Understanding Skills for Employment: Provides guidance on skills systems; Determines current and potential future What are the skills approaches to classification and skills gaps and needs (nationally, being provided and measurement; industry trends; by sector, and by value by what institutions; performance benchmarks; ways people chain) how can skills be learn; and stocks and flows.* classified and Target Population Dynamics: (Youth, measured; what skills Guides focus/discussion group planning women, disabled): What are the exist (or should exist) and facilitation and provides explicit experiences of users of the workforce in the system? guidance on capturing priorities among development system, including both the different communities. target population(s) and employers?* DEMAND FOR SKILLS Quantitative and Qualitative Sector Guides sector selection. Information Selection Methods: Where is employment may also come directly from Which sectors are and where is it growing/shrinking?* priorities. likely to see increases in employment and Private Sector Demand Analysis: trade and investment data to what are the skill sets What occupations, processes, skills, domestic value chains, required skills required? What is a requirements, and certifications are (and bottlenecks) and entry points. framework for linking associated with specific value chains?* Understand how work processes differ sector growth and Analyses include: 1) product space analysis; technologically across channels, and skill s demand? 2) assessment of export and investment explore the implications for current and data; and 3) workforce value chain overlay. future skills needs. POLICY What policies impact Policy Analysis Guide: What are the policy the labor market and Improves understanding of underlying areas that impact employment; how do what are the policy factors and legal structures, and different legal traditions impact implications of provides guidance for reform needs. employment outcomes?* reform? *=Core component of an LMA
What are the skills being provided and by what institutions; how can skills be classified and measured; what skills exist (or should exist) in the system? Understanding Skills for Employment: Provides guidance on skills systems; approaches to classification and measurement; industry trends; performance benchmarks; ways people learn; and stocks and flows.* Determines current and potential future skills gaps and needs (nationally, by sector, and by value chain) Target Population Dynamics: (Youth, women, disabled): What are the experiences of users of the workforce development system, including both the target population(s) and employers?* Guides focus/discussion group planning and facilitation and provides explicit guidance on capturing priorities among different communities. DEMAND FOR SKILLS Which sectors are likely to see increases in employment and what are the skill sets required? What is a framework for linking sector growth and skill s demand? Quantitative and Qualitative Sector Selection Methods: Where is employment and where is it growing/shrinking?* Guides sector selection. Information may also come directly from priorities. Private Sector Demand Analysis: What occupations, processes, skills, requirements, and certifications are associated with specific value chains?* Analyses include: 1) product space analysis; 2) assessment of export and investment data; and 3) workforce value chain overlay. trade and investment data to domestic value chains, required skills (and bottlenecks) and entry points. Understand how work processes differ technologically across channels, and explore the implications for current and future skills needs. POLICY What policies impact the labor market and what are the implications of reform? Policy Analysis Guide: What are the policy areas that impact employment; how do different legal traditions impact employment outcomes?* Improves understanding of underlying policy factors and legal structures, and provides guidance for reform needs. *=Core component of an LMA
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