Studies and pilots on identification of skills

In its interim report, the working group on identifying skills proposed studies and pilots aiming to find new ways to promote practices and tools for identifying skills acquired outside degree programmes. The studies and pilots were funded from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), and they were mainly implemented as public tenders. 

Study on good practices for identifying skills

A group consisting of Demos Helsinki Oy, Innolink Research Oy and TIEKE Finnish Information Society Development Centre will carried out a study on good practices for identifying skills. 

The end report of the study (March 2024, in Finnish). 

Summary of the study in English

Read more about the study on the website of TIEKE Finnish Information Society Development Centre (in Finnish)

Pilots

In its interim report, the working group proposed pilots to develop the identification of skills generated outside the education system. The pilots were launched during 2023-2024. 

Pilots to promote the identification of skills in SMEs

The pilots aimed to find widely usable practices, methods and tools suitable for the everyday activities of SMEs to help them detect, express and make visible the staff’s competence.
The pilots were carried out by Discovery Street Oy, Sosiaalipalvelu Ote sr and Hyria Business Institute Oy.

Model for identifying skills of immigrants outside the labour force

The objective of the pilots was to test in practice a skills identification model for immigrants who are outside the labour force or integration services. Another aim was to create a proposal for a widely usable model for identifying the skills of the target group, based on the tested model and previous experiences gained from other models for identifying competence. 

Hyria Business Institute Oy, Spring House Oy and Oy Axxell Utbildning Ab were selected to carry out these pilots.

Developing career counsellors’ skills in recognising competence

Career counsellors' skills in recognising their customers' skills were developed in the project with eOppiva, where a digital training material was produced (in finnish and swedish). 

Survey on skills needs of career counsellors related to the identification of competences
(in Finnish)

Circular economy skills badges 

AFRY Finland Oy, TIEKE Finnish Information Society Development Centre and Turku University of Applied Sciences have been selected to carry out the project. 

Inquiries:
Ministerial Adviser Markku Virtanen, [email protected]