Leading the OECD's analysis of Sweden's skills data infrastructure, as part of a project to strengthen the governance of the Swedish skills system.
Funded by the European Commission's Technical Support Instrument and delivered by the OECD, this project supported Sweden in strengthening the multi-level governance of its skills system, with the aim of reducing skills mismatches over the long term.
The OECD engaged Work Advance to lead the project's priority on Sweden's skills data infrastructure. We mapped how skills data is collected, held and used across government and agencies, and carried out research, analysis and stakeholder interviews to identify where the infrastructure could be strengthened. We tested our findings at a virtual stakeholder workshop, then produced the project's dedicated output on skills data infrastructure, with international case studies.
We also drafted the relevant sections of the recommendations report and implementation roadmap, and helped to moderate a recommendations workshop and a capacity-building session with Swedish authorities.
The findings set out how Sweden can build a more coherent, better-connected skills data infrastructure, so policymakers, employers and training providers work from a shared, reliable picture of skills needs.
Strengthening governance of the Swedish skills system
OECD Centre for Skills, for the European Commission, 2024
Heather Carey, Work Advance
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