A European Sector Skills Council for the chemical industry?

1. A European Sector Skills Council for the chemical industry? Plenary Meeting of the Sector Social Dialogue Committee of the European Chemical Industry Andreas OGRINZ Secretary of the Board, ECEG 9 April 2013, Dublin

2. Introduction European Sector Councils on Employment and Skills – what is this about? EU initiative to develop a better knowledge of today’s and tomorrow’s skills needs

3. Context • Europe 2020 strategy: “Agenda for New Skills and Jobs” • Special focus on the analysis of labour markets in order to anticipate skills needs • Conditions of success: • Competitive and creative companies • Highly skilled workforce with right skills mix • Education and training institutions responsive to labour market needs • Important element of Europe 2020: establishment of European Sector Skills Councils (ESSC) • ECEG andindustriAll Europe havebeenveryactive in thefieldof Education, Training andLifelong Learning (see European Framework Agreement signed on 15 April 2011)

4. Sector training funds Skills committees (AF) KBB, Sectorfondsen National education and training Committees Sector Skills councils Sectoral professional councils (EQA) Observatoires des métiers Sektorové rady Common challenges No exchange Conselhos Sectoriais Expert special Councils (SVEI) Comitete Sectoriale Fondi per la formazione continua (FPIFC) Current situation: Skills Councils in Europe

5. The European Commission wants to set up European Sector Skills Councils.

6. Key principles of a European SSC • Network of national/regional observatories • Decision, leadership and steering by European social partners • Involvement from representatives of education and training providers • Information exchange and dialogue

7. SSC ≠ sectoral social dialogue • Core topic: skills anticipation • Involvement of other stakeholders than social partners • Dialogue between education and employment • Social partners in the driver’s seat

8. Steps toward Sector Skills Councils 1st phase - Feasibility 2nd phase Decision Feasibility Project Decision Yes/No EU sector council 1st: Mapping exercise 2nd: Potential content

9. Commission support • Reports • Coverage: • > Stakeholders • > Countries • > Agreement on • sectordefinition • Evaluation: • > Quality of outputs • > Value-added • Costefficiency Co-financing Conditional Grant max 80% Phase 1: 80 k€ Phase 2: 240k€ Temporary • EU support: • Phase 1 • Phase 2: • > Years 1-3 • > Year 4+: ???

10. EU Sector Skills Councils: state of play Phase 2: creation _____________ Textile, clothing and leather: Dec 2011 Commerce: 2012 Phase 1: start in 2012 _____________ Agriculture Audiovisual and – Live performance Construction Education Electricity Furniture Fishery Gaz Nurses/Social care - workers Shipbuilding Phase 1 finalised ___________ Automotive Chemicals Commerce Steel TCL

11. ECEG/industriAll project • 28/03/12: Preparatory meeting, Brussels • 26/04/12: 1st workshop – “Evolution of employment, skills needs, adaptation of competences and jobs profiles by training” (mapping national approaches, Eliwijt) • 04/10/12: 2nd workshop – “Anticipation of change – toward the creation of a Sector Skills Council for the European chemical industry?” (discussing the added value of a Sector Skills Council; Brussels) • 08/11/12: Final meeting steering group (next steps; Brussels) • 04/12/12 and 12/03/13: Working Group “Education, Training & Lifelong Learning”

12. And now? • The social partners have to decide whether to set up a Sector Skills Council. • Intermediate step: elaboration of a Briefing Note on • the structure, • the remit and • the added value of a Sector Skills Council

16. Thank you for your attention! Dr. Andreas Ogrinz, Secretary of the Board European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG)