This article expands knowledge on the (inter)sectoral dimension of industrial relations, specifically how sectoral differences in product market competition, scope and mobility have shaped organized actors’ regulative responses to the rising cross-border labour and services mobility in the post-2004 EU/EEA Single Market.

We compare how organized employers and labour in the (non-tradeable) construction sector and the (tradeable) shipbuilding sector approached the extension of collective agreements and navigated EU posting rules in wake of the 2004 enlargement.

Showing how organized employer interests in tradeable and non-tradeable sectors are oppositely affected by enhanced cross-border mobility, competition and national re-regulation of migrant workers’ rights, we explain why shipbuilding employers acted as antagonists while organized construction employers in alliance with their union counterparts served as protagonists in the strife over extension.

Evalueringen viser at myndighetene i stor grad har lykkes med å bygge en varig og forutsigbar infrastruktur for kompetanseutvikling i både skolen og fag- og yrkesopplæringen.

Samtidig avdekker rapporten store lokale forskjeller i hvordan partnerskapene med UH-sektoren fungerer.

Videre kan begrenset kapasitet i små kommuner påvirke skoleeiers mulighet til å ta initiativ til og gjennomføre kompetanse- og kvalitetsutvikling.