OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation Preparing the Basque Country, Spain for the Future of Work
COVID-19 is testing the Basque Country's (Spain) resilience. Before COVID-19, employment indicators were recovering from the 2008 crisis, while automation of production was underway. Job quality remained low despite rising educational attainment in the region. COVID-19 is likely to accelerate s...
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2020.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Executive Summary
- Future-proofing the region through better skills anticipation
- Reinforcing Lanbide's role as a central labour market actor
- Better using the skills of the labour force and promoting quality jobs
- 1. Assessment and recommendations
- The future of work in the Basque Country (Spain)
- Lanbide can reinforce its role as a labour market actor in the face of COVID-19
- Mobilising skills in the Basque Country
- 2. The effects of automation in the Basque Country, Spain
- Introduction
- 2.1. COVID-19 will have unequal impacts on workers, firms and places
- 2.1.1. Policy measures helped limit surges in unemployment due to the pandemic
- 2.1.2. A relatively high share of jobs can be carried out remotely in the Basque Country, an important factor for regional resilience
- 2.1.3. Job loss was concentrated in construction and industrial manufacturing between 2008 and 2017
- 2.1.4. Unlike 2008, employment in retail trade, food service and accommodation is particularly at risk from COVID-19
- 2.2. What will be the impacts of automation in the Basque Country?
- 2.2.1. A higher share of jobs are at high risk of automation in the Basque Country than the OECD average
- 2.2.2. Automation may accentuate longer term trends, putting industrial employment at risk in the region
- 2.2.3. Service jobs are also at risk of automation, particularly in sectors vulnerable to COVID-19
- 2.2.4. The Basque Country is gaining industrial jobs, while it loses high-skilled service occupations at lower risk of automation
- 2.2.5. As employment starts to recover, the Basque Country can mobilise new tools to track sectoral change in the region
- 2.3. Job quality: a "high road" recovery can prepare the Basque Country for the future of work.
- 2.3.1. Digitalisation may increase non-standard working arrangements
- 2.3.2. Temporary employment is pervasive in the Basque Country
- 2.3.3. Part-time employment rose more in the Basque Country than the Spanish average
- Conclusion
- References
- 3. Designing responsive employment services to help people into good jobs
- Introduction
- 3.1. Lanbide has developed its capacities significantly to face the future of work
- 3.1.1. While Lanbide has prioritised needed income maintenance during COVID, it had been digitalising services prior to the crisis
- 3.1.2. Lanbide administers one of the region's main social protection programmes
- 3.1.3. The region devotes a comparable share of funds to labour market programmes compared to countries in western Europe
- 3.1.4. Lanbide reaches a high proportion of the region's unemployed, reinforcing the reach of its programmes
- 3.1.5. Lanbide has developed a wide range of programmes tailored to the needs of different groups
- 3.1.6. A tripartite management structure embeds social dialogue in Lanbide's programmes
- 3.1.7. A wide range of partnerships extend Lanbide's reach
- 3.2. Opportunities for Lanbide in the new world of work
- 3.2.1. Staff reflect an older age cohort and provide general orientation to job seekers as they enter Lanbide
- 3.2.2. Digital services can complement Lanbide's generalist intake of job seekers
- Digital intake could supplement a two-level approach to services
- Software can help identify different groups of job seekers, allowing for a more tailored service
- Digital vocational guidance can connect job seeker career paths with vocational institutions
- 3.2.3. Benefit applications make up a large share of Lanbide staff capacities
- 3.2.4. Employer engagement on skills can encourage employers to better utilise PES.
- Employer engagement is already a priority at Lanbide, international examples can offer avenues for expansion
- Agile skills matching, particularly involving vocational training, can encourage "high road" firm strategies
- Conclusion
- References
- Notes
- 4. Skills in the Basque Country
- Introduction
- 4.1. The Basque workforce's high skills are an opportunity for the region
- 4.1.1. The 2008 crisis likely accelerated job polarisation in the Basque Country
- 4.1.2. The Basque Country can benefit from its highly-educated workforce
- 4.1.3. The Basque workforce is ageing more rapidly than Spanish and OECD averages
- 4.1.4. There is potential for firms to better use the high level of skills in the region
- 4.1.5. Low job quality and mismatch drive hiring difficulties in the region
- 4.1.6. As social dialogue restarts in the region, the social pact for the 4.0 transition is a key opportunity for an inclusive industrial transition
- 4.1.7. Social partners are creating labour market observatories in the Basque Country to raise job quality and better diagnose skills
- 4.1.8. Lifelong learning is an opportunity for firms to help workers adjust skills
- 4.1.9. Firms can modify workplace organisation to reinforce a lifelong learning culture
- 4.1.10. Lanbide can become a central actor for a stronger lifelong learning in the Basque Country
- 4.2. The Basque Vocation educational and training system
- 4.2.1. VET has gained prominence in the Basque education system
- 4.2.2. Vocational educational levels are high, but automation will change the job market for middle skill occupations
- 4.2.3. Dual education is gaining traction in the region, expansion to vulnerable groups and university could reinforce its reach
- Dual education is anchored in workplace training.
- Dual education is well-established in middle and high level VET in the Basque Country
- Dual education can continue to expand in the region, while greater evaluation could also guide development
- Conclusion
- References.
