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The Skills Summit 2024 will be conducted as an in-person only ministerial ‘retreat’ with two days of activities, including informal receptions, interactive discussions, keynote speeches, side events, good practices, and bilateral meetings.
Delegations will obtain their badges and receive all relevant information on the event.
Participants can visit several stands showing good practices from Belgium.
During the official welcome, the Skills Summit 2024 will officially start. This part of the Summit is open to a broader audience.
An event for media and participation by Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium, Mathias Cormann, OECD Secretary-General, and ministers from Belgium.
Bilateral meetings are organised by the delegations (via info@skillssummitbelgium.be). The OECD will share a full overview of the participating ministers and delegations before the Summit, and rooms can be booked at the Palais des Académies.
Participants can also visit several stands showing good practices from Belgium.
Participants are free to visit the stands of the good practices during the walking lunch.
Participants can select one out of three side events for the afternoon that will take place at different locations across Belgium near Brussels (transportation is provided).
The side events showcase good examples from various regions of the three main themes of the summit that will be discussed on day 2 of the Summit.
Bringing out the best in our talented youth: Organised by the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region and hosted by Bernard Clerfayt, Minister responsible for Employment and Vocational Training, Digital Transition, Local Authorities, and Animal Welfare. This side event is linked to the Skills Summit theme of “Enabling everyone to develop the skills for new opportunities”, and participants will visit Molengeek and Art2Work. Both are leading initiatives that provide training targeted and tailored to NEETs. Molengeek focusses on the technology sector and provides long and short-term training programmes on a range of topics, and Art2Work is a research and social innovation laboratory, that supports young people in their personal development and in building a professional project.
The dinner is for Ministers/Heads of Delegation only and a separate invitation will be sent before the summit. The dinner will be at the Palais des Académies and is hosted by Belgium.
In the opening plenary, the moderator will welcome participants and speakers who will introduce the topic of the Skills Summit 2024 and set the scene for discussions. This is a closed event for registered delegations only.
Heads of delegation will have an opportunity to make formal remarks.
In this interactive first session, the topic of discussions will be “Establishing a vision of future skills needs”. While countries are adjusting to the digital and green transitions and other megatrends, they can and should also use this opportunity to consciously shape their own future. A clear vision is needed for the skills that will be strategically important for countries to achieve future ambitions. Building bridges across government, but also with stakeholders will be essential for developing such a vision.
There will be opening presentations by:
This is followed by a plenary discussion between participants, facilitated by a moderator and guided by the following questions for discussion:
In this second session, the topic of discussions will be “Creating learning and career pathways that lead to new opportunities”. Learning across the life course will allow people to develop the skills for the future and adapt skills sets to changing jobs and more diverse career pathways. To this end, countries will need to provide youth and adults with the required up- and re-skilling opportunities to strengthen skills sets and support career transitions throughout life. Building bridges between education and work, and between government and social partners, will be key to ensure that skills are developed in line with strategic skills needs.
There will be opening presentations by:
This is followed by a plenary discussion between participants, facilitated by a moderator and guided by the following questions for discussion:
In this third session, the topic of discussions will be “Enabling everyone to develop the skills for new opportunities”. To ensure that everyone can thrive in a rapidly changing world, countries should develop inclusive skills systems that support the people most vulnerable (e.g. young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, jobseekers, workers in jobs at risk of disappearing, etc.), to adapt to changes in the world of work. To reach these people and to provide them with the required support, countries should build bridges between governments and the actors who work most directly with them.
There will be opening presentations by:
This is followed by a plenary discussion between participants, facilitated by a moderator and guided by the following questions for discussion:
In this closing plenary, Ministers and Heads of Delegation will have an opportunity to share final thoughts.
This is followed by closing remarks by:
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