Skills Intelligence for Forecasting and Monitoring TCLF Emerging Skills Needs

Objectives of this report include:

• Developing a common methodology for detecting urgent skills needs, monitoring the progress and evolution of the demand and supply of skills, as well as anticipating future skills needs in the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) sector.
• Detecting available innovative, valuable, and ready-to-use information on skills in open data sources at EU and country and/or regional level.
• Strengthening skills intelligence to support the social partners’ active involvement in skills anticipation/forecasting and the setting up of required training, according to the Skills Agenda.
• Involving in the detection of skills the main players in the value chain within the TCLF industrial ecosystem (i.e., companies and technology providers), Centres of Vocational Excellence, regions implementing smart specialization strategies, European Cluster Partnerships and Knowledge and Innovation Communities of the European Institute of Technology.
• Producing qualitative evidence and quantitative data on skills and knowledge in the TCLF industries in open data format to feed the EU Skills Panorama and the European Skills, Competencies, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO).