New Skills for New Jobs - registration open for Restructuring forum on 7-8 December
What skills will be needed in Europe over the next ten years? How can we prepare ourselves for tomorrow's jobs? What is the role of education and training systems? A forum dedicated to the anticipation of skills needs in different sectors of the economy and the adequate policy answers will be organised by the European Commission in co-operation with the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Committee of the Regions, in Brussels on 7 and 8 December 2009.
The objective of this forum is to present, promote and discuss the recently published 18 sector-based studies that look at emerging and future skill needs up to 2020 in a wide range of sectors including the automotive and chemical industries, financial services and telecoms. Participants will debate how the demands for competences and particular skills can be best anticipated and what role there is for employment, education and training policies in this. The main results of the 18 studies will be presented, highlighting the common challenges, the differences and the relative position of the different sectors under review in relation with competences and skills requirements.A second objective will be to launch a discussion on how to reinforce and promote stronger collaboration at European level in the field of skills anticipation and matching, focussing on the sectoral approach. There will be a focus on skills councils, including the results of a feasibility study on European sectoral councils, examples from Canada and the exploratory opinion from the EESC on European skills councils.
It will bring together all the parties involved in managing change and anticipating skills, namely representatives of the European institutions, national and regional governments, cross-industry and sectoral social partners, education and vocational providers, academic experts, promoters of good practice, chambers of commerce and industry, regional development agencies, and agencies involved in the promotion of skills development.
Registration for the event is now closed.
To know more
- European Commission: New skills for new jobs
- New Skills for New Jobs - 18 sector-based studies
