On 1 July 2020 the European Commission adopted:
- a Communication on a "European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience"
- a Proposal for a Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET)
- a Communication and proposal for a Council Recommendation to support youth employment
The new European Skills Agenda includes 12 actions organised around four building blocks:
- A call to join forces in collective action:
- Action 1: A Pact for Skills
- A strategic set of actions to ensure that people have the right skills for jobs:
- Action 2: Strengthening skills intelligence
- Action 3: EU support for strategic national upskilling action
- Action 4: Proposal for a Council Recommendation on Vocational Education and Training for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience
- Action 5: Rolling out the European Universities Initiative and upskilling scientists
- Action 6: Skills to support the twin transitions
- Action 7: Increasing STEM graduates and fostering entrepreneurial and transversal skills
- Action 8: Skills for life
- Tools and initiatives to support people in their lifelong learning pathways:
- Action 9: Initiative on individual learning accounts
- Action 10: A European approach to micro-credentials
- Action 11: New Europass platform
- A framework to unlock investments in skills:
- Action 12: Improving the enabling framework to unlock Member States’ and private investments in skills
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