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06/07/2010 - LLL SPORT PROJECT: Actions towards the Lifelong Learning Strategy for the Sport & Active Leisure Sector

Sport is a people-facing sector, where the engagement of others, at grass roots or high performance level, is paramount to its success. Moreover, sport is ingrained across all communities, affecting a large percentage of the population, and is used to address wider Government agendas including health, social inclusion, regeneration and education. If we are to meet these challenges, it is imperative that those working or volunteering in face to face roles, at the delivery end of the sector, are equipped with the necessary skills through fit for purpose qualifications.

To foster those findings, a one year LLL Sport project funded by the European Commission and led by EOSE has been developed ...

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05/07/2010 - THE 2010 EMPLOYER SURVEY IN FITNESS: EA-FITNESS PROJECT

Both employers and employees in the health and fitness industry are no longer confined by national boundaries. This provides a compelling problem: how can employers across Europe have confidence in the competence of their potential employee if they were trained outside of their national system and how can employees ensure that their qualifications are recognised wherever they decide to ply their trade?

In this regards, the European Accreditation - Fitness (EA-Fitness) project led by Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ) and funded by the European Commission aims is to collect information and feedback from Fitness Employers, in order to research the trends and perspectives for employment in selected EU countries.

The survey outcomes play an important role in developing and delivering training at EU level, and the fitness employers’ feedback counts and it will help shape important decisions at EU level. Any organisation that offers a service to members, customers or participants relating to fitness is encouraged to complete the survey.

To complete the EA-FITNESS Survey please click here.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. MANY THANKS FOR ALL REPLIES.

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04/07/2010 - CEDEFOP PUBLICATION - THE SKILL MATCHING CHALLENGE: Analysing skill mismatch and policy implications

Skill mismatch is a complex phenomenon affecting individuals, enterprises, economies and societies; it does not only refer to skill gaps and skill shortages, but also to skills exceeding job requirements.

 

Better understanding of skill mismatch can help policy-makers in their efforts to match skills and jobs in Europe.

 

This 2010 CEDEFOP report aims to structure the currently scattered evidence on skill mismatch by analysing seven important questions. It provides a broad overview of skill mismatch and the factors that contribute to it, analyses its economic and social costs, and argues why skill mismatch should be a concern for national and European policy-makers.

As information across different countries is currently limited, the report also discusses how skill mismatch can be better approached and measured in surveys, with the aim of enabling more detailed and sound analyses in the coming years.

 

If you wish to download the full report developed by CEDEFOP please click here.

03/07/2010 - THE 2010 EUROPEAN OUTDOORS CENSUS SURVEY: CLO2 PROJECT

At the European level, the outdoors sub-sector is a fast growing and developing activity area. The outdoors thrives in a wide range of delivery and employment contexts including public sector, commercial, charitable, not-for-profit and voluntary.

As a consequence, workforce needs (both paid and voluntary) are increasing rapidly and organisations operating within the sector are seeking well trained, quality workers (animators in this context), able to match the requirements of more and more demanding clients and users.

The CLO2 project is a Leonardo da Vinci European 2 years funded programme which started on 1^st of October 2008 and led by SkillsActive, the UK Sector Skills Council for the Active Leisure, Learning and Well-being Sector. The main aim of the CLO2 project is to bridge from the Functional Map and Competence Framework, to the skills and learning outcomes delivered by the training providers in the Outdoors. In other words, the partnership composed of a mix of Outdoor Training Providers, Outdoor Employers and EU Networks from 11 European countries are working on the development of a formal link between the competences required by outdoor employers and the learning outcomes acquired by the employees through training supplied by training providers.

 

As part of the project, the partnership is undertaking a European survey that aims to give basic information about the outdoors sector across a wide range of 11 European countries. An accurate and up to date ‘picture’ of the sector is essential to promote the sector’s value both nationally and within the European Community.

 

The questionnaire should take only around 10-15 minutes to complete and is available in different languages. Any organisation that offers a service to customers or participants relating to the outdoors is encouraged to complete the survey.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. MANY THANKS FOR ALL REPLIES.