Transcript Turkey - Vision 2023: Priorities for Skills

Salzburg, 10 October 2013
Turkey’s relations
with the EU
started in 1963
(50 years)
Turkey - World's 16th and
Europe's 6th largest economy
with a population of 76 million.
ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE 2002
2002
Economic growth (%)
2012
Average annual growth rate of 5%
GDP per capita
$3.500
$10.500
Inflation
%29,7
%7,88
Peak %15 in
2009
%8,8
Unemployment
Employment
Informal employment
4,5 million additional jobs created
in the last four years
%51,1
%37,8
$36 billion
$152,6 billion
School enrolment rate
%11
%64
Secondary school
enrolment rate
%51
%70
Share of people in
vocational training
%30
%50
Exports
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Relatively successful in combatting
unemployment
Problems in entering into labour market
Lack of occupational qualifications
Career guidance provided by Turkish
Employment Agency
4.000 Job and Vocational Consultants
Reform of the education system
Duration of compulsory education raised to
12 years from 8.
OECD’s International Assessment of Adult
Competencies (PIAAC) Program
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EU average: %12,8
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EU 2020 target: %10
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Rate of early school leavers in Turkey: %39,6
◦ Reason: low level of enrollment among girls
◦ Measure: Increasing the duration of compulsory
education to 12 years.
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EU average: %35,8
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EU 2020 target: %40
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Tertiary educational attainment in Turkey:
%18
◦ Measure: Number of universities increased to 175,
which was only 76 in 2002.
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EU average: %68,5
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Turkey (2012): %52,8
◦ Measures:
 Vocational training courses
 Employment incentive packages
 Creating additional jobs
 Specific measures for women’s participation in labour force
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Traditinally agriculture based population in
Turkey
Transformation into an industiralised society
◦ Problem: Skills mismatches
◦ Measures: Vocational training courses, enterpreneurship
trainings, on the job training
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Hinders new investments and creation of
additional jobs
◦ Measure: Efforts towards a more flexible labour market
based on the concept of «flexicurity»
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Decreased to %36 from %52, still very high
High level of unregistered employment in
agriculture sector
◦ Target: Decrease the rate of unregistered employment in
non-agriculture sector below 15% by 2023.
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$2 trillion GDP
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$25.000 GDP per capita
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$500 billion exports
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Unemployment rate  5%
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Sustainable and low levels of inflation & interest
rates
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One of the ten largest economies of the World
«Qualified people, strong society»
«Development for and with people»
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Employment opportunities with better qualifications
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Incentives to increase labour force participation
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Effective fight against unregistered employment
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Focus on vocational training programs
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Education level of labor force to be raised
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Focus on life-long learning activities
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Working conditions to be improved
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Occupational health and safety culture among
employees to be developed
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Sets three-year macroeconomic policies and
objectives
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Updated annually
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Recent one adopted two days ago
(October 8, 2013)
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Sets concrete objectives
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Maintains smooth functioning of the economy
Objectives to be reached by 2023:
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Reducing unemployment rate to 5%
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Increasing employment rate to 55%
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Decreasing unregistered employment in nonagricultural sector below 15%
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Aims at strengthening linkage between
education and employment
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Restructuring of vocational and technical
education according to the labour market needs
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Equipping youth with the necessary knowledge,
skills and competencies
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Three main pillars:
◦ Facilitating access to VET
◦ Increasing the quality of VET
◦ Ensuring effective school-to-work transition
2023 VISION OF TURKEY
MediumTerm
Program
National
Employment
Strategy
Vocational &
Technical
Education
Strategy
Thank you!