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For those of you involved in learner mobility, credential verification, and data portability and interoperability, requesting you stretch internationally and have a look at the work of a pretty important organization called The GDN Network which inspired MyCreds in Canada, My eQuals in Australia, and extension of work by people in regions like the Asia Pacific, India, Africa, Mexico, China, Europe, US and more. The social justice work of the GDN matters; frankly, it matters for learners and is worth a look!

It’s encouraging to see this. The QCTO is moving forward. Focus on TVETS can be a significant enabler in helping education hit the mark it needs to. However, the educational regulation environment is paralysing in many ways, and I can’t help wondering how suited it is to an emerging economy like ours where the crises are TODAY. Can we as a country afford a complex and cumbersome regulatory ecosystem with so much uncertainty in it? Is it scant in developmental mindset? Is it attuned to the economic realities of the people who most need it to be nimble? Many views exist. It’s encouraging the QCTO is getting behind initiatives like those in this publication. Can we hope that it signals a new urgency?

📈 Exploring the Latest Trends in the European #SearchandSelection Market: The ECSSA State of the Industry Barometer April 2024 🌐🇪🇺 The current ECSSA State of the Industry Index unveils a landscape of stability with nuanced shifts across various markets. Overall, the sentiment remains resilient, maintaining a steady stance at 89.5 points, with a marginal dip of 0.4 points compared to the previous quarter. This signals a solid start to 2024 for the #Executivesearch industry. 🎉 While Italy 🇮🇹 continues to maintain the most positive sentiment in the market despite a slight decline, Spain 🇪🇸 experienced a significant drop and now records the lowest index value. Germany 🇩🇪 also shows a downward trend. In contrast, Belgium 🇧🇪, France 🇫🇷, and Luxembourg 🇱🇺 all show improvements in their index values compared to previous quarters, although the increases are moderate. "𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺," states Valerie Schena-Ehrenberger, President of #ECSSA. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴." The ECSSA State of the Industry Index is a tool to anticipate the industry’s short-term and mid-term developments. Rooted in the German Ifo Index, it combines the perception of the current situation, as reported by executive recruitment consultants, with their estimations of the future business outlook. You can find the results of the survey on the ECSSA website: https://lnkd.in/evjqdurT 🇧🇪 Belgium: Federgon - Federgon - Network for work for work, ANN CATTELAIN 🇫🇷 France: Syntec Conseil, Grégoire BEAURAIN 🇩🇪 Germany: Bundesverband Deutscher Unternehmensberatungen (BDU) e. V., Wolfram C. Tröger, Joerg Murmann 🇮🇹 Italy: ASSOCONSULT, Valerie Schena-Ehrenberger 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: fr2s - Federation for Recruitment, Search & Selection, Jose Morente 🇪🇸 Spain: Asociación de Empresas de Búsqueda y Selección AEBYS, Ernesto Poveda

Feelings of isolation and lack of focus and motivation can impede your ability to succeed in your genealogy pursuits. To help boost your productivity, consider joining or starting an accountability group! In the latest issue of APG Quarterly, author Shannon Green shares her thoughts and advice about in-person and virtual accountability groups. Members can read this article and the rest of the December 2023 issue of APGQ by logging in at apgen.org and going to Publications> APGQ Archive.

Interesting survey from ECSSA - European Confederation of Search and Selection Associations on the state of the recruitment industry in Europe fr2s - Federation for Recruitment, Search & Selection Antal International

As mentioned before, we utilize an evidence-based framework in all of our work whether we are evaluating programs and projects, guiding teams through Evidence-Based Problem-Solving, or advising on reaching performance measures and outcomes particularly in the postsecondary access and success space. The seven phases of the framework below combined with the five sources of evidence in the middle of the circle provide a rationale and process for implementing initiatives/interventions and assessing the impact and outcomes. Check out our website for more information and explanations of each phase and source of evidence! https://lnkd.in/eseY4E7S

Save Our Sisyphus Challenge: Lessons learned from Strategus execution on the OHDSI Network #OHDSISocialShowcase #JoinTheJourney Lead: Anthony Sena Team: Jenna Reps, Chungsoo Kim, Dr John Brewster, Adam Black, Linying Zhang, Michael Cook, Phan Thanh Phuc, Scott DuVall, Marc Suchard Background: The Save Our Sisyphus (SOS) Challenge educated the #OHDSI community on the process of leading or participating in an OHDSI network study. A motivation for the SOS challenge was to test the hypothesis that with a well-defined tutorial and the support of OHDSI tools running on a standardized R environment, OHDSI members can execute network studies effectively and efficiently, and present valid results to the study coordinators. A critical step in the OHDSI network study process is the execution of analytical code against patient level data transformed to the #OMOP Common Data Model. The SOS challenge made use of the Strategus R package which aims to provide the software infrastructure for running the OHDSI HADES analytical packages. Here we share lessons learned from the network execution of the SOS Challenge across 11 OHDSI network sites and ideas for improvement of Strategus and study execution moving forward. https://lnkd.in/eHQy2Rre

AGB’s upcoming survey will ask how board professionals’ duties have changed since 2020. This AGB research blog post, in anticipation of the October 2024 launch of the newest iteration of the AGB Survey of Board Professionals, delves deeper into those previous results. Learn more: https://hubs.ly/Q02RhLgc0

Feelings of isolation and lack of focus and motivation can impede your ability to succeed in your genealogy pursuits. To help boost your productivity, consider joining or starting an accountability group! In the latest issue of APG Quarterly, author Shannon Green shares her thoughts and advice about in-person and virtual accountability groups. Members can read this article and the rest of the December 2023 issue of APGQ by logging in at apgen.org and going to Publications> APGQ Archive.

Tomorrow: Don't miss PCORI’s insightful webinar on the new Foundational Expectations for research partnerships. Discover how these guidelines can benefit your research process and foster meaningful engagement. https://pcori.me/3IEMHkg