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We have more exciting events on the way. On 24-25 November AccessibleEU will celebrate 4 years of successful activity. More information is coming soon. Save the date!
The online course Accessible Technology Design - Advanced is aimed at professionals who want to deepen their expertise in digital accessibility and accessible ICT design. It opens on 14 September and closes on 10 December 2026.
EfVET's annual conference will focus on the role of vocational education and training (VET) in equipping learners not only with professional competences, but also with the values, agency and resilience needed to act as active global citizens.
The seminar aims to strengthen knowledge on how robust methods and high-quality data can improve understanding of adult learning systems. It will support exchange between data producers, researchers and policymakers, and contribute to building a stronger evidence base for policy development, resource allocation and system responsiveness.
Meeting of Advisers for European PES Affairs
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.
Technology alone isn't enough, the people behind it matter too. This study explores the human factors that enable the sustainable implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) across Europe. Using ESCO as a reference framework, the researchers identified the occupations and skills required to support IoT and Smart City ecosystems. By mapping relevant ESCO occupations and competencies, the study provides valuable insights into workforce needs, training priorities and the professional profiles essential for Europe's digital and sustainable future.
This study demonstrates how ESCO helped bridge Smart City workforce requirements with the European labour market. Within the SMACITE project, ESCO was used to define standardised professional profiles (including the Smart City Engineer and Smart City Technician) compare them with existing occupations, identify skill gaps and support the development of targeted training pathways. The research showcases ESCO's value in evidence-based workforce planning and in designing future-oriented professional profiles that support Europe's digital and green transitions.
A new publication from the Agence pour le développement de l'emploi (ADEM) and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) examines how skill classifiers based on ESCO can be effectively evaluated when applied to online job advertisements, an increasingly important source of labour market intelligence. The paper addresses two key challenges in evaluating ESCO-based classifiers: the large scale of the ESCO taxonomy and the imbalance in skills data. To tackle these challenges, the authors propose a methodology combining stratified and clustered sampling, expert annotation and bootstrapping. The findings suggest that the main limitation of current skill classifiers lies in incomplete detection of relevant skills (false negatives), rather than incorrect predictions. The study also shows that text-matching approaches perform competitively compared with large language models, while different classifiers often identify complementary sets of skills. The publication offers valuable insights for researchers, developers and practitioners working with ESCO and contributes to ongoing efforts to improve AI-supported skills extraction and labour market intelligence.
