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Skills for Competitiveness: A Synthesis Report

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  • Francesca Froy

    (OECD)

  • Sylvain Giguère

    (OECD)

  • Michela Meghnagi

    (OECD)

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To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of local people but also the utilisation and deployment of these skills by employers. By ensuring that skills are utilised effectively, local economies can become more competitive and host better quality and better paid jobs, while simultaneously improving living standards and stimulating innovation. The OECD LEED Skills for Competitiveness project has reviewed the tools and governance mechanisms which policy makers are putting in place to tackle this policy area in three LEED member countries, Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy, with information on a wider set of policies and measurement tools being collected through an international literature review. Data has also been analysed on the supply and demand for skills at the sub-regional level (OECD territorial level 3) in each country.

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  • Francesca Froy & Sylvain Giguère & Michela Meghnagi, 2012. "Skills for Competitiveness: A Synthesis Report," OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers 2012/9, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:cfeaaa:2012/9-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5k98xwskmvr6-en
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