The development of this edition of the Skills Outlook report was guided by the Skills Strategy Advisory Group, a group including representatives of several OECD committees and working parties, and has benefited from feedback and comments from national government delegates. This edition of the Skills Outlook is an output of the OECD Going Digital project.
The Skills Outlook is the product of a close collaborative effort among several directorates in the OECD Secretariat. This volume was prepared by Stéphanie Jamet and Andreea Minea-Pic from the OECD Centre for Skills and benefited from contributions from Nagui Bechichi and Gustave Kenedi. Montserrat Gomendio (Head of the OECD Centre for Skills) provided thoughtful leadership, supervised the work and co-ordinated the work of different directorates. Valuable contributions were also made by Dirk Van Damme (Head of the OECD Skills beyond School Division). Stefano Scarpetta (OECD Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs) and Andreas Schleicher (OECD Director for Education and Skills) ensured strategic oversight, and Stefano Scarpetta provided valuable comments to the latest drafts. Co-operation with and contributions from the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, Andrew Wyckoff (Director), Dirk Pilat (Deputy Director) and Mariagrazia Squicciarini, are also greatly acknowledged.
Chapter 3 of the report is based on analytical work undertaken jointly by Elodie Andrieu, Nagui Bechichi, Robert Grundke, Stéphanie Jamet, Gustave Kenedi, Luca Marcolin and Mariagrazia Squicciarini. Chapter 4 of the report is based on analytical work undertaken jointly by Michele Cimino, Stéphanie Jamet, Elif Koksal-Oudot, Andreea Minea-Pic and Vincenzo Spiezia. Chapter 6 of the report is based on analytical work undertaken jointly by Stéphanie Jamet, Gustave Kenedi, Patricia Mangeol and Bart Staats.
The Skills Outlook Oversight Group, a group of experts from several directorates in the OECD, steered the development of the report and provided contributions to its content. Members of the group include David Bartolini, Stijn Broecke, Alessandra Colecchia, David Gierten, Robert Grundke, Mark Keese, Molly Lesher, Luca Marcolin, Fabrice Murtin, Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Glenda Quintini, Cyrille Schwellnus, Vincenzo Spiezia, Mariagrazia Squicciarini, Christina Timiliotis and Barbara Ubaldi.
The Skills Outlook has also benefitted from helpful comments from Anil Alpman, Francesco Avvisati, Rodrigo Fernández, François Keslair, Noémie Le Donné and Adrien Lorenceau.
The report was edited by Andrew Johnston. Eleonore Morena provided valuable support in the editorial process. Elena Crivellaro, Fabio Manca and Andreea Minea-Pic co-ordinated production. Communication support was provided by Lauren Thwaites and administrative support by Jennifer Cannon, Charity Kome and Rasa Silyte-Niavas.