government services and policies at the local level. They highlight the need to build policy coherence across employment, skills …This joint OECD-ILO report provides a comparative analysis of case studies focusing on improving skills use in the …, economic development and innovation policies, and underline the importance of ensuring that skills utilisation is built into …

decades its productivity growth has stagnated. As a result, the productivity gap of Trentino widened by over 20% compared to … regions with the same productivity level in 2000. The benchmarking of productivity drivers in Trentino with those of “peer …” regions points to several policy priorities, including: reviving productivity in tradeable sectors, also through increased …

Human resources, training, qualifications and skills play an essential part in the development of regional economies …

The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for …

opportunities for new actions that could be implemented in the Leeds City Region to work closer with firms to promote skills use in …This paper reviews the different definitions and measures of skills use and shows why it matters for local development … policies. Based on findings from the Annual Population Survey and the UK Employer Skills Survey, it provides unique local …

skills that are valued in the labour market of their host country. Yet foreign-born adults are less likely to participate in …