Over €7.5 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund will provide career counselling, training, and start-up support to 3400 dismissed Audi workers and 834 workers from Audi’s suppliers.
An EU-funded Housing First project in Brno is providing immediate access to social housing, helping vulnerable people rebuild their lives.
The European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) mid-term evaluation confirms steady progress in supporting jobs, skills development, and social inclusion across the EU between 2021 and 2024.
On 3 and 4 March 2026, the annual European Employment and Social Rights Forum will bring together policymakers, business leaders, academics, and civil society to discuss Europe’s top social and employment challenges and solutions.
This event will address the need to support adult learners to upskill and reskill through apprenticeships in Europe’s ever-evolving labour market, in response to demographic shifts and the twin green and digital transitions.
ESCO participated in a National Europass Centres (NEC) webinar organised by Europass, which focused on collaboration and synergies between Europass and related initiatives, including EURAXESS and ESCO. During the session, the ESCO team delivered a presentation on the current status of ESCO and demonstrated how ESCO is practically used within Europass, contributing to the discussion on strengthening interoperability and cooperation between EU tools and services.
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.
A new Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy report presents practical policy pointers to help bridge the gap between young people’s strong interest in entrepreneurship and the low number of successful start-ups.
This external research explores how artificial intelligence is transforming service delivery in public employment services from job matching and career guidance to labour market intelligence. The study highlights how integrating ESCO strengthens AI-driven tools, improving precision, interoperability, and comparability across systems and enabling more targeted support for jobseekers and employers. Find out more in the link below.
This external quantitative study analyses over 600,000 tweets to uncover how generative AI is reshaping human skills. By mapping real user requests to the ESCO taxonomy, the research provides the first large-scale evidence of how ChatGPT interacts with established labour-market competences highlighting strong links to content creation and problem-solving. Find out more in the link below.
