15.00 – 15.30

Youth employability through green skills-ACROSS Project

Sandra Rainero-Project Manager Tandem Plus

Sandra Rainero – Project Manager Tandem Plus NetworkESCO: CONNECTING PEOPLE AND JOBS

Brussels 9/10/2017

Budget : 415.000€

Duration: 36 months

THE CORE BUSINESS

OF ACROSS

sustainable growth across sectors

green jobs

Transversal skills

structural changes

environmentally –friendly

Introduction• Changing economy – youth

unemployment and workers dismissed because of restructuring of traditional sectors

• Global structural change, need for sustainability • Across sectors

• Across profiles

• Across companies

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Greeningprocesses

VET PROVISION

COMPANIES

WORKERS

ECONOMY

knowledge

consolidating and exchanging experiences

Our initial dilemma…..

10 partners… 10 different definitionsof green, transversal, skills…

ESCO comes to rescue!

How we embedded ESCO in the project• Browsing the «transversal skills» available in V. zero

• 5 macrocategories of transversal skills:

• Application of knowledge

• Attitudes and values at work

• Language and communication

• Social skills and competences

• Thinking skills and competences

• Each of these categories is further broken down into macro-areas and specific skills, with a total listing of over 200 items.

How we embedded ESCO in the project

• Launching a survey asking professionals and counselors their opinion on the most important «transversal skills» in greening processes for low-medium skilled profiles and high profiles.

• About 200 «scorecards» collected (8 countries)

What kind of transversal skills?

• Considering overall scores with no distinction between training contexts or professional profiles, the most important transversal skills for greening processes indicated by respondents fall into the category of “Attitudes and Values at Work” and “Social skills and competences”.

Category # of skills

Attitudes and values at work 20

Social skills and competences 10

Language and Communication 3

Application of knowledge 6

Thinking skills and competences 1

ACROSS skills focus

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1. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY (Respond to cultural differences, Non-verbal communication, Verbal communication, Digital communication)

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2. FOLLOW ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE WORK PRACTICES (Identify social impact, Reflect on work practices, Treat people fairly, Work with different view-points, Make ethical choices)

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3. HANDLE CHALLENGES (Adapt to changes, Cope with obstacles, Deal with uncertainty, Learn from mistakes, Build on experience)

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4. DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT (Attend to quality, Be persistent, Make an effort, Be enthusiastic, Work efficiently and independently)

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5. USE YOUR MIND (Critical thinking, Creative thinking, Planning and monitoring, Entrepreneurship)

Definitions and descriptionsReflect on work practices

The ability to reflect retrospectively and in real-time on own actions, behaviour and decisions related to work, and the follow-up and consequences and use such reflections for future reference in the job and on social, economic and environmental sustainability

Critical thinking The ability to perform an objective analysis and assessment of the problems, options and solutions available to society to make choices related to the challenges of rapidly changing complex, fragile, vulnerable, physical and social environments.

First some words about our output development

Methodology for future competence strategy

• Anticipating future skills needs in the companies (O5)

Which future job profiles does this require?

Asessment

• Scoring own skills (O3)

For the aim to:

• to be an attractive employee, also in future

• To find employment (re)direction

Recruit or train?

Development

•Tools for skills development (O4) to be included in:- course programmes - in-service training- mapping exercise

- coaching session

Soft skills in demand?

Tool for ANTICIPATING SKILLS AT LOCAL LEVEL – scenario writing (Output 5)

Output 5 in the project plan

• ACROSS transversal skills forecast tool has been developed by capitalising on the existing good practices.

• The tool is dedicated to firms, in particular SMEs to support them in planning HR needs.

• The tool consists of a company ”check up” survey for green skills.

• The tool is consistent with ESCO, projects occupational profiles and related competencies.

• It will be a blended tool with a mix of ICT and professional support service:

1) On line resource

2) Guided tool to support SMEs.

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Anticipation Wheel - Tool for forecasting future green skill needs

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http://acrossonlinetool.eu/skills-need-anticipation/

Tool for ASSESSING GREEN TRANSVERSAL SKILLS – self assessment (output 3)

Output 3 in the ACROSS project

• ACROSS tool for transversal skills assessment

• Output type : methodology

• Self-assessment online tool

• Guided tools for Green transversal skills assessment

• - A blended tool, for a mix of ICT and professional support service

• O3- A1. Methodology development

• O3 - A2. ON-line tool and/or other guide

• O3 - A3. Implementation

SMV Kompetenceudvikling

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Future competency needs

• ACROSS top5 transversal green skills

( adapting to the ESCO categories)

• Communicate effectively

• Follow ethical and sustainable work practices

• Handle challenges

• Demonstrate commitment

• Use your mind

Self-assessment online tool

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10Communicate effectively

Follow ethical andsustainable practices

Handle challenges

Demonstratecommitment

Use your mind

Importance

Mastering

http://acrossonlinetool.eu/assess-your-skills/

Tool for ENHANCING GREEN TRANSVERSAL SKILLS – guidance and empowerment pathway (output 4)

THE ACROSS TOOLKIT

It is the result of a joint effort made by all Across partnersthrough contributions and collection of a series of methods/exercises/tools for the valorisation and capitalizationof green transversal competences fostering employability and entrepreneurship in greening sectors

It is meant to be used in initial and continuing education and training schemes

It is consistent with the set of skills and competences identified

as “key assets” during the first phase of the Across project

The tool-kit provides background and support materials to thoseprofessionals designing and implementing guidance and capacity-building programmes and initiatives

http://acrossonlinetool.eu/training-tools/

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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