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Strengthening Key Competencies of Low- Skilled People
      in Vocational Education and Training to Cover Future
              Replacement Positions - REPLAY-VET

     A guide for those involved in Vocational Education and
                         Training (VET)
                         December 2018

VET providers
VET providers are pivotal to tackling the persistent levels of unemployment and under-
employment suffered by low-skilled workers. Our work has identified which sectors could be
a focus for new delivery and what the current obstacles are to both training and recruitment.
We have also provided background labour market intelligence to help you better understand
where there will definitely be vacancies – particularly through an ageing workforce
(Replacement Demand).

As well as identifying where there will be a need for new recruits we have also produced a
number of ‘How To Guides’ (listed in the Annex below) that you should find helpful to
understand why the recruitment of low skilled workers to these sectors can be problematic
and what actions can be taken by yourselves and policymakers to help ensure low skilled
workers are supported into sustainable employment.

The REPLAY-VET ‘How To Guides’ also seek to tackle problems with understanding local and
regional labour markets. These focus on ‘Replacement Demand’ – where there is an older
work force and irrespective of new careers and new jobs there will definitely be a need for
workers. Our project has also looked very specifically at where these vacancies will allow
market entry for ‘low-skilled’ workers – who are often the hardest to place into work and can
find themselves moving between different jobs and sectors.

Therefore the ‘How To Guides’ should help you explore what kinds of jobs and roles low
skilled workers can fill and how local and regional policymakers and others can help support
their entry to these sectors and roles. This guide gives you information on how the REPLAY-
VET project can help those involved in VET across the European Union.

Introduction

Current and future developments in labour markets across the European Union present
huge challenges to those involved in Vocational Education and Training (VET) and will have a

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significant impact on the success rate and employment opportunities of learners1. These
developments include the future effects of new technologies, including machine learning,
digitalization, globalization and the effects of ageing on the population and workforce. Many
disproportionally affect the low skilled and less experienced people entering the workforce,
although even high skilled workers will also be affected.

This guide highlights lessons and recommendations from the REPLAY-VET project that are
relevant to improving the current and future labour market participation of low-skilled
groups of workers across the European Union and so are of direct interest to people
involved in VET. These lessons include the need for reducing barriers to vocational training,
improving the attractiveness of jobs, careers and labour conditions associated with the
sectors in which low-skilled/low-qualified people work and advancing professionalisation in
these sectors. Understanding changing labour market trends, including replacement demand
and new demand for skills, is pivotal to the successful design of vocational education and
work and employment policies for low-skilled people across Europe.

The recommendations presented in this document underline the following:
    the critical importance of reinforcing links between VET, education, careers guidance,
       training and the changing world of work in promoting effective labour market
       policies that better include low-skilled, low-qualified or disadvantaged people in the
       workforce;
    common lessons that may be useful across the EU, based on the REPLAY-VET
       project’s findings in different national/regional contexts;
    job and career opportunities and constraints related to professional training and
       qualifications for low-skilled groups across the EU and across a range of sectors:
       logistics (Hesse, Germany), construction (England, UK), early learning and care
       (Scotland, UK), home care (The Basque Country, Spain), manufacturing (Lombardy,
       Italy; Czech Republic), and metallurgy and logistics (PACA, France).

Key themes related to Vocational Education and Training

         Improving the image of vocational education among students/learners

Many skills and employment advisory bodies working across Europe are aware that technical
and vocational education and training (TVET) and apprenticeships do not always have the
same positive public image as university education2. Unfortunately, this reputation deficit

1EC (2012) Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes, COM(2012) 669 final.
http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/com669_en.pdf
2British Council’s ‘Vocational Education Exchange’ (an online magazine for teachers and leaders in vocational education and
skills), October 2018 edition. https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/skills-employability/what-we-do/vocational-
education-exchange-online-magazine/career-guidance

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helps to widen the skills gap in many sectors and contributes to a lack of skilled workers
prepared to take up those roles. Thus the importance of engaging parents in making
vocational education and training, and career, choices of young people is paramount3.

        Moving towards a greater use of online toolkits in supporting choices and planning
         in schools and workplaces

Online and other digital technology is particularly useful in helping to satisfy the need for
lifelong guidance. Lifelong learning and lifelong careers guidance in the digital age provides
career development support for people of all ages, at all career stages on a one-to-one basis,
through practices of information, advice, counselling, assessment of skills and mentoring4.
‘Skillset and Match’5 suggests that the place of VET and career guidance, needs deeper
penetration in workplaces. More effective use of online and digital technology, along with
the developing and better use of labour market intelligence (LMI), can improve access to VET
and experience of learning and development. The more effective application of new
technology to provide VET information, guidance and support is particularly appropriate for
the younger population for whom on-line reality and communication is a natural
environment, but also needs to be targeted at the disadvantaged and less information
technology literate user, as well as older career changes, those living remotely or those
balancing work and life responsibilities.

        Employers at the heart of vocational education and training and effective career
         guidance

Local employers can be one of the best sources of advice and guidance for all ages of
learners thinking about their future jobs or careers or changes and the VET needed to
achieve this. They are also the site where most on-the-job training takes place. Employers
have a specifically vital role to play in making learner’s aware of the diversity of career
pathways and training opportunities available to them.6 Also, fully engaged learning and
training providers play a significant role in developing VET as a pathway to prepare people
for jobs and in strengthening their participation in society as responsible citizens. Hence, VET
should be delivered in close cooperation with employers.

The VET systems can be understood as channels to provide people with the occupationally-
specific skills that meet employer needs, on the one hand, and the generic, transferable skills
to support occupational mobility and lifelong learning, on the other hand. Therefore it is
importance to provide information and guidance informed by an effective knowledge of the

3 European Centre for Development of Vocational training. ‘Skillset and Match’ CEDEFOP’s magazine promoting learning at
work, September 2018.
4 European Centre for Development of Vocational training. ‘Skillset and Match’ CEDEFOP’s magazine promoting learning at

work, January 2018.
5 CEDEFOP Magazine
6 European Centre for Development of Vocational training. ‘Skillset and Match’ CEDEFOP’s magazine promoting learning at

work, May 2018.

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labour market and inclusion that is accessible to all.7 High quality career guidance is
beginning to be recognised as a significant factor in making VET more responsive, demand-
driven and effective. 8 Therefore career support, prior to entering a VET programme,
throughout it and after its completion, is needed to strengthen the outcomes of VET
programmes.

REPLAY-VET PROJECT provides valuable insights to VET and career planners, advisors and
counsellors and can support a range of resources already used by the career guidance
centres, specifically providing important information on opportunities and barriers for work
and career within a range of sectors such as logistics, construction, early learning and care,
home care, manufacturing, metallurgy and logistics. The findings resulted from a close
participation with employers (through a series of Triple Helix groups) that informed the
project’s lessons and recommendations for up-skilling also those individuals with low-
qualification level and from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The REPLAY-VET examples, ‘How to guides’9 and recommendations (see below) may be
useful in signalling to job seekers, workers and parents and others where there may be
opportunities for those with low skills or low qualifications across a range of employment
sectors, allowing them to think out with the out-dated image of work in sector but rather
focusing on long-term opportunities for training, development a fulfilling career. The
findings are aligned with the move towards “lifelong learning”. As the EC (2017, White paper
on the Future of Europe suggests: “Making the most of the new opportunities whilst
mitigating any negative impact will require a massive investment in skills and a major rethink
of education and lifelong learning systems”10. They are also consistent with “lifelong careers
guidance” which encapsulates “a range of activities that enable citizens of any age, and at
any point in their lives, to: identify their capacities, competences and interests; make
meaningful educational, training and occupational decisions; and manage their individual life
paths in learning, work and other settings in which these capacities and competences are
learned and/or used.”11

This approach draws on principles of holistic approaches which incorporate the personal,
social, cultural and economic context in the personalised VET information and guidance
provided to promote equal opportunities in learning and work for all citizens, and enable an
active involvement of learners in the process of their training.

7 Field, S. et al. (2009), Learning for Jobs: OECD Policy Review of Vocational Education and Training. Initial Report, OECD,
Paris.
8 Watts, A. G., (2013) Career guidance and orientation (Chapter 7: pp. 241-267) in UNESCO-UNEVOC, Revisiting global

trends in TVET.
9 For a list of ‘How To Guides’ see: http://www.replayvet.eu/en/themes/
10 See, for example, The EC (2017) White paper on the Future of Europe

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publications/white-paper-future-europe_en ;the Lifelong Learning Platform
http://lllplatform.eu/news/future-europe-learning-europe/
11 The European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) Tool No. 1 Lifelong Guidance Policy Development: A European

Resource Kit (2011: pp.12-13).

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Strengthening Key Competencies of Low-Skilled People in
      Vocational Education and Training to Cover Future
    Replacement Positions - REPLAY-VET Report Summary
                                     SUMMARY

Outline of report   This report highlights lessons and recommendations on improving the
                    current and future labour market participation of low-skilled groups of
                    workers across the European Union. These include: reducing barriers to
                    vocational training; improving the attractiveness of jobs, careers and labour
                    conditions associated with the sectors in which low-skilled/low-qualified
                    people work; and advancing professionalisation in these sectors.

                    Understanding changing labour market trends, including replacement
                    demand and new demand for skills, is pivotal to the successful design of
                    vocational education and work and employment policies for low-skilled
                    people across Europe.

                    The recommendations from the REPLAY-VET project underline:
                         the critical importance of reinforcing links between education,
                           training and the changing world of work in promoting effective
                           labour market policies that better include low-skilled, low-qualified
                           or disadvantaged people in the workforce;
                         common lessons that may be useful across the EU, based on the
                           project’s findings in different national/regional contexts;
                         specific opportunities and constraints related to professional
                           training and qualifications for low-skilled groups across the EU and
                           across a range of sectors: construction (England, UK), home care
                           (The Basque Country, Spain), early learning and care (Scotland, UK),
                           logistics (Hesse, Germany), manufacturing (Lombardy, Italy; Czech
                           Republic), and metallurgy and logistics (PACA, France).

Key Themes          Key themes have emerged from the REPLAY-VET project findings:
                                Effective use of labour market information & intelligence
                           Greater use of national and regional labour market indicators can
                           help guide to develop targeted EU-wide training programmes as
                           well as domestic and cross-border recruitment efforts.
                                Improving the attractiveness of the sectors and rethinking
                                    approaches to recruiting and training
                           Less attractive sectors with high labour demand and socio-
                           economic potential can benefit from new approaches focused on
                           improving training, work conditions and pay, as well as recruiting
                           new types of workers from outside of the sector.
                                Greater collaboration and cooperation
                           Collaboration between national and regional public agencies and
                           private or not-for-profit employers can help to develop and re-

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brand a sector that is less attractive to recruits and to make lasting
                                             changes to working models and labour conditions.
                                                  Clear communication of opportunities for career
                                                      progression
                                             National sector-wide recruitment campaigns need support and
                                             better communicate the long-term career progression
                                             opportunities as well as the short-term working terms and
                                             conditions.
                                                  Acknowledging the professional value of the full range of
                                                      workers’ skills, including soft and social skills
                                             An important step, in differentiating the abilities required for
                                             effectively using new technologies and for addressing and satisfying
                                             demands for a well-qualified workforce, is the greater recognition
                                             of the value of soft skills, human interactions and social intelligence
                                             across all sectors and job levels.
                                                  Diversity in the workplace, heterogeneous approaches to
                                                      selection, recruitment and training
                                             Employers, educational institutions and trainers need to provide
                                             training, and routes into training, that are more tailored and suited
                                             to diverse sets of workers with varying skills, living conditions, levels
                                             of responsibilities and engagement, including those from
                                             disadvantaged backgrounds and the low-skilled.

Key Recommendations
                                    The following observations and lessons from the REPLAY-VET Project can
                                    help regional, national and EU-level policy makers develop better qualified
                                    workforces across different employment sectors:

                                             1. Encourage greater use of labour market information and
                                                intelligence, exchange best practices at the European level and
                                                disseminate information to support the expansion of labour
                                                market opportunities for low-skilled people.
                                                 Examples from the project on achieving this include:
                                                 The new Heart of the South West LEP Policy report on
                                                    Construction – incorporating the Labour Market Information
                                                    identified and captured in this study12.
                                                 Strengthen Regional Labour Market and Training
                                                    Observatories. They are legitimate forums for the
                                                    production of knowledge, particularly statistics, with strong
                                                    links with the wider research community.13
                                                 Provide career counsellors with a concise handy overview of
                                                    the most suitable retraining choices to be recommended to

12 For more information see How-to-Guide UK, England: ‘Policymakers: Supporting the long term unemployed back into
work or Skills utilisation and strategic approaches to drive up employer demand for low skilled and disadvantaged groups’
 http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/construction/
13 For more information see How-to-Guide France: ‘New competences and new skills brought by the technological change’

http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/metallurgy-sector/

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their clients in danger of unemployment, with regard to the
                                                       labour market situation in the given region.14

                                             2. Ensure comprehensive training, high participation and labour
                                             market insertion through better adaptation of training activities
                                             and skills development programmes to the diverse needs of low-
                                             skilled people.
                                             Examples from the project on achieving this include:
                                                   Establish more efficient paths to qualifications and
                                                      employment, such as accelerated qualification programmes,
                                                      recognition of foreign qualifications and programmes
                                                      designed to support lateral-entry recruitment.15
                                                   Increase awareness of available funding and subsidies for
                                                      training through coordinated promotion by funding agents
                                                      and training providers.16
                                                   Promote work-based learning periods long enough to allow
                                                      effective knowledge and skills transfer. Support learning
                                                      providers to establish work-based learning agreements with
                                                      companies, ideally at least 22 weeks in some sectors.17
                                                   Facilitate flexibility on training and professional
                                                      accreditation, for example through non-formal learning or
                                                      “Bite size" training18
                                                   Promote job-insertion companies to assist with the social
                                                      and occupational insertion of low-skilled people already, in
                                                      or at risk of, social exclusion.19
                                                   Prioritise the development of transversal and soft skills in
                                                      training courses and in school programmes to ensure
                                                      greater employability.20
                                                   Address multiple issues that low-skilled people often face by
                                                      incorporating holistic, complex skills and non-skills related
                                                      measures21.

14   For more information see How-to-Guide Czech Republic: ‘Career Guidance information tool’
http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/manufacturing-sector/manufacturing-cz/
15 For more information see How-to-Guide Germany: ‘Strategic approaches to improve employees retention and training in

the Logistics Sector’ http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/logistics-sector/logistics-sector-de/
16 For more information see How-to-Guide Germany: ‘Strategic approaches to improve employees retention and training in

the Logistics Sector’ http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/logistics-sector/logistics-sector-de/
17 For more information see How-to-Guide France: ‘New competences and new skills brought by the technological change’

http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/logistics-sector/logistics-sector-fr/
18 For more information see How-to-Guide Basque Country: ‘Strategic approaches to adapt the training to the needs of the

low-skilled workers’ http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/social-care-sector/
19 For more information see How-to-Guide Basque Country: ‘Strategic approaches to adapt the training to the needs of the

low-skilled unemployed’ http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/social-care-sector/
20 For more information see How-to-Guide Italy: ‘New competences and new skills brought by the technological change or

Support       low-skilled     workers    in    training     to      cover      the      need    of      the     industry’
http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/manufacturing-sector/manufacturing-sector-it/
21 For more information see How-to-Guide Czech Republic ‘Complex approach to increase the employability of socially

excluded, low skilled people’ http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/manufacturing-sector/manufacturing-cz/

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3. Support flexible and innovative proposals and pilot projects,
                                             involving regional provision and support, to increase the
                                             effectiveness of skills acquisition amongst low-skilled people
                                             entering or already in the sector.
                                             Examples from the project on achieving this include:
                                                  The ‘Building Plymouth’ construction good practice in Heart
                                                     of the South West Region (UK)22.
                                                  Create a permanent working group with all the key players
                                                     to establish a strategy to move the sector forward along
                                                     with specific courses of action for these group profiles.23
                                                  Raise the awareness of the importance of digital skills in the
                                                     changing labour market. This initiative should be addressed
                                                     to both workers and SMEs, for example through a system of
                                                     "Bonus Training" that finances participation in training
                                                     activities, and the implemented on the model of "Bonus
                                                     Culture" - a system of certification of skills and gamification
                                                     of training activities.24

                                             4. Improve the attractiveness of sectors with future employment
                                             opportunities and develop and communicate clearly the long-term
                                             career opportunities and pathways that they offer, in order to
                                             attract high quality, dedicated workers.
                                             Examples from the project on achieving this include:
                                                  Developing a multi-partner strategy to attract a more
                                                      diverse workforce and enhance career opportunities.25
                                                  Improving ‘Fair work’ conditions and professional status of
                                                      the sector.26
                                                  Encourage positive action in sectors with a large gender gap
                                                      from the start of guidance about training, developing
                                                      arguments, support material and awareness actions for the
                                                      career advisors.27

22 For more information see How-to-Guide UK, England: ‘Policymakers: Supporting the long term unemployed back into
work or Skills utilisation and strategic approaches to drive up employer demand for low skilled and disadvantaged groups’
 http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/construction/
23 For more information see How-to-guide Spain, Basque Country: ‘Strategic approaches to adapt public aid and

programmes for a greater participation of the low-skilled people in the sectors’
http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/social-care-sector/
24 For more information see How-to-Guide Italy: ‘New competences and new skills brought by the technological change or

Support low-skilled workers in training to cover the need of the industry’
 http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/manufacturing-sector/manufacturing-sector-it/
25 For more information see How-to-Guide UK, Scotland: ‘Developing strategic action plans for skills among low skilled

people in the Early Learning and Childcare sector’ http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/early-learning-and-care-sector/
26 For more information see How-to-Guide UK, Scotland: ‘Strategic change approaches to overcoming the perceived low

status of Early Learning and Care (ELC) sector and increasing its attractiveness to the low-qualified people’
http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/early-learning-and-care-sector/
27 For more information see How-to-guide Spain, Basque Country: ‘Strategic approaches to increase the attractiveness of

the sector for the low skilled people’ http://www.replayvet.eu/en/sectors/social-care-sector/

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Full report at: http://www.regionallabourmarketmonitoring.net/replayvet_project.htm

This Guide prepared by Dr Aleksandra Webb and Professor Ronald McQuaid, University of
Stirling, Scotland, UK.

About the Project                 REPLAY-VET is a 2-year seven partners-project led by Prospektiker (Spain)
                                  funded by the Erasmus + Programme. It responds to Europe’s pressing need
                                  to tackle replacement demand caused by an ageing workforce and a
                                  persistently low level of skilled workers affecting many economic sectors.
                                  The project has used a network of expert labour market analysts to explore
                                  what new policy and practices will need to exist if Europe is to tackle
                                  replacement demand priority new and in the future. The project focused on
                                  groups with low skill/qualification levels, those economically inactive and
                                  often outside of the employment. The work has resulted in a series of
                                  workshops and stakeholders’ exchange events (with involvement of
                                  Employment and Training and other Social Policy-Makers, Education and
                                  Training Providers, Career Guidance Professionals, Employers, Public
                                  Authorities and Agencies, Workers and Trade Unions) and written output
                                  such as national and sectorial reports, ‘How To’ guides and a toolkit. For
                                  more information on the project visit:
                                  http://www.regionallabourmarketmonitoring.net/replayvet_project.htm

         The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of
        the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any
                                 use which may be made of the information contained therein.

ANNEX – HOW TO GUIDES

Find your how-to-guide by theme:
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND ATTITUDES
    EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS: MOTIVATION, ATTITUDE, PERSISTENCE, PASSION, PHYSICAL
       AND MENTAL PREPAREDNESS.
            Policymakers: Supporting the long term unemployed back into work
            Complex approach to increase the employability of socially excluded low skilled
              people
    NEED TO ADAPT QUALIFICATIONS TO EMBRACE NEW TECHNIQUES: IMPROVING
       VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND KEEPING THEM UP-TO-DATE WITH REGARD TO TECHNICAL
       DEVELOPMENTS.
            Career guidance information tool
            Support low-skilled workers in training to cover the need of the industry
    LACK OF APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATES / LICENSES

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Strategic approaches to adapt training to low-skilled workers in the strategic
            sectors
    SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE
          Strategic approaches to increase the digital skills level of the low skilled people
          Career guidance information tool
          Support low-skilled workers in training to cover the need of the industry
    LACK OF WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW SKILLED PEOPLE (LIMITING
      OPPORTUNITIES ON APPRENTICESHIPS ETC)
          Strategic approaches to improve the existing training offer for low wkilled
            people
SECTOR ATTRACTIVENESS
    SUPPORTING GENDER DIVERSITY
          Overcoming the perceived low status of a sector and increasing its attractiveness
            to the low-qualified people
    TERRITORIAL AND ECONOMIC STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP EMPLOYABILITY
      AND RETENTION OF WORKERS IN A SECTOR
          Policymakers: Supporting the long term unemployed back into work
          New competences and new skills brought by the technological change
          Strategic approaches to improve recruitment, training and on-boarding
          Strategic approaches to adapt public aid and programmes to greater
            participation by low-skilled people in the sectors
          Developing a strategic action plan for skills among low qualified people
          Skills utilisation and strategic approaches to drive up employer demand for low
            skilled and disadvantaged groups
    HOW TO INCREASE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND EMPLOYER DEMAND FOR WORKERS
      (WHERE CURRENTLY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOW
      SKILLED PEOPLE ENTERING THE SECTOR)
          Skills utilisation and strategic approaches to drive up employer demand for low
            skilled and disadvantaged groups
    REGULARISATION OF ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) AND GENERAL UPSKILLING OF
      PROFESSIONALS
          Strategic approaches to increase the attractiveness of the sector for the low
            skilled people
    IMPROVE THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE SECTOR TO OVERCOME A PERCEIVED ‘LACK OF
      ATTRACTIVENESS’ TO POTENTIAL ENTRANTS
          Strategic approaches to increase the attractiveness of the sector for the low
            skilled people
          New competences and new skills brought by the technological change
          Strategic approaches to improve recruitment, training and on-boarding
          Overcoming the perceived low status of a sector and increasing its attractiveness
            to the low-qualified people
          Strategic approaches to improve employee retention and training
    EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION FOR CAREERS COUNSELLORS
          Career guidance information tool
    ENCOURAGING SELF-EMPLOYMENT
          Strategic approaches to increase the attractiveness of the sector for the low
            skilled people
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW SKILLED PEOPLE: MODIFICATIONS TO THE
EXISTING TRAINING OFFER

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   THE LACK OF SUITABLE DIDACTIC METHODOLOGIES AND THE NEED FOR TAILORED
    SOLUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALISED (PERSON-CENTRED) APPROACHES
        Complex approach to increase the employability of socially excluded low skilled
          people
        Strategic approaches to improve the existing training offer for low skilled people
        Skills utilisation and strategic approaches to drive up employer demand for low
          skilled and disadvantaged groups
   TARGETED APPROACH TO SUPPORT SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE
        Policymakers: Supporting the long term unemployed back into work
        Complex approach to increase the employability of socially excluded low skilled
          people
   FLEXIBLE DELIVERY – OVERCOMING PROBLEMS WITH TRAINING NOT BEING
    AVAILABLE AT THE RIGHT TIME OR PLACE
        Strategic approaches to adapt training to low-skilled workers in the strategic
          sectors
   COHERENT TRAINING ITINERARY
        Strategic approaches to adapt training in the sector for the low-skilled
          unemployed
   ENSURING TRAINING REACHES LOW-SKILLED PEOPLE IN WORK (WHO OFTEN MISS
    OUT ON TRAINING AND CPD)
        Strategic approaches to adapt training to low-skilled workers in the strategic
          sectors
   PARTICIPATION OF COMPANIES IN INITIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND WORK-
    BASED TRAINING
        Strategic approaches to improve the existing training offer for low skilled people
        Support low-skilled workers in training to cover the need of the industry
   BETTER STRATEGIES FOR WORKER RETENTION
        Developing a strategic action plan for skills among low qualified people
        Strategic approaches to improve employee retention and training
   HOW TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF LOW SKILLED PEOPLE IN TRAINING
    OPPORTUNITIES
        Strategic approaches to improve recruitment, training and on-boarding
        Strategic approaches to adapt training in the sector for the low-skilled
          unemployed
   BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIAL PARTNERS
        Strategic approaches to adapt public aid and programmes to greater
          participation by low-skilled people in the sectors
   PROMOTION OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMES
        Strategic approaches to adapt public aid and programmes to greater
          participation by low-skilled people in the sectors
   LIFELONG LEARNING TO ADDRESS SKILLS GAPS
        New competences and new skills brought by the technological change
        Strategic approaches to increase the digital skills level of the low skilled people

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