Korea hat erhebliche Fortschritte bei der Dezentralisierung der Verwaltung von Beschäftigungs- und Ausbildungsprogrammen gemacht. Dennoch muss das Land auf lokaler Ebene Qualifizierungen stärker auf den Bedarf der Arbeitgeber ausrichten, so ein aktueller Bericht der OECD (Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung).
Korea: Promote inclusive growth through greater employer involvement in the employment and skills system, says OECD
Korea has made significant progress towards decentralising the management of
employment and training programmes, but can still do more to create stronger
links with employers at the local level, according to a new OECD report.
Employment and Skills Strategies in Korea – OECD Reviews on Local Job
Creation underlines the importance of integrating employment and skills policies
into local job creation and economic development strategies. It suggests that
injecting flexibility into the design and implementation of employment
programmes will help local communities attract the high-skilled workers needed
to achieve inclusive growth.
The report was presented to Ki Kweon
Lee, Minister of Employment and Labour, and Byung Soo Suh, Mayor of Busan
Metropolitan City, during a conference on local job creation in Busan, Korea,
co-organised by the Ministry of Employment and Labour and the OECD. It describes
the government's recent efforts to promote greater local decision making through
customised local job creation accounts as a good example of how to align skills
development efforts with the needs of the labour market and strategic sectors of
the economy.
The OECD draws attention to the significant labour
market challenges facing women in Korea, which has a negative drag on overall
economic development and competitiveness. While a number of efforts are
underway to raise women's participation, the report recommends that the
government examine how to align employment and training programmes locally to
remove potential labour market barriers, while supporting measures to create an
effective environment for work-life balance.
The report, which
includes case studies on local labour market policy initiatives in Bucheon and
Busan, is part of an OECD series focusing on the role of employment and training
agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity across 12 OECD
countries or jurisdictions: Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic,
France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Northern Ireland, Sweden, the United
Kingdom and the USA.