Skill needs
Parent term: Skills
 demand for particular types of knowledge and skills on the labour market (total demand within a country or region, economic sector, etc.). Source: CEDEFOP 2014, Europe
Organisation: | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) , Europe |
Source: | Terminology of European education and training policy (2014) |
Description: | What is the difference between skill gap, skill needs or skill shortage? Is underqualification a synonym for undereducation or underskilling? What is the meaning of green skills?
This multilingual glossary defines 130 key terms used in European education and training policy. An extended and updated version of Terminology of European education and training policy (2008) and Terminology of vocational training policy (2004), it also takes into account new priorities of European Union policy, mainly in skills and competence needs analysis. New definitions have been developed with the cooperation of experts from Cedefop’s research and policy analysis team. Abstract (Website) |
 The skill or skills needed for different types of activity, job or occupational role, in a specific organization,sector. Source: Ministry of Labour 2005, Jordan
Organisation: | Ministry of Labour, VTC, Department of statistics, national Centre of Human Resources, Jordan |
Source: | Glossary of selected Terminology: The labour market And vocational education and training Occupational safety and health The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2005 - Not available online) |
Description: | Glossary requested by the Ministry of labour of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan – as part of its activities to foster capacity building. It was assisted in this task by the International Training Centre (ILO, Turin). The International Training Centre worked in collaboration with the local expert Ahmed Mustafa. The expert was responsible for the coordination of the project, ensuring constant communication and collaboration between the concerned authorities in Jordan, especially the following:
-Ministry of labour.
-VTC (Vocational training centers).
-Department of statistics.
-National Centre for human resources development/Al Manar-information system project development human resources
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