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Factsheet for measure LU-2002-41/2491 – measures in Luxembourg
Country | Luxembourg , applies nationwide |
Time period | Open ended, started on 10 October 2002 |
Context | Green Transition, Digital Transformation, Restructuring Support Instruments |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services
– Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Author | Patrick Thill (LISER) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 23 June 2022 (updated 14 November 2022) |
The first survey was launched in 1998 in the manufacturing, construction and public works sectors. The coverage of these surveys have extended to the industrial sector.
In 2002, the survey was extended to the information and communication technologies sector (ICT).
The survey represents the only existing indicator in Luxembourg on the need for qualifications in the sector covered and constitutes an economic barometer.
This initiative involves an investigation of companies' needs for employees, both in terms of replacements, new positions, and expected skill levels. Surveys are conducted every two years, and they have alternated between the fields of industry and ICT. The objective is to provide guidance to young people and their parents regarding their further education, as well as to encourage public authorities and professional training providers to achieve a balance between business needs and the training courses they provide.
This initiative is supported by the Ministry of Work, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the public employment service ADEM (Employment Development Agency).
The action is conducted by FEDIL (Business Federation Luxembourg) in cooperation with Chamber of Commerce, ABBL (Luxembourg Bankers' Association), Luxinnovation, UEL (Union of Luxembourg Companies) and the Maison de la Formation.
Following the detection of a need for manufacturing workers, training courses for jobseekers were organised. This involved a partnership between public authorities: ADEM (Employment Development Agency), Ministry of Work, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and private partners such as FEDIL (Business Federation Luxembourg), ABBL (Luxembourg Bankers' Association), CLC (Luxembourg Confederation of Retailers), Chamber of Commerce or the House of Training.
Additional training has been implemented for security officers. In the construction sector, vocational training measures have also been organised as a result of this research. Specialised training in ICT has been implemented in schools. The University of Luxembourg has finally organised specific courses in technology. It has for instance been found that the level of qualification in the ICT sector has increased over the last years. In the latest 2020 survey, more participating companies than ever anticipated recruitments in the ICT sector in Luxembourg.
Since 2002, surveys are conducted every two years, and they alternate between the fields of industry and ICT. The last survey published in 2020 conducted by ABBL and FEDIL focuses on ICT (http://www.fedil.lu/fileadmin/user_upload/Résultats_de_l_enquête.pdf). It gives an overview on the recruitment forecasted by the participating companies: the participating 168 interviewed companies expect to recruit 979 qualified ICT employees in the next two years, which represents an increase if compared to the prior survey. A new survey launched on future skills in industry in 2020.
Despite that the surveys provide interesting indications about anticipating job creation in a particular sector of the economy, the small number of respondents has put their representativeness of the survey into question.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Employees in standard employment
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Applies to all businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
Public employment service |
Employers organisation
National funds |
Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | No involvement | No involvement |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
No involvement
Unknown
Citation
Eurofound (2022), The skills of tomorrow, measure LU-2002-41/2491 (measures in Luxembourg), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/LU-2002-41_2491.html
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