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Skills monitoring in european regions and localities. State of the art and perspectivesIn 2012 the European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring will focus on several aspects of monitoring skills in European regions and localities. The annual anthology of the European Network will present the state of the art in the field of skills monitoring approaches and practices applied in regions and localities.Rationale for the Selection of the TopicDespite the recent developments and changes on European labour markets and the chal-lenges resulting from the current crisis there remains an increasing demand for new skills, lifelong learning, reforms in educational and training systems as well as the transferability of skills across sectors and professions. There is a great need for knowledge about the current situation in regional labour markets, in order to better use existing resources and to build a sound base for the future. Currently there is a deficit of skilled labour in most European states and regions and it is expected that it will increase further in the future. Moreover, fu-ture developments will demand more skills, specialisation, improved education and training. The current crisis has uncovered the existing gaps and the importance of tailored education and training, partly as new jobs require innovative forms for training and improvement in transitions between formal and informal skills. To get more informations.Contact : Ruth Hasberg, IWAK (Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture, Centre of Goethe University Frankfurt/Main) Hasberg@em.uni-frankfurt.de.Deadline: 15 mars 2012Source : Céreq