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Skills for Growth Press Conference 26 April 2012 Mark Spelman Global Managing Director, Strategy Accenture
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Page 1: Skills for Growth Press Conference 26 April 2012 Mark Spelman Global Managing Director, Strategy Accenture.

Skills for Growth

Press Conference26 April 2012Mark Spelman

Global Managing Director, StrategyAccenture

Page 2: Skills for Growth Press Conference 26 April 2012 Mark Spelman Global Managing Director, Strategy Accenture.

18%18% plan to increase investment in skills and training in next 12 months

What European decision makers say

froze or cut investment in skills and training in last 12 months86%86%

currently face at least moderate skills shortages43%43%

strongly believe Europe must increase investment in education and skills, despite the weak economy 72%72%

of business leaders say business needs to take leadership in convening multi-sector compacts that address skills issues

55%55%

Source: Eurostat.

Page 3: Skills for Growth Press Conference 26 April 2012 Mark Spelman Global Managing Director, Strategy Accenture.

25m25m

people are currently employed, but there are also:

looking for a job (officially unemployed), and

who would like to work but are not seeking work,comprising:

women aged 25-64

Untapped Talent

Source: Eurostat.

215m215m

15m15m

7.0m7.0m young people aged 15-244.1m4.1m men aged 25-643.8m3.8m older people aged 65-740.5m0.5m

Page 4: Skills for Growth Press Conference 26 April 2012 Mark Spelman Global Managing Director, Strategy Accenture.

Poor Labour Mobility

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?“We are utilising the full range of skills and expertise available within … ”

Number of respondents = 500. Source: Accenture European Business Summit Survey 2012.

% of Respondents

Page 5: Skills for Growth Press Conference 26 April 2012 Mark Spelman Global Managing Director, Strategy Accenture.

17%17% of employers collaborate with other employers in other sectors

Lack of Collaboration

of employers collaborate with other employers in their sector29%29%

of business leaders believe public investment in education and skills is not well targeted46%46%

of public sector leaders hold the same view about private sector investment42%42%

Source: Eurostat.

Page 6: Skills for Growth Press Conference 26 April 2012 Mark Spelman Global Managing Director, Strategy Accenture.

Raise the Water Level: Activate untapped labour pools

• Use analytics to generate insights from labour data• Deploy bespoke interventions for the unemployed• Ease barriers to discouraged workers

Increase the Flows: Improve skills mobility and transferability

• Promote mobility within organizations• Enhance skills recognition and certification• Streamline immigration policy

Build Bridges: Broader and deeper collaboration

• Build partnerships between education and business• Create B2B partnerships around skills• Cascade higher skills standards through the supply chain

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