The appointment and functioning of a Sectoral Council for Competencies in the Finance Sector
The education system in Poland is at times not suited to the needs of the economic system. Entrepreneurs need appropriately qualified employees to ensure the development of their companies. The competencies of people taking up employment or already employed are, however, often incomplete or turn out to be inadequate.
The requirements of the market in terms of finance are constantly changing, and for both systems – educational and economic – to function together effectively, it is necessary for the changes mentioned to be managed comprehensively and the collaboration of the parties involved to be strengthened.
The Sectoral Council for Competencies in the Finance Sector was founded in response to this challenge – a kind of go-between whose aim is to better support the development of competencies desired by the finance sector, so that qualifications gained at school and in higher education, on courses and trainings, match the actual needs of employers.
The Council functions as a forum connecting economic and educational circles with employers. It indicates trends taking place, for example it provides information about the current demand for competencies, initiates collaboration between interested parties, recommends solutions, coordinates agreements, determines research fields, initiates new standards taking into account regulatory, technological and demographic changes.
All this takes into consideration employees in the most difficult situation on the labour market – the over 50s, people with disabilities, employees from abroad and those with few qualifications.
The Council uses its actions to help protect consumers of financial services. It contributes to a strengthening of security of financial turnover, and an increase in the competitiveness of Polish financiers on the domestic and European markets.
Mariola Szymańska, Animator at SRK SF: ”Nowadays, customers of the finance sector need specific support to safeguard their finances for many valuable life goals. For the financial community to meet this challenge, cooperation is necessary in order for employees in the sector to have the appropriate competencies, and citizens to be financially educated. This is the strategic aim of the Sectoral Council for Competencies in the Finance Sector.”
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