22-09-2021 | Commission Presentations on Digital Skills and Digital Volunteers Pilot Programme |
The European Commission delivered two internal presentations on Digital Skills and on the Digital Volunteers Pilot Programme at the meeting of the Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (In... |
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03-05-2021 | Digital Compass |
The Communication "2030 Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade" (Digital Compass Communication from here on) was adopted in March 2021 and aims to set the vision for Europe’s d... |
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30-04-2021 | Financing Programmes Status |
- Erasmus + The European Parliament's Culture and Education Committee is scheduled to vote on the file on 10 May 2021. - European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)The European Parliament's Employment ... |
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16-03-2021 | Pacts for Skills |
In November 2020, the European Commission launched the Pact for Skills, a shared engagement model for skills development in Europe. The Pact for Skills takes the form of a Charter, and it's key princi... |
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29-10-2020 | European Skills Agenda |
The EMPL (European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) Committee meeting of October 29 included the consideration of a question for oral ... |
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16-09-2020 | EeSA vision on the potentiality of IT certification |
In the moment where we all are thinking and speaking about restarting European economy, all steps are necessary to equip the workforce with the right instrument to face the tough challenges lying ahea... |
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23-04-2020 | EU launches new €50 million pilot to develop skills and education across Europe |
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and European Commission are launching a new pilot guarantee facility, named Skills & Education Guarantee Pilot, to improve access to finance for individuals and ... |
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07-04-2020 | Draft Conclusions on Shaping Europe's Digital Future |
The Croatian Presidency has recently sent national delegations their draft conclusions on Shaping Europe’s Future, including items on cybersecurity, data, the Digital Services Act and ... |
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01-04-2020 | The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition calls for pledges to address the surging need for digital skills and solutions in these exceptional times |
The European Commission is asking organisations across Europe to join and help provide these sorely needed digital skills by making a pledge to the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalitio... |
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27-03-2020 | Council’s draft conclusions on reskilling and upskilling |
You will find here the EU Council’s draft conclusions on ‘reskilling and upskilling as a basis for increasing sustainability and employability, in the context of suppor... |
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11-03-2020 | Skills in the SME and Industrial Strategy |
The European Commission (EC) has presented yesterday two Communications which were part of a new Industrial Strategy for a globally competitive, green and digital Europe. The first one, &ld... |
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17-01-2020 | Eurofund report on the future of work |
On 16 January, Eurofund published the report “Telework and ICT-based mobile work: Flexible working in the digital age”, which analyses the employment and working conditions of ICT-bas... |
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11-12-2019 | Finland seeks to teach 1% of Europeans basics on artificial intelligence |
Finland, which holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union until 31 December 2019, announced today in the meeting of the EU employment ministers that it aims to teach 1% o... |
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25-11-2019 | The platform economy: revolutionising the world of work |
Roberto Viola, Director General of DG Connect at the European Commission, has published a blogpost on the impact of technology in the nature of jobs. In a nutshell, he says that today’... |
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21-11-2019 | Digital Lifelong Learning |
The Centre for European Policy Studies in partnership with Growth with Google published, earlier this month, the Index of Readiness for Digital Lifelong Learning (IRDLL),... |
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12-11-2019 | Digitising European Industry |
The third edition of the Digitising European Industry Stakeholder Forum – organized by the European Commission and Spain within the context of the Digitising European Industry initiative (D... |
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29-10-2019 | Media literacy strategy to fight disinformation |
You will find here the European Commission’s new study on how improving media literacy is key to fighting disinformation in an algorithm-driven online world. The study suggests im... |
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28-10-2019 | EPRS Briefing on The Future of Work in the EU |
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has published a briefing on The Future of Work in the EU. The briefing touches upon the changes in the world of work, trends shap... |
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04-10-2019 | Infographic on the state of play of skills in the digital world |
Yesterday the European Parliament think tank published an infographic on the state of play of skills in the digital world. This document is prepared for, and addressed to, the Members and staff o... |
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24-09-2019 | The European Commission launched today a report on the impact of digitalization on the nature of jobs |
This report (“The changing nature of work and skills in the digital age”) provides new insights on the interplay between automation, jobs and work organisation and what these mea... |
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03-09-2019 | Education and Youth in the European Union - Current challenges and future prospects |
Requested by the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education, this study identifies the development of inclusive digital learning as a possible policy option to tackle curren... |
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16-07-2019 | Final report of the pilot project Digital Skills: New Professions, New Educational Methods, New jobs |
The Commission recently released the final report of the pilot project “Digital Skills: New Professions, New Educational Methods, New Jobs”, which aimed at developing blueprints for traini... |
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14-03-2019 | Teaching skills for the future |
According to the Worldwide Educating for the Future Index (WEFFI) Finland is the world leader at the provision of future skills education followed by Switzerland.Both countries excel particularly in t... |
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07-12-2018 | STOA Annual Lecture 2018 |
On December 4th the European Parliament organized the STOA (European Parliament's Science and Technology Options Assessment) Annual Lecture 2018 on ‘Quantum Technologies, artificial in... |
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07-12-2018 | Promoting the development of artificial intelligence in Europe |
On December 7th the Commission presented a coordinated plan prepared with Member States to foster the development and use of artificial intelligence in Europe. Among other actions, the EC is cons... |
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30-11-2018 | Closing the Skills Gap in Europe’s Electronics Manufacturing: How to prepare the Workforce of Tomorrow (IPC Impact Europe event) |
At this event there were 3 main speakers: Kasia Jurczak, Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen; Jean-Hugues Rodriguez, Competence & Workforce Planning Manager, HDC, Airbus; and Jo... |
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23-11-2018 | Skills For The Future: Managing Transition |
On November 21st and 22nd The European Training Foundation (ETF), the EU Agency in charge of developing training and education in the EU neighbouring countries organized the conference ‘Skills f... |
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22-10-2018 | European Commission Initiative on education and training |
The European Commission launched an initiative on validation of non-formal and informal learning (learning outside formal education institutions such as schools and universities).The aim is to help pe... |
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20-09-2018 | Commissioner Gabriel meets in Brussels with EU Code Week ambassadors |
Commissioner Gabriel met this morning in Brussels with EU Code Week ambassadors ahead of the sixth edition of the EU Code Week a yearly grassroots movement that promotes programming and wider tec... |
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17-09-2018 | Digitalisation and the women’s role in the ICT sector |
A delegation of 3 Members of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) will visit Tallinn (Estonia) on September 19-21. The aim of the mission is to know what is the role of... |
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07-09-2018 | Commissioner Mariya Gabriel's speech at the Bruegel Annual Meetings on September 4th |
One key focus of our digital strategy is on digital skills.Today, 90% of jobs require basic digital skills, but one third of the European labour force is lacking such skills. The 350,000 open vacancie... |
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03-08-2018 | European Economic and Social Committee calls for a managed digital transition |
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) calls for a digital transition based on the respect of European values. This opinion, adopted mid-July, addresses questions related to artificial inte... |
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03-08-2018 | The Austrian Presidency discussion paper on the governance of the Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Europe published on the 26th of July |
It provides a useful summary of all the different workstreams related to AI. It ranges from funding to different Commission’s work plans that have an impact on AI, to the different activities th... |
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02-07-2018 | 2018 EU Prize for Women Innovators: Commission to award four outstanding entrepreneurs |
Every year, the Commission rewards, under the EU Prize for Women Innovators, European women who successfully founded a company and brought their innovation to market. For the 2018 awards, 12 can... |
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14-06-2018 | Upskilling Europe's small businesses for the digital age |
Skills for digital marketing, social media, cybersecurity, web development and data analytics are what small and medium enterprises (SMEs) most want to improve on. These are the interim findings of a ... |
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12-06-2018 | Commission proposes funding of almost €10 billion for digital in the 2021-2027 period |
A €9.2 billion envelope to relaunch Europe in the digital race was suggested in a new proposal for post-2020 EU spending, presented on June 6th. Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for the Digital ... |
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18-05-2018 | Digital Skills for the Automotive Industry |
The Commission has committed to support the acquisition of new digital skills, retraining and reskilling of the workforce on a broad scale. As action points were put forward in both the communications... |
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14-05-2018 | Commission suggests simplifying use of .eu domain name |
On Friday 27 April, the European Commission unveiled a plan to make first level .eu domains more accessible. In practice, this first level domain name guarantees users respect of their rights und... |
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14-05-2018 | VoteWatch analyses MEPs' positions on artificial intelligence |
On May 8th, the VoteWatch organisation published an analysis of MEPs' (Members of the European Parliament) positions on artificial intelligence and robotics, in continuation of the resolutio... |
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30-04-2018 | Digital Skills for Artificial Intelligence |
On April 25th, the European Commission published a communication on artificial intelligence. Job changes due to automation are anticipated, which means workers must be upskilled to work with technolog... |
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30-04-2018 | Digital Skills to Tackling Online Disinformation |
The European Commission presented their communication on disinformation on April 26th. Its main conclusion is that the online platforms where the disinformation is easily spread, should be allowed to ... |
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25-04-2018 | Apply for one of 6000 Digital Opportunity Traineeships in cybersecurity, big data, quantum technology, machine learning or digital marketing |
Digital technologies create new opportunities for businesses and other organisations. They allow them to develop new products, reach more customers, improve efficiency and competitiveness. In fact, 90... |
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29-03-2018 | No revolution expected for European artificial intelligence strategy |
At the end of April, the European Commission will publish its strategy on artificial intelligence (AI), in view of encouraging the development of this technology, whilst ensuring that it does not lead... |
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28-03-2018 | Educational Project Updates |
We are pleased to inform you that the proposal coordinated by Politecnico di Milano, DigiMooD for CCI (Digital Module of Didatics for Cultural and Creative Industry), has been selected for the “... |
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12-03-2018 | International Women's Day and Digital Skills |
The Commission published a study entitled "Increase in gender gap in the digital sector - Study on Women in the Digital Age”. This study found that there is a growing gap between men and wo... |
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03-03-2018 | Gender equality in the EU’s digital and media sectors |
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02-02-2018 | The impact of new technologies on the labour market and the social economy |
According to the European Parliament study on the impact of new technologies on the labour market and the social economy, machines are taking over tasks as soon as they become routine, such as of... |
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20-10-2017 | The Digital Skills Gap in Europe |
Digital technologies are used in many sectors such as farming, healthcare, transport, education, retail, automatics, energy, shipping, logistics, teaching and the information and communications techno... |
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09-10-2017 | EU Code Week Begins |
Saturday marked the opening of the fifth edition of EU Code Week, which runs from 7-22 October 2017, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to take part. Schools, businesses, not-for-profits, l... |
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02-10-2017 | Launch of the Digital Skills Awards 2017 |
The European Commission has launched its second Digital Skills Award. Companies and organisations are invited to submit projects they have implemented to improve digital skills in Europe.The best 4 pr... |
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25-08-2017 | European Commission to launch Digital Opportunity Scheme |
The European Commission is planning to launch a pilot Digital Opportunity Scheme in the course of 2018. Running within the scope of the Erasmus + programme, the scheme promotes the development of digi... |
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02-08-2017 | European platform for classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications goes live |
The Commission has launched the first full version of the European classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications (ESCO). The classification is available in 26 languages (the 24... |
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27-07-2017 | Tech-resistant jobs: beyond digital skills? |
Retail, manufacturing and agriculture are three of the sectors where disruptive technologies have begun to usurp human capital. But are there sectors of our economy that technology cannot conquer? Jo... |
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26-07-2017 | Legal migration: Council agrees mandate on new rules to make the EU attractive for highly qualified workers |
On 26 July, the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) agreed on a mandate for negotiations on a draft directive covering entry and residence conditions for highly qualified workers comin... |
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12-07-2017 | New Skills Agenda for Europe - EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals |
The EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals is intended for use by any services that may be offering assistance to third country nationals and should be used in an interview situation to ge... |
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12-07-2017 | EP Committee CULT has productive dialogue with VP Andrus Ansip |
July 11 – Vice President Andrus Ansip takes part in structured dialogue with Parliamentary committee for culture and education (CULT) to discuss progress on digital strategy. A number of ... |
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07-07-2017 | European Commission releases new Creative and Cultural cities platform |
The European Commission has this week released a new tool comparing over 160 cities across and beyond the EU28 on their cultural and creative capacities. The tool compares how well cities fare on... |
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06-07-2017 | EU Code Week is celebrating its 5th birthday on 7-22 October – get ready, join in and learn how to create with code! |
Europe is skilling up in digital - the fifth edition of EU Code Week will take place 7-22 October 2017. Join the celebrations and learn how to express yourself with code. Since 2013, the Code Week ini... |
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05-07-2017 | Estonia takes over presidency, prioritises digital Europe |
Estonia has this week taken over the 6-month rolling presidency of the Council of the European Union. High in its list of priorities is the advancement of digital Europe, including the 'freedom of mov... |
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31-03-2017 | Commission announces pilot project to boost digital skills through internships |
The European Commission announced plans for a pilot project to provide working experience in the digital field for 5,000-6,000 graduate students in 2018-2020. The paid 4-5 months internships will be a... |
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08-03-2017 | EeSA becomes a member of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition |
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23-02-2017 | The European Commission Launches a Public Consultation on Competences for Lifelong Learning |
On 22 February the European Commission launched a public consultation in view to update the 2006 Recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (2006/962/EC). The review was announced in... |
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19-01-2017 | The European Commission to Improve how the European Social Fund Functions |
Several experts have looked at the way in which the European Social Fund (ESF) functioned in the 2007-2013 period, at the peak of the economic crisis. They outlined a number of ways for improving the ... |
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19-01-2017 | Over 700,000 Participants for the First Vocational Skills Week |
The first European Vocational Skills Week too place between 5 and 9 December and closed with an estimated 702,250 people taking part in more than 900 activities across Europe. More info on the even ca... |
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19-01-2017 | Unemployment Falls in the EU but Remains Stable in the Euro Area |
According to figures published by Eurostat on Monday 9 January (you can find them here), euro area unemployment remained stable at 9.8% in November 2016. It decreased by 0.1% in the EU as a whole... |
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05-01-2017 | CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ECDL FOUNDATION |
ECDL Foundation turns 20 in 2017, and they will be marking the occasion in style with some highlights from their history that celebrate the impact ECDL has had over the past two decades. Since their s... |
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28-11-2016 | 16 outstanding projects in the European Digital Skills Award 2016 final | Digital Single Market |
Sixteen projects which encourage people to develop digital skills for work, education and life in general have been selected as finalists for the Digital Skills Award 2016. The four most outstanding p... |
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28-11-2016 | Automation is not the end of the world. |
For many people worldwide, the answer is unemployment. Work is not just what allows us to sustain ourselves and our families: it expands our possibilities to be and do what we aspire to; it gives mean... |
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21-11-2016 | Youth and the Skills Agenda - A New Boost for European Jobs, Growth and Investments |
The EU is working to reduce youth unemployment and to increase the youth employment rate in line with the wider EU target of achieving a 75% employment rate for the working-age population (20-64 years... |
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21-11-2016 | The Employment Council Scrutinising the Skills Agenda and its Resources |
The new strategy for skills in Europe has been welcomed by most employment and social affairs ministers in their recent Council meeting. During a roundtable discussion on 13 October, they collectively... |
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21-11-2016 | High-Tech and Leadership Skills for Europe |
European Commission Conference | High-Tech and Leadership Skills for Europe European Conference on High-Tech and Leadership Skills will take place on 26th January 2017 in Brussels. At the conference,... |
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21-11-2016 | ICT Professionalism |
ICT Professionalism High-Level Conference 6 December | 9:30 - 16:30 Shortages, gaps and mismatches of e-Skills are negatively impacting the growth, competitiveness and drive for innovation in Europe... |
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21-11-2016 | High-Tech Leadership and Innovation Skills |
High-Tech Leadership and Innovation Skills | Estimation of Demand, Supply and Forecasting: Approach, Methodology and Results 22 November 10:00 - 17:00 New digital and key enabling technolo... |
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07-09-2016 | The Commission is launching a Call for Proposals in the field of media literacy |
DG Connect is launching a call for proposal for pilot projects. The objective of the pilot project is to develop actions aimed at increasing the critical thinking towards the media among citize... |
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10-06-2016 | Ten actions to help equip people in Europe with better skills |
adopted Skills Agenda for Europe. The aim is to ensure that people develop a broad set of skills from early on in life and to make the most of Europe’s human capital, which will ultimately ... |
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