In an increasingly digital world, new and different skills and competencies are needed; labour and occupations are fundamentally changing. Likewise, vocational education and training will change as a...
In the third quarter of 2018, there were around 6.9 million people unemployment for more than a year in the EU, of whom 4.3 million were unemployed for more than two years. EUROCITIES as a member of...
On 29 March 2019, two Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy Partners from Rotterdam (Hans Verdonk) and Berlin (Karin Reichert) delivered an outreach presentation during the Economic Development Forum...
On 13 and 14 December 2018, the 6th meeting of the Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy Partnership took place in Berlin, Germany. Following the agreement over the Partnership’s Action Plan at...
Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy is also one of the priority themes of Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) . The programme MARES de Madrid is in the scope of this priority theme. During EU Green Week...
The online Public Feedback of the Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy Partnership kicks off today, on 25 July 2018. The Public Feedback represents a unique opportunity for stakeholders to contribute...
Hans Verdonk is the Co-coordinator of the Partnership on Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy (together with the city of Jelgava and Romania) and the EU representative for the city of Rotterdam...
The Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy Partnership Coordinators met yesterday in Porto, Portugal. The meeting hosted by the Porto City Council served as an important point in the Partnership's work...
The local framework is key when it comes to fostering jobs and skill in the local economy; however, it has some limits. Policy-makers must bear in mind both assets and limits if they want to carry...
The fourth meeting of the Partnership on Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy (8 February 2018, Jelgava) focused on the composition of the draft Action Plan . The partners agreed on some key themes...
The Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy Partnership is one of the pilot Partnerships of the Urban Agenda for the EU. The Partnership is currently developing an Action Plan addressing better funding...
While the Public Feedback on the four pilot Urban Agenda Partnerships is up and running, the Partnerships launched during the Slovak EU Presidency (July-December 2016) are starting to identify...
The kick-off meeting of the Partnership Jobs and Skills in the Local Economy took place on 22 February 2017 in Brussels. The Coordinators presented the Draft Orientation Paper and a work plan was...
