What is ESCO and how is it structured?

Linux system administrator

Enterprise network architect

Frame-maker

Bench joiner for joinery workshop

Systems consultant/architect

Carpenter

ICT network architect

Provide technical documentation

Document the product life-cycle

Maintain ICT system

Create wood joints

Secure working area

Bachelor in computer science

Certificate of site carpentry

Job titles Occupations Skills Qualifications

Three ESCO pillars

2942occupations

13 485 skills

qualifications

Skill groups

• Transversal skills and competences

• Digital competences

• Languages

Cross-sectoral skills and comp.Sector-specific skills and comp.

Occupation-specific skills and comp.

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How can ESCO be used? 8

How ESCO can be used

Information on learning

opportunities

Guidance & counselling

Forecasting & planning

Performance management,

appraisalsJob matching Matching at

skills level

OccupationsSkills/

Competences Qualications Education/Training

LabourMarket

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ESCO in job search and job matching

• Support (digital) transactions in the labour market with a common language

• Publish job offers

• Create online CVs or profiles

• Search for jobs and candidates

• Online job matching

• Online applications

• Competence based job matching

EuresJobsIrelandEU Skills profile tool for third country nationalsJob search: Milch & Zucker

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ESCO for career management and HR

• Common language between recruiters, employers and career managers

• Access updated information on labour market terminology

• Identifying training needs

• Searching learning opportunities and matching skill gaps

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ESCO for labour market analyses

• Access to multilingual data

• Identify relations between occupations and the ISCO classification

• Ensure interoperability with other data sources thanks to Linked Open Data format

• Big data analysis

http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events-and-projects/projects/big-data-analysis-online-vacancies

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ESCO: connecting education and training with the labour market

• Bridging the communication gap between educationand work

• Achieve transparency and comparability of qualifications

• Support the shift to learning outcomes

• Adapt educational curricula to labour market needs

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The role of ESCO in EURES and Europass

New Europass Decision adopted in March and

April 2018

Recital 17: principles of ESCO use by

Commission

Web-based tools

• E-portfolio of personal information

• Self-Assessment tools

• Digital Qualifications

New Europass Services

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ESCOSkills matching

Interoperability

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19

EURES

network and

portal

Cooperation for free

movement of workers

Human network of

1000 advisers

Information, recruitment, placement services

Art. 19 EURES Regulation

2016/589/EU

Better matching people to jobs

Increased IT interoperability

ESCO

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The next steps for the Qualifications pillar

Transparent information on qualifications in EU portals (LOQ* and ESCO)

Collecting existing data on qualifications, following a common schema

Focus on qualifications data provided by Member States

Exploring possibilities to includeprivate/international, sectoral qualifications

*Learning opportunities and qualifications in Europe

EQF Recommendation-Annex VIElements for data fields for the electronic publicataion of informationon qualifications with an EQF level

A progressive approach

STEP 1

Bulding a

common

approach to

display qualifications

STEP 2

Collecting information

on qualifications:

LOQ and ESCO

STEP 3

Linkingqualifications to the other ESCO

pillars

Since2012

currently 2019 onwards

Launch of ESCO v1

Study:-QA of internationalqualifications-Linking 2nd and 3rd pillar

Next steps (1)

Publication in the ESCO qualifications pillar (and LOQ)

Currently: 2414 qual Before the summer 2018 (approx)

Latvia Estonia

Greece Belgium (French speaking community)

UK (Scotland)

Hungary

Countries currently developing databases(ready by end 2018 or 2019)

Austria Lithuania Slovenia

Bulgaria Luxembourg Slovakia

Croatia Malta Serbia

FYROM Montenegro Turkey

Romania The Netherlands Iceland

Publication only in LOQ (for now)

Germany

Belgium (FlemishCommunity)

Ireland

Slovenia

Next steps (2)

• - Study on the development of the qualificationspillar: quality assurance of internationalqualifications and linking of learning outcomes to ESCO skills

• - Keep populating the qualifications pillar

• - Linking the qualifications pillar with the skillspillar

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Continuous improvement of ESCO

Why ESCO needs to be updated

Ensure ESCO is fit-for-purpose:

• Changes in the labour market;

• Changes in education/training;

• Changes in terminology;

• Changes in the requirements of IT applications;

• Correction of any identified issues.

• Overview of the ESCO improvement process

1. Preparation

2. Scoping3. Knowledgeengineering

4. Release

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