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Skills for Competitiveness: Country Report for United Kingdom
Anne E. Green
To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of local people but also the utilisation and deployment of these skills by employers. By ensuring that skills are utilised effectively, local economies can become more competitive and host better quality and better paid jobs, while simultaneously improving living standards and stimulating innovation. The OECD LEED Skills for Competitiveness project has reviewed the tools and governance mechanisms which policy makers are putting in place to tackle this policy area in three LEED member countries, Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy, with information on a wider set of policies and measurement tools being collected through an international literature review. This country report for the United Kingdom sets out data findings on the supply and demand for skills at sub-regional level (OECD territorial level 3) before exploring local policy responses in Blackpool, Manchester and Rhyl. The report concludes with potential ...
Topics in this document
Regions of England
United Kingdom
Scotland
Vocational education
Wales
Governance
Lancashire
Welfare
Borough of Halton
Work Programme
Economics
Economy
Demand
Employment
Market (economics)
Resource Description and Access
Economic equilibrium
Unemployment
Education
Merseyside
Productivity
Supply and demand
Economic growth
Competition (economics)
Shortage
Labour economics
Structural unemployment
Innovation
Gwynedd
Youth unemployment
Related SDGs
SDG 4: Quality Education ...
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth ...
SDG 4: Quality Education
Target 4.4
Substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Target 8.6
Substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
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