Ireland's National Skills Strategy 2025

This new National Skills Strategy 2025 aims to underpin Ireland's growth as an economy and as a society over the coming years. Through the vision, actions and targets set out, the Strategy will support development of a well-educated, well-skilled and adaptable labour force, creating and sustaining a strong pool of talented people of all ages living in Ireland. The Strategy builds on the progress made since the last skills strategy, 'Towards tomorrow's skills', which was published in 2007 and sets new indicators of progress for the period to 2025.

Flowing from the introduction, Section 2 sets out an illustrative snapshot of Ireland today. Section 3, 'Changing world, Changing Skills' sets out the national and international context for the Strategy in terms of Ireland's employer base, global trends affecting skills needs and forecasted skills needs. Section 4 sets out the current composition and trends within the Irish labour market. Section 5 profiles the Irish education and training system and its role in Ireland's skills and talent development. Section 6 presents the Strategy's key priorities and constituent actions. Section 7 outlines the means by which the implementation of the Strategy will be monitored and assessed.

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