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Union of skills
As the EU is undergoing parallel digital, green and demographic transitions and, at the same time, seeking to hold course on competitiveness, skilled people have become vital. While education and training policies are within the remit of Member States, the EU supports them with guidance, funding and coordination. The European Commission has put forward a new initiative, the Union of skills, to address the existing shortages in terms of both occupations and skills in the EU, and Ϸվ is to debate ...
Growing focus on digital skills
Digital skills and competences are key for social inclusion, well-being, active citizenship and employability, as well as the EU's productivity, competitiveness and resilience. Given the importance of such skills for society and the economy, the EU has set a series of targets for digital skills. However, recent data and trends make it clear that more needs to be done to speed up progress towards these targets. With the review of the European Commission's flagship digital education action plan ongoing ...
Implementing the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act
The EU's ability to boost its competitiveness, become a climate-neutral economy by 2050, sustain the green and digital transition and achieve strategic autonomy depends heavily on access to critical raw materials (CRMs). Key technologies, across all industries, depend on CRMs' unique physical properties. The CRM Act (CRMA), aimed at making the EU's supply of CRMs more secure, resilient and sustainable, entered into force on 23 May 2024. The CRMA lists 34 CRMs, of which 17 are considered 'strategic ...
EU trade policy implications on third countries’ domestic policies
The European Union’s policies influence third country trading partners’ domestic policy in different ways. Unilateral legislation in the green and digital fields, for example, contribute to setting global standards as traders must comply with EU requirements to access the Single market. The digital transition cooperation between Africa and the EU could lead to further regulatory convergence in the digital field. The EU's human-centric approach to digital policy, fostering consumer protection and ...
How standards support Europe's digital competitiveness
Standards are voluntary guidelines, providing technical specifications for products, processes and services. They ensure a certain level of quality, enable interoperability, boost consumer confidence and remove trade barriers. Laws may prescribe standards as a preferred or mandatory requirement for compliance. In the digital sphere, their strategic importance has made them the focus of geopolitical competition.
Résorber le déficit de compétences dans l’Union – Enseignements du rapport Draghi
Les transitions écologique et numérique doivent, pour réussir, être justes sur le plan social. Il convient notamment de garantir des emplois de qualité et de veiller à ce qu’il y ait suffisamment de travailleurs qualifiés pour les occuper. Compte tenu des pénuries existantes, du point de vue des emplois comme des compétences, la reconversion et le perfectionnement professionnels de la main-d’oeuvre de l’UE sont essentiels. Le début du nouveau cycle législatif a stimulé le débat sur la démarche adoptée ...
The crisis facing the EU's automotive industry
The EU automotive sector has a century-old tradition of producing vehicles with internal combustion engines. It enjoys a global reputation for mechanical engineering excellence, quality, design and creativity. Today, the sector is at a crossroads: the green transition, digitalisation and global competition (in particular China's emergence as a leading global auto exporter) have fundamentally altered the competitive environment. The sector must adapt its business model quickly to mitigate the risks ...
Regulation 1049/2001 on the right of access to documents, including the digital context
Upon request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs commissioned the present study on Regulation 1049/2001 on access to documents with a twofold objective. First, to update the analysis conducted in a 2016 study for the PETI Committee with the latest developments in the case law of the CJEU and the activities led by the European Ombudsman since then – in particular focussing on access to legislative documents, documents relating ...
EU competitiveness: Issues and challenges
Strengthening the European Union's economy in the face of rising global economic and political competition and managing the 'twin transitions' of the digital and green transformation is a key challenge for the 2024-2029 legislative term. This briefing highlights key aspects of the debate around strengthening the EU's economy. While the term 'EU competitiveness' is not clearly defined, there is broad agreement that it entails a range of policies focusing on, but not confined to, the EU's single market ...