Innosuisse Flagship: Swiss Circular Economy of Skills and Competences
Type
applied research project
Start Date
February 1, 2022
End Date
December 31, 2025
Keywords
Circular Economy of Skills
Competence Development
Lifelong Learning
Skill Gap Reduction
Workforce Reskilling
Digital Transformation
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Education Innovation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education
Machine Learning for Skills Forecasting
Recommender Systems for Education
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Digital Learning Platforms
Skill Ontologies & Knowledge Graphs
Personalized Learning Pathways
Description
The Innosuisse Flagship Swiss Circular Economy of Skills and Competences (SCESC) aims to create a sustainable, data-driven ecosystem for lifelong learning and workforce development. By leveraging AI-driven recommender systems, skill ontologies, and digital coaching, the project facilitates personalized upskilling and reskilling for individuals, while enabling companies to address skill gaps and education providers to align training with labor market needs. This systemic innovation fosters a skills-based labor market, supports inclusive and equitable access to education, and strengthens Switzerland’s position as a leader in digital transformation and human capital investment.
Leader contributor(s)
Member contributor(s)
Bosselut, Antoine
Kraus, Katrin
Barabasch, Antje
Käser, Tanja
Christoph Negri
Partner(s)
Digital Vocational Education and Training Laboratory (D-VET), EPFL
Natural Language Processing Laboratory (UPBOSSELUT), EPFL
Institut für Angewandte Psychologie (IAP), ZHAW
Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training
Universität Zürich, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Lehrstuhl für Berufs- und Weiterbildung
Work-ID AG
swissICT
SwissBanking, Schweizerische Bankiervereinigung + Arbeitgeber Banken
SVEB (Schweizerischer Verband für Weiterbildung)
Funder
Range
HSG + other universities + partners
Principal
Innosuisse - Schweizer Agentur für Innovationsförderung
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Item type:Publication, KI-gestützte Entwicklung individueller Kompetenzportfolios: Der CareerBoost Advisor als Prototyp für die schweizerische IT-Branche(2026-06); In an increasingly fast-paced world of work, job seekers and employees are faced with the challenge of continuously reorienting themselves and further developing their skills. In this context, the publication presents a prototype application that supports professionals in the Swiss IT industry in documenting their competencies and receiving personalized further training recommendations based on this. The application is discussed in terms of how competences can be structured and made visible: In a formative trial, the competence framework model underlying the application and the approaches implemented to render competences visible proved to be practicable and useful. At the same time, the research process reveals central design questions. These relate to the suitable entry point for documenting competencies, the appropriate granularity of the competency profile displayed, and the handling of cross-professional and cross-sectoral competencies. Against this background, possibilities for further developing the application are discussed.Type:journal articleJournal:bwp@ Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik – onlineVolume:Spezial HT2025 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Brückenbau zwischen individuellen Kompetenzen, Weiterbildungsangeboten und Anforderungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt durch KI-gestützte Kompetenzportfolios in der beruflichen Weiterbildung(2025-10-15); The paper explores how AI-supported individual competence portfolios can bridge individual competences, continuing education, and labour market requirements. Addressing the challenge of divergent competence understandings, we develop a relational competence framework model that integrates labour market and education perspectives. Building on this, we designed and piloted a prototype (“Career Boost Advisor”) in the IT sector that makes individual competences visible, analyses match with job profiles and provides tailored training recommendations. Findings highlight the central role of tasks as linking elements between dispositions and competence dimensions. Framed within the concept of a “circular competence economy”, the project contributes to greater transparency, comparability, and advancement of individual competence profiles in dynamic labour and education contexts.Type:journal articleJournal:bwp@ Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik – onlineVolume:48