Education, training and demand for labour in Finland by 2020

Anticipation of educational needs aims to consolidate the knowledge base relevant to decisions on educational provision, thus promoting the balance between supply and demand on the labour market. Anticipation provides information on quantitative needs for vocationally/professionally oriented education and training, which are based on long-term employment forecasts. The focus is on anticipating demand for labour over a 15-year period and using the results to derive educational needs. This anticipation concerns vocationally/professionally oriented education and training intended for young people – i.e. upper secondary vocational education and training (VET), polytechnic education and university education – which mainly lasts from 3 to 8 years, depending on the level of education. Educational needs have been expressed in terms of intake needs. This publication is an abbreviated version of a wider-reaching Finnish-language report entitled Koulutus ja työvoiman kysyntä 2020 (‘Education, training and demand for labour by 2020’) produced by the Finnish National Board of Education.

Authors:
Ilpo Hanhijoki, Jukka Katajisto, Matti Kimari, Hannele Savioja

Year:
2009

ISBN:
978-952-13-4108-3 (paperback)
978-952-13-4109-0 (pdf)

Publication is available in these languages:
English, Finnish

Publication:
Education, training and demand for labour in Finland by 2020 (pdf)