Source and data register - Future of Work and Skills

Future of Work and Skills

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Where Future of Work and Skills gets its data, on what terms, with what quality and with which known gaps.

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Publisher: The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field: Work and skills, Society and human development, Artificial intelligence

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01In brief

The short answer.

The Future of Work and Skills source register lists the datasets and records the platform draws on, such as ILOSTAT as well as OECD Employment Outlook and labour statistics, each with its producer, licence and permitted uses, quality and known gaps. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described, and data held by agreement is used under those terms and never republished.

02Geography

Connected activity in Southeast Asia.

Night-time lights and population density, the footprint of electrified, connected activity, framed on Southeast Asia; each layer is a dated NASA product.

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Connected activity

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NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Natural Earth

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Night-time lights and population density, the footprint of electrified, connected activity, framed on Southeast Asia.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Natural EarthSources and licences

We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.

Layers and dates

Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

03What is recorded

Each source carries five facts.

Origin

Who produces the data and how.

Access terms

Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.

Quality

Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.

Provenance

How the data reached the platform and what was changed.

Gaps

What is missing and how the gap is handled.

04Register

Every source the topic dossiers cite, with its terms.

Source	What it gives	Terms	Used in
Cedefop skills and training data	Vocational training and skills in Europe	Public, EU terms	Lifelong learning
Cedefop skills forecasts	Skills supply and demand projections in Europe	Public, EU terms	Institutional workforce planning
Cedefop work-based learning resources	Apprenticeship systems in Europe	Public, EU terms	Education to work transition
EU Platform Work Directive and national legislation	Rules on status and algorithmic management	Public, EU and national terms	Digital work and platforms
EU-OSHA surveys and reports	Workplace risks and management in Europe	Public, EU terms	Occupational safety
Eurostat Adult Education Survey	Participation in adult learning	Open, Eurostat reuse policy	Lifelong learning
Eurostat and national platform work surveys	Prevalence of platform work	Open, Eurostat reuse policy	Digital work and platforms
Eurostat enterprise AI and robot use statistics	Adoption by firms	Open, Eurostat reuse policy	Automation and jobs
Eurostat labour force survey	Employment by sector, occupation and contract type	Open, Eurostat reuse policy	Labour market change
Fairwork project ratings and reports	Assessments of platform working conditions against principles	Public, terms to check	Digital work and platforms
Graduate tracer studies from universities and ministries	Employment of graduates	Licence per publisher	Education to work transition
ILO global studies on generative AI exposure	Occupational exposure estimates by country and gender	Public, ILO terms	Automation and jobs
ILO report on heat stress and labour productivity	Estimates of working hours lost to heat	Public, ILO terms	Occupational safety
ILO school-to-work transition surveys	Transitions of young people into work	Public, ILO terms	Education to work transition
ILO World Employment and Social Outlook on digital labour platforms	Global analysis of platform work	Public, ILO terms	Digital work and platforms
ILO World Social Protection Report and data	Coverage and spending by function and country	Open, CC BY 4.0	Work and social protection
ILOSTAT	Employment, unemployment, underutilisation and wages	Open, CC BY 4.0	Labour market change
ILOSTAT occupational safety and health statistics	Injuries and inspection	Open, CC BY 4.0	Occupational safety
ILOSTAT youth labour market indicators	NEET, unemployment and informality	Open, CC BY 4.0	Education to work transition
ISSA social security country profiles	Social security programmes worldwide	Public, ISSA terms (to check)	Work and social protection
National labour force surveys	Employment structure	Licence per statistics office	Labour market change
National occupational injury and illness surveys	Injury and illness counts	Public records, licence per government	Occupational safety
National qualification framework registers	Recognised qualifications	Public records, licence per authority	Lifelong learning
National social security administrative data	Beneficiaries and payments	Licence per institution	Work and social protection
O*NET occupational task database	Task content of occupations used in exposure studies	Open, CC BY 4.0	Automation and jobs
OECD Education at a Glance	Education and labour market outcomes	Public, OECD terms	Education to work transition
OECD Employment Outlook and labour statistics	Labour market trends and policy analysis	Public, OECD terms	Labour market change
OECD studies on automation and AI in the labour market	Evidence on exposure and adoption	Public, OECD terms	Automation and jobs
OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)	Adult literacy, numeracy and problem-solving	Public results, OECD terms	Lifelong learning
OECD tax-benefit models and labour market programme data	Benefit adequacy and programme spending	Public, OECD terms	Work and social protection
Online job posting data summaries	Demand by occupation and skill	Commercial; public summaries (to check)	Labour market change
Online Labour Index (Oxford Internet Institute)	Online freelance labour activity	Open, licence to check	Digital work and platforms
Public service workforce statistics	Size, age and turnover of public workforces	Public records, licence per government	Institutional workforce planning
UNESCO data on teachers	Teacher numbers and qualifications	Open, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO	Institutional workforce planning
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Global Report on Adult Learning and Education	Global adult learning policy and participation	Public, UNESCO terms	Lifelong learning
US Bureau of Labor Statistics Displaced Worker Survey	Outcomes of displaced workers	Public domain, US government	Automation and jobs
WHO and ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury	Deaths and disability from occupational risk factors	Public, WHO and ILO terms	Occupational safety
WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel reporting	Ethical recruitment and migration data	Public, WHO terms of use	Institutional workforce planning
WHO National Health Workforce Accounts	Health workforce stock and flows	Open, WHO terms of use	Institutional workforce planning
World Bank ASPIRE database	Social protection and labour programme data	Open, CC BY 4.0	Work and social protection

05Known gaps

Where the work and skills data record is thin.

Task-level data outside high-income countries.
Informal employment data.
Data on training outcomes.
Platform work data.

06Status

How the register grows.

Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.

07Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

Term	Definition
Provenance	Information about the entities, activities and people involved in producing a record, used to judge its quality and reliability, in the W3C PROV model.
FAIR principles	Guiding principles that make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable by people and machines.
Open licence	A licence that allows anyone to access, reuse and redistribute data, sometimes with attribution.
Data lineage	The traceable path of data from its origin through each transformation to its current form.

08Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

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