In 2002(!) the SER (a main Dutch government advisory body) called for action to promote ‘’lifelong learning’’. The Dutch politicians embraced the recommendations immediately. Fifteen years later the same SER noted little structural improvement. Lifelong learning is now called ‘’Lifelong development’’. Critics are speaking of ‘’a lifetime of chattering’’.
The need for retraining -or upskilling, reskilling, what is in a name– has remained. The OECD (and many others) expects that jobs will disa...