EC launches New Skills Agenda for Europe

The recently launched Skills Agenda for Europe presents a range of challenges that the EDISON project is already addressing. We look forward to helping shape this agenda in the future and contributing to the actions where we applicable:

The new Skills Agenda for Europe launches a number of actions to ensure that the right training, the right skills and the right support is available to people in the European Union. It will aim at making better use of the skills that are available; equip people with the new skills that are needed - to help them find quality jobs and improve their life chances. The Commission invites Members States, social partners, the industry and other stakeholders to work together to:

• improve the quality and relevance of skills formation
• make skills more visible and comparable
• improve skills intelligence and information for better career choices

This is set out in the Communication: A New Skills Agenda for Europe - Working together to strengthen human capital, employability and competitiveness.

The Commission proposes 10 actions to be taken forward over the next two years. A number are announced with the adoption of the new Skills Agenda for Europe on 10 June 2016:

• A Skills Guarantee to help low-skilled adults acquire a minimum level of literacy, numeracy and digital skills and progress towards an upper secondary qualification.
• A review of the European Qualifications Framework and the related annexes for a better understanding of qualifications and to make better use of all available skills in the European labour market.
• The 'Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition' to support co-operation among education, employment and industry stakeholders.
• The 'Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills’ to improve skills intelligence and address skills shortages in specific economic sectors.

Further information: New Skills Agenda for Europe