Nordic-Baltic PIAAC network

 

PIAAC - Competence and Skills

Contact

Lotta Larsson
E-mail: lotta.larsson@scb.se

About the network

The objective of the network is to increase awareness of results from the survey. It aims at promoting efficiency of labour market and educational policies in the Nordic and Baltic countries by providing analyses based on the PIAAC data. Moreover, the network aims at increasing the use of combined PIAAC and register data and to facilitate access to data for research purposes.

News

Start of the field phase for the PIAAC main study

Start of the field phase for the PIAAC main study

The Nordic and Baltic countries started the data collection for the main study of PIAAC in the autumn of 2022. In the main survey, each country is required to collect at least 4 000 interviews in the period between August 2022 and April 2023. The actual number of...

The network’s planned activities

The network’s planned activities

The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a survey measuring skills in literacy, numeracy and problem solving among the adult population. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Latvia form the Nordic-Baltic PIAAC network....

PIAAC Field Test successfully conducted

PIAAC Field Test successfully conducted

In the spring and autumn of 2021, the Nordic and Baltic countries collected first data and conducted the PIAAC Field Trial. Read more about the Field Trial and find more information about further work with PIAAC here.

Publications

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 3

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 3

In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 2

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 2

In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 1

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 1

In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.

Project Timeline

January

2018

Platform and instrument development

March

2019

Preparation of Field Trial Materials and Procedures

April

2021

Field Trial

September

2021

Field Trial Analysis

November

2021

Preparation of Main Study Materials and Procedures

September

2022

Main Study Data Collection

April

2023

Main Study Analysis and Report Preparation

October

2024

Data Products and Databases.
Final Report Released