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Skills Navigator: Bridging the Gap in Port Regions

The Skills Navigator project aims to address the workforce challenges in port regions by matching employers with qualified workers through innovative training and recruitment methods. This project focuses on developing 21st century skills and employer arrangements, profiling and orienting young jobseekers, and creating a cost price calculator. Join us in bridging the skills gap in port regions!

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Skills Navigator: Bridging the Gap in Port Regions

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  1. Why Skills Navigator? • Ports are major economic engines with a lot of direct and indirect employment.Logistical advantages of ports are an important location factor for businesses, but also the availability of a sufficient number of 'qualified' workers.In the border region, mismatch between labour supply and demand is a major bottleneck: many vacancies and at the same time many jobseekers.The region scores poorly in terms of digital skills, which are more and more often required in more and more different professions.Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator

  2. Target groups

  3. Employers • Have vacancies that cannot be filled • Be open to alternative forms of recruitment and training • Ready for training on the shop floor • Ready to cooperate with education and training providers

  4. Young people • Age 16-26 years old • Looking for work or • want to gain insight into skills linked to job(s)

  5. Working packages

  6. Skills Navigator Orientation tool

  7. WP1: 21e century skills for the port regions • Responsible: ArtesisPlantijn University College • Review report of existing research on 21st century skills: delivered in 2018 • Several reports were delivered in 2019: • Vacancy survey, employers' survey, focus groups and youth surveys • Synthesis report • Now: looking to the future: how are employers and training providers already preparing for these ever-changing skills questions?

  8. WP 1: 21e century skills for the port regions Next Economy How toadaptour curricula tothefuture skills needs of innovativeemployers? Literature review 21st century skills in theharbourregions of theFlemish-Dutch Delta Vacancy research Exploratory research on theactualdemand of skills in harbourregions • Field study • Focus groups • Survey • Self-perception survey

  9. WP 2: Employer arrangements • Responsible: City of Ghent • Overview of existing VL-NL employer arrangements • Which employer arrangements work well and why? • What triggers employers to get started with WGA? • Extra: cost price calculator. Allowing employers to compare cost of training to waiting for the ideal candidate • Testing WGA's across the border • Development of new employer arrangement(s)

  10. WP 2: Employer arrangements “Employerarrangements” referstothe full range of workplacelearningand development, in whichtheemployer takes a (whether or notleading) role. In otherwords, the training takes (partially or fully) place on theworkfloor, or theemployer has a substansiveinfluence on the training. Costprice calculator How much does itcostanemployertowaitforthe ‘perfect candidate’ vsthecost of training someone? Catalogue 34 initiatives in 7 categories Pilots Does yourgoodpracticework out for me?

  11. BIG engagement employer • Place & Train • RDM-plant bootcamps • Contextlab • Jules Dock Speedsolving Trainingneeds Employerneeds • ExpeditionWork • Welqome • Dilemmatraining • Job- & training fair surveillance & security SMALL engagement employer

  12. WP 3: Profiling and orienting young jobseekers • Responsible party: Kazinv • Design, development and deployment of web-based instrument for matching and orientation • Direction of vacancies in the port • Mirror for young people regarding their skills • Guidance to job, training or employer arrangement

  13. WP 3: Profiling and orienting young jobseekers Screening 21st century skills Matching employer-arrangements Metadata (age, location, etc.) PERSPECTIVE YOUNGSTER PERSPECTIVE EMPLOYER • Selection most important 21st c skills • Matching employer-arrangements • Job openings

  14. Timing en budget

  15. Timing en budget • Start: 1 januari 2018 • End: 31 december 2020 • Projectbudget: €3.200.000 • Co-financiering: €1.600.000

  16. Consultative group

  17. Consultative group • Major stakeholders • Reflecting on the progress and products of the project • Bringing in expertise and network • Contribute to the results of the project

  18. Eurocities Working Group Employment

  19. International reflection board • Reflecting on the progress and products of the project • Bringing in expertise and network • Present good practices on bridging the skills-gap • Contribute to the results of the project • Take good practices to their own city/region

  20. Contact Projectmanager: Klaas Ballegeer Klaas.ballegeer@stad.gent 0032 486 28 85 59

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