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The 20th Cedefop Brussels seminar, organised by Cedefop in collaboration with the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will take place 2 June. These research-driven seminars, held in cooperation with the rotating EU Council Presidencies, build on Cedefop’s research and address issues relevant to European debates on education, training, and employment. This year, the Seminar will be the stage to unveil the details of the 2026 European Skills and VET Week. Click in the contact below if you wish to be invited.

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The latest episode of PESPod, the podcast of the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES Network), explores how PES are helping jobseekers and employers prepare for the skills needed in tomorrow’s labour market.

Meeting of Advisers for European PES Affairs

PES Network Board Meeting

PES Board Meeting under Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union

ProFem 2.0, a centre for survivors of domestic and sexual violence from Czechia, is the winner of the 2023 REGIOSTARS award for the category ‘A social and inclusive Europe’. A total of seven EU-funded projects received REGIOSTAR awards, a label of excellence recognising their innovative, inclusive, and inspiring approaches to regional and social development.

This study demonstrates how ESCO can be used to enrich the European e-Competence Framework by linking it to a broader set of skills and knowledge concepts. Using semantic technologies and text mining, the authors enhance the practical usability of competence frameworks for education and labour market applications.

This paper combines text mining techniques with ESCO to extract and standardise skills from EU policy documents. By building a network of co-occurring skills, the study identifies key competences and clusters emerging across policies, providing valuable insights for education and training design.

This research explores how digital and green skills intersect within Europe’s workforce. Using ESCO’s taxonomy of green skills, the study identifies how sustainability-related competences are distributed across AI professionals. It highlights skill gaps and geographical concentrations, underlining the need for targeted training and workforce planning.