SKILLS
ANTICIPATION
ILO
Persistent mismatch and imbalances between demand and supply of skills contributes to costly economic inefficiencies. This includes inadequate preparation of young people to transition from education to productive employment, underuse of existing skills in the work place, and limited portability of skills and qualifications across countries, regions and the continent.
In African countries, skills development does not match market requirements, leading to a shortage of skilled workers and unemployment. Market change drivers can accelerate economic development and increase output and income in high growth sectors. Human capital development also needs to be globally competitive. African decision makers need skills initiatives that respond to the labour market and improve employment prospects for young Africans.
Promote dialogue and raise awareness of the role that skills anticipation plays in promoting labour market driven skills development.
Review labour market information and skills anticipation systems and practices to identity gaps and develop recommendations for system strengthening.
Develop capacity to apply labour market information, anticipate required skills' tools and reduce skills mismatch.
Develop National Action Plans for strengthening skills anticipation practices and for guiding their integration into national labour market and skills development frameworks
Positioning structured skills anticipation as a strategic tool for African countries to proactively identify and prepare to address current and future skills needs, with the view to mitigate gaps between the demand and supply of skills and improve the employability of African youth.
Skills anticipation and matching is a forward-looking process of systematically identifying and addressing current and future skills needs in order to avoid potential gaps between skills demand and skills supply.
In dynamic and complex labour markets, gathering intelligence on current and future skill needs is essential for enhancing employability of young people and for improving productivity in enterprises
In current dynamic and complex labour markets, gathering intelligence on current
and future skill needs and getting skills development right can improve matching of
training to jobs and can also make countries and workers more resilient in the face of structural change, preparing them to switch productively to different economic
opportunities.
Pour améliorer les perspectives économiques de la junesse africaine, il faut renforcer les approches et les pratiques d'anticipation des compétences, ainsi que les systèmes nationaux 'information sur le marché du travail. Il s'agit d'une priorité essentielle de l'agenda 2063. Cette conférence nous donne l'occasion 'identifier les bons outils et systèmes pour atteindre ces objectifs."
With sufficient capacities and systems in place, African member states can position structured skills anticipation and matching as tools for achieving the aspiration for an "Africa whose development is people-driven, relying on the potential of its people.
Skills anticipation and responsive skills development are tools we can use to enhance inclusivity, to contribute to transforming the youth bulge into a demographic dividend for the continent."
Our ultimate aim at this conference is to ensure that african countries have robust skills intelligence mechanisms as a strategic reference point for the design of skills policies to support recovery from covid-19 pandemic and to drive africa's economic growth and competitiveness."
The Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA), a Programme of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) supported by the German Government and the European Union has collaborated with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to building capacity for systematic anticipation of skills as an integral part of national labour market information systems (LMIS).
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