Competence

The plan wants to make large investments in raising the quality of the education system and asserts that the transition requires knowledge-intensive work, high competence and massive investments in skills development. The counter-proposal's demands for special measures against skills shortages in systems development, AI and IT security are in that line. The party programme's criticism of a gender-divided labour market moreover supports that the skewed gender distribution shall be addressed.

• large investments in educationdecisive»Vi vill göra stora investeringar i att höja kvaliteten i utbildningssystemet.« (party programme ↗)“We want to make large investments in raising the quality of the education system.”
• investments in competence»En framgångsrik klimatomställning kräver många nya och kunskapsintensiva arbeten, hög kompetens och satsningar på utbildningsväsendet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A successful climate transition requires many new and knowledge-intensive jobs, high competence and investment in the education system.”
• skills development and transition support»för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär« (2022 manifesto ↗)“to be able to handle the new green jobs, massive investments are needed in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable societal development means”
• break gender-divided labour market»Trots det är många yrken än idag tydligt mans- eller kvinnodominerade« (party programme ↗)“Despite that, many professions are still clearly male or female-dominated”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto makes state responsibility for ensuring skills supply and demands a stronger link between the content of education and society's personnel needs. The counter-proposal's demand for special measures against skills shortages within systems development, AI and IT security is precisely an application of that commitment. The plan also wants to invest in digitalisation and education to improve skills supply. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand.

• state responsibility for skills supplydecisive»Staten har ett ansvar för att säkra kompetensförsörjningen, inte minst i välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state has a responsibility to ensure skills supply, not least in welfare.”
• education to match labour market needs»Det ska finns en starkare koppling mellan de utbildningar som erbjuds och de behov av personal som finns i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There shall be a stronger link between the education offered and the personnel needs that exist in society.”
• investment in digitalisation»Vi vill satsa på grön teknik, digitalisering och utbildning så att företagsklimatet stärks och kompetensförsörjningen förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to invest in green technology, digitalisation and education so that the business climate is strengthened and skills supply is improved.”
• investments in skills development»Det kräver stora satsningar på utbildning, forskning och kompetensutveckling« (party programme ↗)“That requires major investments in education, research and skills development”

The plan commits to future investments in education and skills provision and that vocational higher education shall provide qualified education in areas where labour demand is high, which is precisely the shortage the counter-proposal wants to address. It moreover wants to actively break gender segregation in the labour market, which supports the counter-proposal's point about skewed gender distribution. Since the plan does not mention IT or AI competence specifically, the stance is derived.

• education where the shortage isdecisive»Yrkeshögskolan ska ge möjlighet till kvalificerade utbildningar inom områden där behovet av arbetskraft är stort.« (party programme ↗)“Vocational higher education shall provide opportunities for qualified education in areas where labour demand is high.”
• investments in skills provision»För att understödja detta vill vi göra framtidsinvesteringar i utbildning, forskning, kompetensförsörjning och kommersialisering av innovationer.« (party programme ↗)“To support this we want to make future investments in education, research, skills provision and commercialisation of innovations.”
• break gender segregation»Vi måste aktivt arbeta för att människor ska välja yrken fritt oavsett könsnormer för att bryta denna segregering.« (party programme ↗)“We must actively work for people to choose professions freely regardless of gender norms to break this segregation.”
• lifelong learning»Sverige ska vara ett land där alla har möjlighet till livslångt lärande.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be a country where everyone has the opportunity for lifelong learning.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The manifesto makes poorly functioning skills supply one of the most important challenges for companies and requires better matching and an education system based on labour market needs. Skills shortages in systems development, AI and IT security are precisely such a matching problem. The plan also wants everyone to be able to educate themselves throughout their lives, which supports special efforts against shortage occupations.

• better matching and educationdecisive»Matchningen måste förbättras. Alla ska ha rätt till en effektiv matchningstjänst och det ska bli lättare att hitta medarbetare inom alla yrken. Utbildningssystemet behöver i betydligt större utsträckning utgå från arbetsmarknadens behov.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Matching must be improved. Everyone shall have the right to an effective matching service and it must become easier to find colleagues in all professions. The education system needs to a much greater extent be based on labour market needs.”
• skills supply as main challenge»En av de viktigaste utmaningarna för företagen, och för hela Sveriges ekonomi, är den dåligt fungerande kompetensförsörjningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“One of the most important challenges for companies, and for Sweden's entire economy, is poorly functioning skills supply.”
• lifelong learning»Alla som vill ska ha möjlighet att utbilda sig genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone who wants to shall have the opportunity to educate themselves throughout their lives.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that the possibility to further educate or learn a new profession in the middle of life is greatly improved and specifically points out complementary vocational education in shortage occupations and an expanded vocational university. Skill shortages in systems development, AI and IT security are precisely such a shortage, and the plan also wants gender equality to permeate education. Special efforts against the shortage thereby lie in line with the plan.

• strengthened further educationdecisive»vidareutbilda sig eller lära sig ett helt nytt yrke mitt i livet måste förbättras kraftigt.« (party programme ↗)“further educate or learn an entirely new profession in the middle of life must be greatly improved.”
• vocational education in shortage occupations»kompletterande yrkesutbildningar i bristyrken samt en utbyggd yrkeshögskola med hög kvalitet« (party programme ↗)“complementary vocational education in shortage occupations and an expanded vocational university with high quality”
• retain highly qualified labor»Kompetensutvisningarna av högkvalificerad arbetskraft måste få ett slut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Competence deportations of highly qualified labor must come to an end.”
• equal higher education»Jämställdhet mellan könen ska genomsyra verksamheten inom såväl högre utbildning« (party programme ↗)“Gender equality between sexes shall permeate operations within both higher education”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan makes a well-functioning education system with skills development throughout working life decisive for employment, wants Sweden to be among the leading in investments in research and education and for adult education to be well developed for the changing needs of the labor market. Special measures against skills shortages in IT follow from this, as does equality work in the education system.

• skills development safeguards jobsdecisive»hela yrkeslivet är av allra största vikt för att värna sysselsättningen på lång sikt.« (party programme ↗)“throughout working life is of utmost importance to safeguard employment in the long term.”
• investments in education»ligga i främsta ledet när det gäller satsningar på forskning och utbildning.« (party programme ↗)“be among the leading when it comes to investments in research and education.”
• developed adult education»Det innebär att vuxenutbildningen ska vara väl utbyggd.« (party programme ↗)“This means that adult education shall be well developed.”
• equality in education»Jämställdhetsarbetet i hela utbildningsväsendet är« (party programme ↗)“Equality work throughout the education system is”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that competence supply must become better and promises a national coordination of society's need for education places as well as shorter technical education programmes. The counter-proposal's demand for special measures against the skills shortage in systems development, AI and IT security lies within exactly this commitment. The plan however does not specifically address the digitalization area, so the position is derived.

• samordnade utbildningsplatserdecisive»Få på plats en nationell samordning över samhällets behov av antalet utbildningsplatser för att förbättra kompetensförsörjningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a national coordination of society's need for education places to improve competence supply”
• bättre kompetensförsörjning»Kompetensförsörjningen på svensk arbetsmarknad måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Competence supply on the Swedish labour market must improve.”
• korta tekniska utbildningar»Idag ställs allt högre krav på omställning inom en rad yrken, med betoning på tekniska utbildningar. Det finns därför behov av att snarast införa olika kortare utbildningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Today, ever higher demands are placed on retraining in many professions, with emphasis on technical education. There is therefore a need to soon introduce various shorter education programmes.”
• behåll utländsk spetskompetens»Sätta stopp för kompetensutvisningarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop deportations of skilled workers”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to educate according to labour market needs and work for a labour supply that better meets them, and higher education should be adapted to future labour market needs. Addressing the skill shortage in systems development, AI and IT security follows from this. The argument about skewed gender distribution does not hold, however, since the plan rejects measures aimed at equal outcomes between genders.

• education after needdecisive»Utbilda efter de behov som finns på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Educate according to labour market needs”
• matched labour supply»Verka för ett arbetskraftsutbud som bättre svarar mot behoven på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for a labour supply that better meets labour market needs”
• adapted higher education»Den högre utbildningen ska i högre grad anpassas efter behoven på en framtida arbetsmarknad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Higher education should to a greater degree be adapted to the needs of a future labour market.”
• no outcome-driven equality»Riktig jämställdhet nås inte genom att vidta politiska åtgärder för att på gruppnivå skapa samma utfall mellan män och kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“True equality is not achieved by taking political action to create the same outcome between men and women at the group level”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.