Evaluation of four initiatives for labour market and skills supply
Publication date: 30 November 2021 | Report language: SV
On behalf of the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, Faugert & Co Utvärdering/Technopolis Sweden has evaluated the implementation of four government remits which shares the overarching objective of developing methods to facilitate and increase skills supply to the business sector. The remits are:
- to enhance the introduction to the labour market and facilitate skills supply the business sector
- to improve networks and connections with the labour market for foreign-born women
- to strengthen the integration perspective within regional strategies for competence provision and labour supply
- to implement Jobbsprånget, the purpose of the programme is to speed up the introduction to the Swedish labour market and to give newcomer academics a chance to show their potential. Jobbsprånget is intended for engineers, architects, scientists and economists.
A total of 55 projects have been granted funding within the framework of the four government remits, of which 19 have been included in this evaluation study. The evaluation was carried out during the period May – October 2021 and is based on document studies, interviews, and workshops. The overall objective of the evaluation is to promote learning and development for the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and the Swedish Government in designing and implementing future initiatives and remits to facilitate competence provision and increase labour supply within the business sector, but also for other actors who develop, co-finance and/or implement initiatives within this field.
