EUROPEAN CYBERSECURITY COMPETENCE CENTRE - Cybersecurity as a part of State of the Union 2022!

Every year in September, the President of the European Commission delivers the State of the Union address before the European Parliament. Anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, SOTEU is set out in the 2010 Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission. The speech by President von der Leyen takes stock of achievements of the past year and presents priorities for the year ahead and Commission actions to address the most pressing issues. The speech was followed by a plenary debate with members of the European Parliament.

Text: State of the Union 2022 — European Commission

date: 14/09/2022

As stated in the Commission President’s Letter of Intent to President Roberta Metsola and to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, the Commission services will work on a new Cybersecurity Skills Academy. The Academy will pool together existing initiatives at European and national levels and leverage the Digital Skills & Jobs Platform to offer additional training resources, intelligence on the skills needed and other resources on cybersecurity.

Businesses will play a key role through the Large-Scale Partnership for Digital under the Pact for skills, national actors will be mobilised via the network of national Coalitions for digital skills and other actors such ENISA would be closely associated.

You will find the whole speech on the State of the Union online.