The development of this edition of the OECD Skills Outlook report was guided by the Education Policy Committee and the Skills Advisory Group. The OECD Skills Outlook series is the product of a close collaborative effort among several directorates in the OECD Secretariat.
This volume was prepared by Francesca Borgonovi and Helke Seitz from the OECD Centre for Skills based on material developed in the context of a series of background papers and analyses detailed in the Reader’s Guide and in collaboration with colleagues from within and outside the OECD Secretariat. OECD collaborators: the Economics of Prevention team in the Health Division in the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate; the Modelling and Outlook teams in the Environment and Economy Integration Division in the Environment Directorate, the Technology Diffusion team in the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Division in the Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate, the Directorate for Education and Skills, and the Public Governance Directorate. Collaborators outside the OECD Secretariat: the Gesundheit Österreich Forschungs- und Planungs GmbH, the Joint Research Centre, the International Transport Forum, and Lightcast.
Stefano Scarpetta (Director for the Directorate of Employment Labour and Social Affairs), Andreas Schleicher (Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills), Mark Pearson (Deputy Director for the Directorate of Employment Labour and Social Affairs), and El Iza Mohamedou (Head of the OECD Centre for Skills), provided strategic oversight.
Colleagues from the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs; the Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate; the Directorate for Education and Skills; the Public Governance Directorate; the Centre for Entrepreneurship SMEs, Regions and Cities; the Economics Department; the Development Centre, the OECD Translation Division; and the International Transport Forum provided valuable comments at various stages in the preparation of this report.
The report was edited by Julie Harris. Francesca Borgonovi, Jennifer Cannon, Helke Seitz and Sarah Wildi co-ordinated production. Communication and administrative support were provided by Jennifer Cannon, Duniya Dedeyn, Lucy Hulett and Alastair Wood.
This document was co-funded by the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.