In English

The Secretariat has existed since 2000 as part of the collective agreement for central government employees (app. 198.000 employees). The Ministry of Finance and the Danish Central Federation of State Employees’ Organisations renew the collective agreement every 2-3 years.

At the Secretariat, we:

• Advice government agencies and workplaces covered by the collective agreement on how to plan and implement strategic and systematic competence development.

• Financially support individual competence development for central government employees/employees covered by the collective agreement through the collective agreement for central-government employees for the period 2026-2029.

• Gather and disseminate knowledge about and experience with competence development.

We are in daily contact with employees and managers on how to apply for financial support to individual competence development. Furthermore, we give advice on how Cooperation Committees and others at the workplace plan, implement and follow up on strategic and systematic competence development.

For further information contact:

The Secretariat for Competence Development (Kompetencesekretariatet)
Kristen Bernikows Gade 4, 4. sal
1105 Copenhagen K
Denmark

Telephone: (+45) 33 18 69 69
Email: info@kompetenceudvikling.dk

Responsibilities

Under the collective agreement for central-government employees for the period 2026-2029, The Secretariat for Competence Development is responsible for:

• providing secretariat services for a newly established Steering Committee and the four Fund Groups responsible for the State Sector Competence Fund;
• managing and distributing resources as well as advising on who can apply for funding from the State Sector Competence Fund;
• advising on how to use the agreement on competence development;
• advising on how to plan effective competence development in the workplace;
• supporting knowledge-sharing across government workplaces and disseminating knowledge about effective competence development. Including collecting and communicating experiences regarding competence development in government workplaces;
• assisting with regard to administrative tasks in relation to following up on funding from the State Sector Competence Fund;
• advising the parties to the collective agreements on relevant legislation in the education area, and, on behalf of the parties, performing duties required by law, for example, within the area of trade, administration, communication and management (HAKL);
• providing secretariat services in connection with special initiatives that have been agreed within a single fund pool area or across several areas. For example, developing training programmes.