Saturday, October 15, 2016

A new Skills Agenda for Europe (PDF)

70 million Europeans lack adequate reading and writing skills, which together with poor numeracy and digital skills increases their risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. 

At the same time, 40% of European employers have difficulty finding people with the right skills. 


The Communication tries to address these striking skills gaps and mismatches through a number of cross-cutting and cross-sectoral initiatives, involving several Commission DG's (EMPL, EAC, GROW and HOME), using the expertise of, inter alia, the OECD, and following consultation of a wide range of stakeholders and relevant expert committees. 


The Commission stressed that the new Skills Agenda was aimed at improving the quality and relevance of skills formation and skills intelligence as well as of information to allow better career choices, and at making skills and qualifications more visible and comparable. 

It is building on existing initiatives, by strengthening or streamlining them to better assist Member States in their national reforms.







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