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<\/p>\nTraining programmes only work if it prepares people for positions that actually exist nearby. Every town, city, or region has different businesses, so the skills that employers need are not always the same. That is why local labour market needs should be considered when creating training programmes for the future.<\/p>\n
When training matches local jobs, students find work much faster after they finish their studies. For example, if a town needs more nurses, electricians, or IT workers, local schools should quickly start classes for those specific jobs. This gives students a clear path to employment and helps businesses find the workers they need.<\/p>\n
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This approach also helps the local economy grow. Companies can find good workers easily, which helps them expand and become more successful. At the same time, people can get good jobs close to home, so they do not have to move away to build a good future.<\/p>\n
To achieve this, schools, training centres, employers, and local governments should work together. Employers can explain which skills are most important, while education providers can update their courses to meet those needs. Regular communication ensures that training programmes stay useful as technology and industries continue to change.<\/p>\n
In short, training programs must match what local employers actually need. This makes it easier for graduates to get hired and gives local businesses a major boost. By focusing on local needs, we give people the practical, real-world skills they need to succeed.<\/p>\n
This is why sounds essencil the ability to engage stakeholders in foresight-informed processes. This competence focuses on the ability to involve stakeholders and it recognises that understanding future developments and skills needs requires collaboration and multiple perspectives.<\/p>\n
In practice, this competence is applied when educators and institutions:<\/p>\n
– consult employers and other market stakeholders regarding expected future developments and emerging skills needs,<\/p>\n
– involve job market stakeholders and learners in shaping curricula and training content,<\/p>\n
-organise collaborative workshops or discussions on future developments.<\/p>\n
This leads to more responsive and context-relevant training, while also strengthening partnerships between VET and stakeholders.<\/p>\n
By acting in this way is really possible to shape the trainings focusing on local labour market needs.<\/p>\n
Sources:<\/strong> OECD, Cedefop, International Labour Organization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Training programmes only work if it prepares people for positions that actually exist nearby. Every town, city, or region has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillwiz.erasmus.site\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}