| Description |
1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Local economic and employment development |
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Local economic and employment development.
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| Contents |
An introduction to skills upgrading : why a shift in policy is needed / Sylvain Giguère -- From Welfare-to-work to welfare-in-work : concepts and policies / Corinne Nativel -- Education and training for the low-skilled in Denmark : linking public policy to workplace needs and practice / Mette Nørholm -- The regional implementation of the employer training pilots in the United Kingdom / Penny Tamkin, Jim Hillage and Viona Gerova -- Sectoral initiatives to train low-qualified incumbent workers in the United States : two case studies / Randall W. Eberts -- Skills upgrading for low-qualified workers in Flanders -- Ides Nicaise, Roel Verlinden and Frank Pirard -- Skills upgrading initiatives in Canada : evidence from Alberta and the Northwest Territories / Richard Brisbols and Ron Saunders |
| Summary |
Skills are key to a better job and a better life, yet acquiring them is often most difficult for the people who need them most: those trapped in low-paid jobs with hard working conditions. Innovative experiments throughout OECD member countries show that barriers to skills acquisition can be overcome. A wide range of actors from government, business and civil society have joined efforts and embarked on initiatives that indeed fill the gap between labor market policy and vocational training, and workers weaknesses and employers evolving needs. There are rich lessons to be learned from the experiences of Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States, which are investigated in this book.--Publisher's description |
| Analysis |
OECD countries |
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Skills |
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Employment policy |
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Unskilled labour |
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Educational qualifications |
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Training |
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Promotions |
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Case studies |
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Statistics |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
"LEED Programme"--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
SourceOECD |
| Subject |
Occupational training -- OECD countries
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EDUCATION -- Aims & Objectives.
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Occupational training
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Lage-inkomensgroepen.
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Vaardigheden.
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Scholing.
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OECD countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Local Economic and Employment Development (Program)
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| LC no. |
2006484239 |
| ISBN |
9789264012516 |
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9264012516 |
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9264012508 |
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9789264012509 |
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1280606592 |
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9781280606595 |
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9786610606597 |
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6610606595 |
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