The importance of training is stressed by a growing gap between existing competences and skills and
those competences and skills that are required to meet future challenges and ensure a successful
modernisation of official statistics. A framework of skills/capabilities begins with a gap analysis and a
description of how to close the gap. Lack of resources is a major barrier.
To stay updated competences of employees need to be assessed and trained regularly. This is
sometimes referred to as competence management, other times as development plans. The key issue is
that the management regularly assess the skills and knowledge of the employees in a systematic way
and follow-up on this.