults’ Vocational Training Association (AFPA), sectors
• Usually based on vocational profiles defined through the needs expressed by sectors
• Common vocational education certificates european project
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
4. National level
• Ministry of Education : Forward study on Employement and Training
• From 1988, last one in 2004
• Future economic needs of qualifications, especially for young people leaving school
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
4. National level
• Macroeconomic projection on growth and employment
• Demand for occupations (levels of qualifications by sectors)
• Assumptions on the hiring policies of firms(internal mobility, unemployed, young)
• Levels of qualification of those leaving school
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
4. National level
• Planning Office : Forward study on occupations and qualifications (PMQ)
• With the Ministry of Labour
• First release in 2002, next in 2006
• Main focus on occupations
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
4. National level
• Occupation classification : Families of Professional Activities (FAP)
• A bridge between employment statistics and labour market statistics
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
4. National level
• Assumptions and results are discussed in a very large dialogue :social partners, ministries, PES, regions
• The quantitative results and qualitative assumptions will be cross-checked with sectoral observatories
• A special working group is devoted to help to set up sectoral observatories
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The different levels for skills and occupations identification
4. National level
• Previous results were presented all around the country
• Disseminated through a special edition of an economic newspaper
• Website to gather studies and data
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The main difficulties
• Training-oriented or job-oriented studies
• Cooperation and agreement on tools, methodologies, assumptions and results require time
• Policy implementation : should decision-makers be involved from the beginning or not ?
• Who is charge with transversal occupations and skills ?
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Contacts
• Christine Afriat [email protected]
• Marc-Antoine [email protected]
• Commissariat Général au Plan18, rue de Martignac75700 Paris 07 SP - FRANCE
• http://195.46.219.20/cgp/accueil.htm