AGORA-1: raising the level of diplomas and their distribution on the labour market: the lessons of the past and prospects for the future: Thessaloniki, 30 June 1997

This document is the outcome of the discussions held during the first seminar of the CEDEFOP Agora Thessalonikis on the topic of diplomas and the labour market in six countries: Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. Five sections are included: Diplomas and the labour market: results and questions stemming from European research / Louis Mallet (indexed at TD/INT 59.57); Shift in skill demand / Christoph F. Buechtemann (indexed at TD/INT 59.58); Diplomas versus skills / Hilary Steedman (indexed at TD/INT 59.59); Implications for the training strategy / Luigi Frey (indexed at TD/INT 59.193); Diplomas and the labour market: the debate so far / Jordi Planas (indexed at TD/INT 59.194). The report concludes that in spite of a general increase in the number of diplomas awarded over the last few decades, their distribution inside the labour market has tended to be driven by what education systems have supplied rather than by what companies have demanded.

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This document is the outcome of the discussions held during the first seminar of the CEDEFOP Agora Thessalonikis on the topic of diplomas and the labour market in six countries: Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. Five sections are included: Diplomas and the labour market: results and questions stemming from European research / Louis Mallet (indexed at TD/INT 59.57); Shift in skill demand / Christoph F. Buechtemann (indexed at TD/INT 59.58); Diplomas versus skills / Hilary Steedman (indexed at TD/INT 59.59); Implications for the training strategy / Luigi Frey ...  [+] Show more