OECD Reviews on Local Job Creat - OECD

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Table of contents
Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive summary
	Key recommendations
		Better aligning programmes and policies to local economic development
		Adding value through skills
		Targeting policy to local employment sectors and investing in quality jobs
		Being inclusive
Reader’s guide
	Box 1. Summary of the OECD LEED Local Job Creation Project Methodology
	Local Job Creation dashboard
		Box 2. Local Job Creation dashboard
		The approach for Ireland
			Box 3. Other OECD LEED reviews in Ireland
	References
Chapter 1. 
Policy context for employment and skills in Ireland
	Economic and labour market trends
		Figure 1.1. Sources of economic growth in the Irish economy, 2008-15, %
		Figure 1.2. Unemployment across Irish regions, 2000-12, %
		Diverging employment tracks: Domestic sector versus exporting sector
		Rising youth unemployment
	National policy context: A period of on-going reforms
		Box 1.1. Ireland’s significant institutional reform effort
	Overview of employment policies and programmes
		Reform Agenda 1: A new Public Employment Service
			Table 1.1. Employment services: Pre and post-reform
	Vocational education and training policies
		Reform Agenda 2: A re-imagined further education and training sector
			Table 1.2. Vocational education and training: Pre and post-reforms
	Economic development and regional governance
		Figure 1.3. NUTS 3 Regions in Ireland
		Ireland’s economic development agencies
			Box 1.2. Economic development agencies: A regional focus
		Local community development
		Reform Agenda 3: New regional frameworks for stronger local authorities and greater role in local economic and community development
			Box 1.3. What does “local” mean in the Irish context?
	Notes
	References
Chapter 2. 
Overview of the Irish case study areas
	Overview of the Dublin and South East regions
		Figure 2.1. Maps of the Dublin and South East regions
		Local labour markets and impact of the crisis
			Figure 2.2. Employment by broad occupation in Dublin and South East regions, Q1 2012, %
		The Dublin Region
			Figure 2.3. Unemployment rate, Dublin region, 2011
		The South East Region
			Figure 2.4. Unemployment rate, South East region, 2011
	Employment and training services
		Employment services
			Box 2.1. South East Region Employment Action Plan
		Education and training
	Balance between skills supply and demand at the sub-national level
		Figure 2.5. Understanding the relationship between skills supply and demand
		Figure 2.6. Balancing skills supply and demand in Ireland, 2012
		Box 2.2. Explaining the diagnostic tool
	References
Chapter 3.
 Local Job Creation dashboard findings in Ireland
	Results from the dashboard
		Figure 3.1. Overview of results from Local Job Creation dashboard
	Theme 1: Better aligning policy and programmes to local economic development
		Figure 3.2. Dashboard results: Better aligning programmes and policies to local economic development
		Flexibility in the delivery of employment and vocational training policies
		Capacities within employment and VET sectors
			Figure 3.3. Employment offices with sufficient, adequate and insufficient capacities, %
		Policy co-ordination, policy integration, and co-operation with other sectors
			Figure 3.4. Offices reporting collaboration with other agencies and organisations, %
			Box 3.1. Collaboration for city-level economic development, Dublin region
		Evidence based policy making
			Box 3.2. The Integrated Reporting and Information System
	Theme 2: Adding value through skills
		Figure 3.5. Dashboard results: Adding value through skills
		Flexible training open to all in a broad range of sectors
			Box 3.3. FÁS E-College – flexible response to the skill needs of the job ready
			Box 3.4. MOMENTUM programmes – more innovative, rapid responses to employers’ training needs
		Working with employers on training
			Box 3.5. Promoting and facilitating workplace training – Skillnets and FIT Ltd.
			Box 3.6. Overview of Ireland’s apprenticeship system
		Matching people to jobs and facilitating progression
		Joined up approaches to skills
	Theme 3: Targeting policy to local employment sectors and investing in quality jobs
		Figure 3.6. Dashboard results: Targeting policy to local employment sectors and investing in quality jobs
		Relevance of provision to important local employment sectors and global trends and challenges
		Work with employers on skills utilisation and productivity
		Promotion of skills for entrepreneurship
		Economic development promotes quality jobs for local people
	Theme 4: Being inclusive
		Figure 3.7. Dashboard results: Being inclusive
		Employment and training programmes are geared to local “at-risk” groups
			Box 3.7. Training delivered by the not-for-profit sector
		Childcare and family friendly policies to support women’s participation in employment
		Tackling youth unemployment
			Box 3.8. Strengthening entrepreneurial skills among disadvantaged youth, NFTE
		Openness to immigration
	Notes
	References
Chapter 4.
 Towards an action plan for jobs in Ireland: Recommendations and best practices
	Better aligning programmes and policies to local economic development
		Box 4.1. Denmark – flexible labour market policy at the local level
		Box 4.2. Change Management Office, Ontario, Canada
		Box 4.3. Local Employment Coordinators in vulnerable areas, Australia
		Box 4.4. The Workforce Intelligence Network, Michigan, US
	Adding value through skills
		Box 4.5. Reverse Marketers to stimulate demand, Australia
		Box 4.6. Northern Ireland Employer Engagement Plan
		Box 4.7. Career planning information, US and Barcelona, Spain
	Targeting policy to local employment sectors and investing in quality jobs
		Box 4.8. Better skills utilisation in action – Canada and Italy
		Box 4.9. Raising job quality in the retail sector, Breda, the Netherlands
	Being inclusive
		Box 4.10. A Youth Employment Strategy, Ontario, Canada
		Box 4.11. Using public procurement for economic, environmental and social benefits, Wales, UK
	References
Annex A. 
Information on interviews and roundtables in Ireland
Annex B. 
Spatial distribution of skills supply and demand in Ireland
	Figure B.1. % of population with post-secondary education, South East region, 2011
	Figure B.2. % of population with post-secondary education, Dublin region, 2011
	Figure B.3. High-medium skill occupations, South East region, 2011
	Figure B.4. High-medium skill occupations, Dublin region, 2011