Closing the EU skills gap – Insights from the Draghi report
At a Glance
16-10-2024
The success of the green and digital transitions depends on their being conducted in a socially fair way, with attention paid to securing quality jobs and ensuring enough skilled workers are available to perform them. Given the existing shortages in terms of both occupations and skills, reskilling and upskilling of the EU labour force are vital. The start of the new legislative cycle has energised the debate on the EU approach to tackling skills gaps, and MEPs are due to debate a Commission statement on closing the skills gap during the October II session.
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- digital transformation
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- educational system
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- EU finance
- EU programme
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- fund (EU)
- green economy
- labour market
- organisation of teaching
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- professional qualifications
- social affairs
- social policy
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- technology and technical regulations