最近几十年的工业、人口和技术变化被用作预测2020年可能的主导产业和就业模式的基础。这建立了一个理想的劳动力能力概念，从而确定了满足预期需求所需的课程和教育基础设施的一些特征。

Industrial, population and technological changes over recent decades are used as a basis for projections of likely predominant industries, and employment patterns in 2020. This establishes an idea of the workforce competencies that will be desirable, and thereby some characteristics of the curricula and educational infrastructure required to satisfy the foreseen demand.