ReportCompetence Framework_DEF_19.06.2018

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. [Project Number: 2017-1-SK01-KA204-035385] 3.2.5 CONCLUSIONS As we have done with the career advisors’ profiles, we are going to make a comparative analysis of the low skilled adults’ profiles that have participate on the qualitative interviews in the four countries members of this project. In view of the information contained in the chart, the conclusions that can be drawn are the following: 1. Adult women’s participation is significantly higher than adult men’s participation. This time, given than this sample includes the information of 32 participants, we can consider this to be conclusive. In this sense, we can agree that unemployment and the lack of information is way higher among women. Women’s access to the labour market has always been more limited and discriminated for a variety of reasons, such as culture, society, family, politics o economy. The sample shows this situation sadly occurs in the four countries members of the project. 2. In relation to the average age of the participants, it is very difficult to draw a unanimous conclusion, since the information is very different in the four countries. Whilst in Slovakia the results show a relative parity, those in Cyprus, UK and Spain are remarkably different. In Cyprus, the participants’ average age is 20-30 years, while in the UK and Spain participants’ are over 40 years old. This can make us conclude that the UK and Spain’s situation is more alarming, since the target group of Low Skilled Adults includes people over 40 years old, and it is more difficult for them to access back to the labour market. This is not the case in Cyprus, because the participants’ average age proves that they are still active. The unemployment situation could be temporary, and they can access back to the labour market and/or to continue their training whenever they want. 3. The information in the last column refers to the years the participants have been unemployed. In Cyprus, the conclusions drawn from the previous paragraph are confirmed, since the period of time the participants have been unemployed does not exceed 5 years. Therefore, it is a temporary unemployment situation due to the participants’ young age. In the UK, we could say that the results are similar to Cyprus and, even though the age of the participants is higher, the unemployment situation does not exceed 5 years either. Even in Slovakia participants claim that they are not facing an excessively long unemployment situation. Spain, for its part, unemployment lasts between 5 and 10 years, and the situation affects adults over 40 years old. We could say that Spain offers a more alarming perspective for Low Skilled Adults. LOW SKILLED ADULTS Gender Average age Time unemployed Female Male 20-30 30-40 + 40 0 - 5 years 5 – 10 years + 10 years SLOVAKIA 5 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 CYPRUS 4 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 UK 3 2 1 0 4 4 1 0 SPAIN 11 6 0 3 14 8 7 2