Competence at Education Systems International
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1 - Skills intelligence tool (Cedefop)
Europe
The Skills Intelligence Tool from Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) offers a visual and data-linked presentation of all Cedefop studies, reports, and other data on the future of work and the skills needed for the European labor market in the future. You can browse through the following sections: themes, occupations, sectors, countries, [...]
2 - European Year of Skills 2023
Europe
The European Year of Skills was proclaimed by the European Union for 2023. It was intended to "give a fresh impetus to lifelong learning, empowering people and companies to contribute to the green and digital transitions, supporting innovation and competitiveness." Specifically, it was also intended to focus on the further development of skills for the future labor market, [...]
3 - eTwinning annual theme 2025/2026: Skills for life
Europe
The European Commission's eTwinning program serves to digitally connect schools across Europe. Each year, a specific theme is announced for collaboration. In 2025/26, the theme is "Skills for Life". The website provides information about a "Basic Skills Action Plan" and calls for participation in the eTwinning working group "Basic Skills in Action."
[Summary: editors of [...]
4 - World Future Skills Index by QS (2025) [pdf]
international
This Future Skills Index was published by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). QS is already well known for its ‘THE-QS World University Rankings’, which have been compiled in partnership with the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine since 2004. The publication is subtitled ‘Transforming higher education for the skills economy’ and analyses the adaptability [...]
5 - European skills and jobs survey (ESJS)
Europe
This page is a comprehensive overview of the "European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS)" of CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training), containing numerous links. "The European skills and jobs survey (ESJS) is Cedefop’s own periodic EU-wide survey aimed at collecting information on the skill requirements, skill mismatches and initial and continuing [...]
6 - WorldSkills Russia: Future Skills of the 2020s. A New Hope. Fall 2020
international
This report on Future Skills was initiated by WorldSkills Russia and conducted by Global Education Futures with support from WorldSkills International. Its goal was to identify the impact of skills change in various sectors and examine the implications for vocational education and training. Over 700 experts from 45 countries contributed to the report.
WorldSkills is a [...]
7 - Kingston University Future Skills Reports
international; United Kingdom
Overview page of Kingston University in London on the topic of future skills. Among other things, it promotes and links to the university's Future Skills Report, which has been published almost every year since 2021 (except for 2024). It also provides further information on events, degree programs, etc. related to future skills at the university. The report is intended to [...]
8 - European Skills Agenda
Europe
This is the European Commission's overview page on the new European Skills Agenda, which builds on the 2016 Agenda of the same name. The new Agenda's goals are set until 2025. You'll find the full text of the 2025 Agenda, a summary of the most important goals and points, and further links to the 2016 Agenda, news and events, and thematically related programs, initiatives, [...]
[21st Century Skills] Competencies for the future [courtesy translation]
international
The dossier about 21. Century Skills is only available in German. It includes a brief distinction from 'future skills', which are ‘primarily demanded by the economy’. At the same time, the dossier also attributes the spread of 21st century skills to economic organisations such as APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) and the OECD (Organisation for Economic [...]
The Future of Jobs Report (World Economic Forum)
international
Overview page of the World Economic Forum on its report series ‘The Future of Jobs Report’, published every two years since 2016, which, among other things, provides an idea of what major employers worldwide understand by future skills. "The annual Future of Jobs Report explores how jobs and skills will evolve. The report is based on ... survey data that details the [...]
11 - The Global Knowledge Index (GKI)
international
The GKI was developed by the United Nations Development Programme - Regional Bureau for Arab States (UNDP RBAS) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) in 2017. It provides an overview of the diverse aspects of knowledge and development, essential for shaping informed development policies. It encompasses seven composite sub-indices: Pre-University [...]
12 - Future of Education and Skills 2030/2040 (OECD)
international
The OECD's "Future of Education and Skills 2030/2040" website offers comprehensive information and resources on the future of education and skills through 2023/40. The two topics, "Learning and Teaching for 2030/40" and "International Curriculum Analysis," each have their own tabs with information, further links, and resources. Other tabs offer publications, events, and [...]
Global Competence (OECD) including "PISA 2018 Global Competence"
international
The OECD's "Global Competence" page covers the 2018 PISA study, which, in addition to the core competencies, also tested a so-called "global competence" as an innovative competence. The OECD defines global competence (in the singular!) as "multi-dimensional construct that requires a combination of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values successfully applied to global issues [...]
14 - PISA Results: Philippines 2018 + 2022
Philippines
Unfortunately, there is no OECD website that lists all of a country's PISA results. Therefore, we have compiled the links scattered across various pages here:
* PISA 2022 Results (Volume I and II) - Country Notes: Philippines
* PISA Results 2022 (Volume III) - Factsheets: Philippines
* Philippines Student performance PISA 2022 (GPS Education)
* PISA 2018 - Philippines [...]
15 - Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics 2019 National Report of the Philippines: Data and insights on learning outcomes in the Philippines for Grade 5 learners
Philippines; South-East Asia
"The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) is a regional learning assessment and capacity building programme designed by and for Southeast Asian countries to improve relevant and equitable learning outcomes for students in basic education." This assessment was created by SEAMEO (Organization of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education) and was first conducted in [...]
16 - "Neue ukrainische Schule" – Gewinn an Freiheit im Bildungssystem
Ukraine
The article presents the 2017 in the Ukraine enacted new education act and outlines the basic principles of the reform of the school system that begin in the school year 2018/19.
17 - Was unterscheidet die deutsche Bildung von der ukrainischen?
Ukraine
This text was written by the headmistress of the German school in Kiew and describes the basic differences between the German and Ukrainian school system with regard to learn and teaching methods. The school reform in the Ukraine aims at more competence based learning and modernisation.
Open Teach - Transforming School Education with Quality Assured Open Educational Resources and Practices
Europe; Germany; Greece; Portugal
The Open Teach project aims to empower teachers develop their digital competences profiles and become implementers and promoters of Open Educational Resources and Practices (OER and OEP).
Open Teach offers online courses on digital education and working with OER, including finding, selecting, modifying, re-purposing and evaluating resources. The courses include practical [...]
Austrian Academy of Continuing Education (wba)
Austria
wba (short for "Weiterbildungsakademie Österreich"/Austrian Academy of Continuing Education) is a validation system for the qualification and recognition of adult educators.
Digital Skills powered by OER
Switzerland
The project is developing an university didactic offer for lecturers in Switzerland. The objective is to support digital communication, cooperation and collaboration and generally digital education.
History-Social Science (CA Dept of Education)
United States of America (USA)
Information that defines the knowledge, concepts, and skills students should acquire in History-Social Science at each grade level provided by the California Departement of Education.
19 TAC Chapter 113. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
United States of America (USA)
This website lists the rules and standards regarding "Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies" as defined by the State Board of Education (SBOE) of Texas.
State Board of Education (SBOE) rules are part of a larger body of state agency rules known as the Texas Administrative Code (TAC). The Office of the Secretary of State collects and publishes these rules. SBOE [...]
Nasjonalt senter for kunst og kultur i opplæringen (KKS) - The Norwegian Centre for Arts and Culture in Education
Norway
The Norwegian Centre for Arts and Culture in Education is a resource centre helping strengthen work in art and culture subjects in primary and secondary education. It was established by The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research in 2007. Its main tasks are the development of related activity to the national framework and teaching plan, support to the implementation and [...]
24 - Network for Innovation in Career Guidance & Counselling in Europe (NICE)
Europe
The Network for Innovation in Career Guidance & Counselling in Europe (NICE) began in 2009 with two European projects and was transformed into a foundation in 2017. NICE is a "European network for the academic training of people who practice career guidance and counselling (career practitioners)". Information is provided on three projects run by NICE: "Peer Learning", [...]
National Council for School System Evaluation (Cnesco)
France
Cnesco is composed of researchers, parlamentarians, and members of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council. It is in charge of doing analyses, studies, and evaluations of the French educational system and give advice based on their results. The website, which is also available in English, provides fulltext documents of reports based on evaluations etc. in different [...]
26 - Education GPS (OECD): France
France
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare France's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, TALIS, PIAAC ...) as well as their educational statistics (EAG) with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a pdf-document. [...]
27 - Education GPS (OECD): Belgium - Overview of the education system (EAG 2016)
Belgium
This OECD website provides information on the education system in Belgium, on education indicators and statistics. The interactive website can be used to compare Belgium's educational data with those of the average OECD data or with the data of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a pdf-document. [Abstract: Editors of Education [...]
28 - Education GPS (OECD): Netherlands
Netherlands
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare the Netherlands' results from different international educational assessments (PISA, TALIS, PIAAC ...) as well as their educational statistics (EAG) with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a [...]
29 - Education GPS (OECD): South Africa
South Africa, Republic
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare South Africa's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. For other countries, it is also possible to compare results from different international educational assessments (PISA,TALIS, PIAAC, ...). These options might available for South Africa [...]
30 - Education GPS (OECD): Finland
Finland
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare Finland's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, TALIS, PIAAC ...) as well as Finland's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a pdf-document. [...]
31 - Education GPS (OECD): Brazil
Brazil
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare Brazil's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, TALIS, ...) as well as Brazil's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a pdf-document. [...]
32 - Education GPS (OECD): China
China, People's Republic of
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare China's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. For other countries, it is also possible to compare results from different international educational assessments (PISA,TALIS, PIAAC, ...). These options might available for China as well in [...]
33 - Education GPS (OECD): India
India
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare India's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. For other countries, it is also possible to compare results from different international educational assessments (PISA,TALIS, PIAAC, ...). These options might available for India as well in [...]
34 - Education GPS (OECD): Russian Federation
Russian Federation
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare Russia's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, ...) as well as Russia's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a pdf-document. [Abstract: [...]
35 - Education GPS (OECD): Greece
Greece
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare Greece's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, ...) as well as Greece's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a pdf-document. [Abstract: [...]
36 - Education GPS (OECD): Indonesia
Indonesia
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare Indonesia's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, ...) as well as Indonesia's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a pdf-document. [...]
37 - Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER)
Finland
The Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER) is a multidisciplinary centre of educational research based at the University of Jyväskylä. It is one of the most important centres for educational research in Finland, receiving nearly half of its budget from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the European Commission. Amongst others, it is in charge of the [...]
38 - Finland and PISA
Finland
This website provided by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture lists the Finnish results of all PISA-Studies since the year 2000. Furthermore, you will find a short summary of the reasons generally put forward for explaning Finland's ongoing success in doing the PISA Test. For more detailed information on the most recent PISA Study, plaese visit the website of the [...]
39 - Education GPS (OECD): Israel
Israel
This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare Israel's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, TALIS, ...) as well as Israel's educational statistics with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create graphs, tables and others, which can be exported as a pdf-document. [...]
Центр оценки качества образования - Росси
Russian Federation; international
The Russian Center for Educational Quality Assessment provides ample information about and data from international assessments like TIMSS, PISA,PIRLS,CIVIC, SITES, IAEP II as well as from some national assessments - unfortunately, this information is available only in English. Furthermore, you will find the presentations of an international conference on "Russian Education in [...]
Computing and Electronic Youth Clubs
Cuba
The Computing and Electronic Youth Clubs (JCCE) are a network of technical centers that were opened on September 8, 1987 in order to provide the Cuban society with a computing culture, prioritizing the children and youngsters acquisition of values within such a process. Their tasks aim at using new technologies for the solution of diverse demands and problems of Cuban [...]
National Centre for the Promotion and Education of Health
Cuba
The task of the National Centre for the Promotion and Education of Health (CNPES) is to contribute to the promotion of life quality of the Cuban population by favoring life styles which effect beneficial conducts as well as that life styles, which contain risks are modified to prevent diseases or deviations of the health system.
High Council of Education
France
The French High Council of Education (Haut Conseil de l'Éducation) is a consultative institution for the French educational system and it is composed of representatives of the important institutions of the French educational system. Founded due to the demand of the French ministry of education (Ministre de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la [...]
Estonian Science Foundation
Estonia
The Estonian Science Foundation (ETF), established on July 1990 by Estonian Government, is an research-funding organisation. Its main goal is to support the most promising research initiatives in all fields of basic and applied research. The ETF uses state budget appropriations to award peer-reviewed research grants to individuals and research groups on a competitive basis.
Teacher College of Peru
Peru
The Teacher College of Peru (CPPe) was founded in 2004. It is an institution with legal status, which gathers education professionals of Peru. The CPPe is a professional, ethic and deontological institution which promotes the competence of the teaching profession, its professional revaloration as well as the quality of education and the national development.
Enlaces - Centre for Education and Technology
Chile
Enlaces, the Centre for Education and Technology (CET), a department of the Ministry of Education of Chile, has the task to improve the quality of education by including educational IT in the school system, which is adequat to the necessities of the information society. Concrete objectives are the support of school to make the lessons more efficient, the developemt of new [...]
47 - Biblionios
Chile
Biblioniños is a public library for Chilean children, an educational and cultural space which was expressly created for children up to 12 years so they can occupy themselves with reading and benefit from it. The homepage offers, in a child-friendly interface, software that puts reading across to children in a playful way. Also, it informs about expositions and events which [...]
Dominican Virtual Library
Dominican Republic
Biblioteca Dominico-Virtual was created to contribute to the education and formation of students. Its objective is to facilitate the research and competence process. It is a tool for professionals respectively for all those who want to deepen their knowledge, according to the large variety and profundity of themes and branches.
Currently (mai 2011), the homepage contains more [...]
49 - Workforce Development Authority (WDA)
Rwanda
Workforce Development Authority (WDA) is an institutional framework to provide a strategic response to the skills development challenges facing the country across all sectors of the economy. Its mission is to promote, facilitate and guide the development and upgrading of skills and competencies of national workforce in order to enhance competitiveness and employability.
50 - Insight country report: Belgium (Flemish speaking)
Belgium
The Insight web base for information and communication technology ( ICT) at schools provides access to country reports regarding ICT policy and implementation. This report for the Flemish speaking community of Belgium deals with the current guidelines in the context of the educational reform plans in Belgium. Besides, it focuses on the curriculum in relation to ICT, digital [...]
51 - Insight country report: Austria
Austria
Insight, the web base for information and communication technologiy (ICT) at schools, provides access to several country reports (full texts, summaries). This report on the situation of ICT in Austria outlines responsibilities and tasks regarding the development of curricula, school reforms and educational policy-making in Austria, as well as the actual implementation of ICT [...]
52 - Informations et réflexions sur le volet mathématique de l`étude PISA (Okt. 2005)
France
This text, composed in october 2005, comments shortly about some French results of PISA in the field of mathematics and offers some further links for the French PISA results.
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