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Establishing a credible institutional mechanism for skills planning in South Africa

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Labour Market Intelligence research programme

The Labour Market Intelligence research programme is a flagship intervention of the Department of Higher Education and Training to ensure the Post-School Education and Training (PSET) system is responsive to the needs of the labour market.
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Labour Market Intelligence Research

Through the [LMI] programme, the Department monitors the imbalances between the demand for and the supply of skills, with a view to being as responsive to the needs of the labour market as possible.

– Mr Gwebinkundla Fellix QONDE,
Director-General, Department of Higher Education and Training

Key objectives
of the LMI Research Programme

There is a need for the consistent and reliable production, analysis and dissemination of national- and sector-level labour market information on which to make informed decisions and base planning to ensure that the skills available in the country are aligned with the needs of the economy and society.

This research programme aims to build a labour market intelligence knowledge platform that incorporates existing and emerging knowledge in the field. Through this, the programme will identify knowledge gaps and support research efforts aimed at addressing them. It is envisaged that this platform will inform and support policy and planning across the government to build the skills that are required to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth in South Africa.

The LMI is an applied research project, focusing on five key objectives:

Objective 1

Gathering, analysing and interpreting labour market data in light of government objectives to generate labour market intelligence.

Objective 2

Ensuring that skills planning is aligned and integrated with economic planning, with the objective to create a skilled, capable and transformed workforce in South Africa.

Objective 3

Facilitating research capacity development in the fields of labour markets and skills planning, building a community of researchers in institutions around the country that are equipped to provide valuable contributions to the policy and planning processes.

Objective 4

Developing institutional capacity, contributing towards a comprehensive data system and strategic framework that allows for the gathering, analysis and interpretation of labour market data and skills information with a view to informing and aligning skills and economic policy and planning.

Objective 5

Promoting the use of labour market intelligence for skills planning through the dissemination of research and knowledge to stakeholders in government, the private sector, and civil society.

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Interested in South African Skills Development Issues?

Visit the LMI repository to access programme outputs and products including research and technical reports, working papers and policy briefs, conceptual frameworks, booklets, and infographics and data visualisations.

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