Cooperation with the labor market

The plan wants to see an education system with a broad mandate that responds to people's long-term needs and provides broad knowledge, not an offering controlled by employers' demand. Making employers a driving force over adult education's supply and design moves the control from the collective to business, which the plan consistently opposes. The plan also values education's independence from business control.

• broad education mandatedecisive»Vi vill se en skola med ett brett uppdrag« (party programme ↗)“We want to see a school with a broad mandate”
• learning after people's needs»uppväxten och goda möjligheter till lärande genom hela livet.« (party programme ↗)“growth and good opportunities for learning throughout life.”
• education after need, not competition»Gymnasieskolan ska kunna möta alla barns behov, och inte som idag bygga på konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secondary school should be able to meet all children's needs, and not as today be built on competition.”
• education's independence»Vänsterpartiet vill värna universitetens oberoende och finansiering och höja studiestödet så att fler kan välja att vidareutbilda sig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to protect universities' independence and funding and raise student grants so that more can choose to further their education.”

The election manifesto requires a stronger link between the educational supply and society's need for personnel, and the party programme wants to see strategic cooperation between public sector, business, unions and university. Greater and more formalised influence for the labour market over adult education's supply lies in line with this. However, the plan sees the state as ultimately responsible for skills supply, which limits how far the employers' driving role can extend.

• education according to labour market needsdecisive»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.”
• cooperation on skills supply»strategisk samverkan mellan den offentliga sektorn, det privata näringslivet, de fackliga« (party programme ↗)“strategic cooperation between the public sector, the private business sector, the trade union”
• state responsibility for skills»Staten har ett ansvar för att säkra kompetensförsörjningen, inte minst i välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state has a responsibility to secure skills supply, not least in welfare.”

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 the labour market needs to become better at matching employers and workers and that the bonds between working life and education shall be strong, with qualified education in areas where there is great need for labour. That speaks to greater influence for the labour market over adult education provision. Simultaneously, the plan holds fast to the fact that knowledge has value regardless of commercial interest, which makes the support conditional and the conclusion uncertain.

• better matchingdecisive»Arbetsmarknaden behöver bli bättre på att matcha« (party programme ↗)“The labour market needs to become better at matching”
• strong bonds to working life»arbetslivet och högskolorna ska vara starka.« (party programme ↗)“working life and higher education shall be strong.”
• education according to labour needs»kvalificerade utbildningar inom områden där« (party programme ↗)“qualified education in areas where”
• education has intrinsic value»om den är av kommersiellt intresse eller inte.« (party programme ↗)“if it is of commercial interest or not.”

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 establishes that the education system in considerably greater extent shall be based on the labour market's needs, which is exactly what greater influence for employers over adult education's supply means. The plan moreover wishes education opportunities to be adapted to the labour market's conditions and that businesses get better conditions to participate in vocational training. The competence shortage among small and medium enterprises is the challenge the plan itself points out.

• education after labour market needsdecisive»Utbildningssystemet behöver i betydligt större utsträckning utgå från arbetsmarknadens behov.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The education system needs in considerably greater extent to be based on the labour market's needs.”
• adapted education opportunities»krävs bättre utbildningsmöjligheter anpassade efter den enskildes och för arbetsmarknadens förutsättningar och behov« (2022 manifesto ↗)“requires better education opportunities adapted after the individual's and the labour market's conditions and needs”
• businesses in vocational training»Gör det enklare att anställa elever i yrkesprogram som lärlingar genom att stärka ersättningen för företagens kostnader förknippade med utbildningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it easier to employ students in vocational programmes as apprentices by strengthening compensation for businesses' costs related to training.”

The plan's decisive commitment is that vocational education shall have close links to the labour market and that apprentice training where employers take major responsibility shall be a natural alternative. This carries the counter-proposal's requirement that employers become a driving force in adult education's supply and design. The plan moreover wants the labour market parties to be encouraged to invest in the individual's skills development and that adult education is flexible.

• employer responsibility in educationdecisive»Lärlingsutbildningar där arbetsgivarna tar ett stort ansvar ska vara ett naturligt alternativ för unga som vill lära sig ett yrke.« (party programme ↗)“Apprentice training where employers take major responsibility shall be a natural alternative for young people who want to learn a trade.”
• education close to labour market»Yrkesutbildningarna ska ha nära anknytning till arbetsmarknaden och stärka elevens kontakter med arbetslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Vocational education shall have close links to the labour market and strengthen the student's contacts with working life.”
• parties in skills development»Arbetsmarknadens parter ska genom skattelättnader uppmuntras att bygga upp öronmärkta medel för individens kompetensutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“The labour market parties shall through tax relief be encouraged to build up designated funds for the individual's skills development.”
• flexible adult education»Detta åstadkoms genom en väl fungerande och flexibel kommunal vuxenutbildning, kompletterande yrkesutbildningar i bristyrken samt en utbyggd yrkeshögskola med hög kvalitet.« (party programme ↗)“This is achieved through well-functioning and flexible municipal adult education, supplementary vocational training in professions with shortages and expanded vocational higher education of high quality.”

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 explicitly motivates well-developed adult education by saying it should meet the labour market's diverse and rapidly changing needs for trained workforce. The counter-proposal's requirement for greater labour market influence over supply and strengthened cooperation between schools and business follows directly from this, as does the plan's requirement for apprenticeship programmes where teaching alternates between school and workplace. The plan also particularly highlights the position of small and medium enterprises.

• training according to labour market needsdecisive»snabbt skiftande behov av utbildad arbetskraft.« (party programme ↗)“rapidly changing needs for trained workforce.”
• apprenticeship training with workplaces»Lärlingsprogram där undervisningen växelvis bedrivs på skola och« (party programme ↗)“Apprenticeship programmes where teaching is conducted alternately at school and”
• competence development throughout working life»Ett väl fungerande utbildningssystem som skapar« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning education system that creates”
• small enterprises' needs at the centre»De små och medelstora företagen, som ofta är familjeföretag« (party programme ↗)“Small and medium enterprises, which are often family businesses”

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 states that skills supply must improve and that adult and vocational training must have content that is relevant and in demand, and promises national coordination of society's needs for training places. Giving the labour market and employers greater influence over adult education supply follows from that direction. The plan also wants those who want to hire to find the right expertise within the country.

• education according to working life's needsdecisive»De gymnasiala yrkesutbildningarna och vuxenutbildningarna i Sverige måste få ett innehåll som är relevant och eftertraktat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Upper secondary vocational training and adult education in Sweden must have content that is relevant and in demand.”
• national coordination of training places»Få på plats en nationell samordning över samhällets behov av antalet utbildningsplatser för att förbättra kompetensförsörjningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Put in place national coordination of society's needs for the number of training places to improve skills supply”
• improved skills supply»Kompetensförsörjningen på svensk arbetsmarknad måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Skills supply in the Swedish labour market must improve.”
• employers shall find the right expertise»Där du som vill anställa har möjlighet att hitta rätt kompetens inom Sveriges gränser« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where you who want to hire have the opportunity to find the right expertise within Sweden's borders”

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 invest in high-quality and business-oriented education and demands that the education system to a greater extent is adapted to the needs of the labour market. Giving employers and business a greater influence over the supply and design of adult education is the practical expression of that commitment. The plan also points out that businesses are limited by inadequate skills supply, which the counter-proposal wants to address.

• business-oriented educationdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill satsa på högkvalitativ och näringslivsinriktad utbildning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to invest in high-quality and business-oriented education”
• education after labour market needs»Utbilda efter de behov som finns på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Educate according to the needs that exist in the labour market”
• adapted education system»Utbildningsväsendet och integrationsprogram måste också i högre grad anpassas efter arbetsmarknadens behov.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The education system and integration programmes must also to a greater extent be adapted to the needs of the labour market.”
• education for future needs»Den högre utbildningen ska i högre grad anpassas efter behoven på en framtida arbetsmarknad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Higher education shall to a greater extent be adapted to the needs of a future labour market.”

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.