Iceland

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:00 CEST

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A Skills beyond School Commentary on Iceland

This commentary is one of a series of country reports on postsecondary vocational education and training (VET) in OECD countries, prepared as part of an OECD study. The commentaries are largely descriptive but also include an assessment of strengths and challenges in the country system. The commentaries are designed to be of value as free-standing reports.

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:33:00 CEST

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Everyone into the talent pool

This blogpost by Marilyn Achiron sets out a new animated video on the importance of creating a larger and larger pool of people who have fully developed their skills, encouraging those people to supply their skills to the labour market, and then ensuring that those skills are used effectively on the job

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:33:00 CEST

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It all starts with building the right skills

This blogpost by Andreas Shleicher explains the importance for all of us - countries, companies and individuals - to develop the right skills, provide them to the labour market and use them effectively.