In a press release issued the 5th of this March, the European Commission is announcing a set of important innovative measures to open up more opportunities for workers and businesses.
Amongst these measures are:
- A Skills Portability Initiative aiming to make it easier to recognise and accept skills and qualifications across the EU, independently of where they were acquired. The initiative will promote the use of digital credentials.
- A new European Skills High-Level Board, in order to bring together education and training providers, business leaders and social partners to provide comprehensive insights on skills to the EU policy makers. The Board will ensure a coordinated vision and the identification of the bold action necessary to strengthen our human capital.
- A new EU-27 Recommendation on education and skills, because human capital, education and skills are a core matter for ensuring European competitiveness, the Commission intends to introduce in the European Semester cycle, to guide the Member States and relevant actors.
- A Skills Guarantee pilot. This scheme will offer workers involved in restructuring processes, or at risk of unemployment, the opportunity to develop further their careers in another company or another sector.
At the same time the Commission points out that the EU will streamline and reinforce the EU Skills Academies that deliver the skills needed by businesses for the green transition and the Clean Industrial Deal.
These evolutions announce a new vision for the EU economy with emphasis on the importance of skill-oriented professionals. EurEta Board is going to discuss the optimal ways to enrich these policies with proposals coming out of our experience on the field.