Local Employment and Economic Development (LEED Programme)
Local Employment and Skills
A skilled workforce represents a key marketing chip for local economies to attract investment. Local policies are essential to better connect people to high quality jobs, while also preparing existing workers for changes in the future of work.
Automation and the increasing proportion of non-standard forms of employment create new challenges for local employment. Across the OECD, there is increasing labour market polarisation with a decline in the demand for middle-skilled workers and an increase in the demand for high- and low-skilled workers. At the local level, these trends have an uneven impact across regions. Some regions will be in a position to take advantage of greater integration into global labour markets and to transition to digital production, thereby attracting firms and workers, while other regions will lag behind and struggle to create quality jobs.
We examine the role of megatrends, such as digitalisation, globalisation, and demographic change on local labour market, in order to support the definition of policies and skills strategies that can foster economic development and quality job creation. |
OECD Local Skills Week (15-17 February 2022) explored how local communities can overcome local skills gaps and mismatches by helping people reskill and upskill throughout their working lives. |
AREAS OF WORK
Local Job Creation
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Employers and Skills Development
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Jobs and Skills in Southeast Asia
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Adult Skills Systems in Cities
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This 
This OECD-ILO project provides guidance on how local and regional governments can foster employers engagement in skills.
The aim of the RECENT work
- Regional Economic Inactivity Trends in Poland (2021)
- Preparing for the Future of Work Across Australia (2021)
- Preparing for the Future of Work in Canada (2020)
- Intégrer les immigrants pour stimuler l’innovation au Québec, Canada (2020)
- Better using skills in the workplace in the Leeds City Region, United Kingdom (2020)
- Trends in economic inactivity across the OECD (2019)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
- OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation
- Better Use of Skills in the Workplace (2017)
- Engaging Employers in Apprenticeship opportunities (2017)
- Building local responsiveness in employment and skills in Southeast Asia (2017)
Contact
For further information, please contact Kristine Langenbucher
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