The European Skills Agenda is a five-year plan to help individuals and businesses develop more and better skills and to put them to use, by:
- strengthening sustainable competitiveness, as set out in the European Green Deal
- ensuring social fairness, putting into practice the first principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights: access to education, training and lifelong learning for everybody, everywhere in the EU
- building resilience to react to crises, based on the lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic
The rapid shift towards a climate-neutral Europe and digital transformation is changing the way we work, learn, take part in society and lead our everyday lives. Europe can only grasp these opportunities if its people develop the right skills.
The Covid 19 pandemic has also had a profound impact on millions of people in the EU have lost their job or experienced significant income loss. Many will need to acquire new skills and move to new jobs in a different sector of economy. More will need to upskill to keep their job in a new work environment. For young people, entry in the labour market could be very challenging.
The new European Skills Agenda builds upon the ten actions of the Commission’s 2016 Skills Agenda. It also links to the
- European Digital Strategy
- Industrial and Small and Medium Enterprise Strategy
- Recovery Plan for Europe
- increased support for youth employment
Resource available: European Skills Agenda