Learn how the helpline provided mental health and social support for the most vulnerable, teaching them how to care for themselves and how to avoid feeling excluded from society.
Having the relevant skills empowers people to successfully navigate job market changes and to fully engage in society and democracy.
One of the main findings is that the majority of Europeans – almost nine in ten respondents (88%) – agree that the green transition should not leave anyone behind.
The EU Talent Pool is the new online job-search tool that will help people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine to successfully find a job in the European Union.
Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, visited Helsinki’s ‘Ohjaamo’ One-Stop Guidance Centre, launched with funding from the European Social Fund (ESF).
The consultation aims to align the legal framework on EU statistics with the European data strategy and modernise how statistics are produced. More specifically, it will tap the potential of new data sources, make the statistical system more responsive, specify new roles in emerging data ecosystems, and update the tasks of statistical authorities. The consultation is open until 25th of October 2022.
The data science team explains in a new blog post the challenges to mapping multilingual occupational classifications to ESCO, drawing on representation learning techniques to support the maintenance of the classification. Based on synergies with EURES and Europass, the ESCO team uses an unified approach for mapping multilingual occupational classifications.
The Commission has published a crosswalk between ESCO and O*NET, the Occupational Information Network, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (US DOL). The purpose of this crosswalk is to support interoperability between the two labor market standards used by numerous public and private stakeholders that provide services like job matching, upskilling and reskilling and statistical analysis of the labour market. Modern technologies like machine learning and natural language processing greatly reduce the amount of effort needed to map one classification to another and the ESCO team reveals its methodology to do this analysis and shares the results free of charge, as always!
The ESCO API will change from the current version (v1.0.9) to the most updated major version (v1.1.0) starting from 1st of January 2023. The ESCO team advises all stakeholders that use the API to make the necessary changes in their IT systems by that time. ESCO v1.09 and v1.1.1 (the latest minor version) are also available in the API by configuring correctly the parameters for the call: i.e. selectedVersion.
A new testimonial from an ESCO implementer: the Icelandic Public employment service adopts ESCO at national level in their effort to modernise the digital services offered to their customers.
ESCO v1.1.1 is the result of a data-driven quality review of the database and of the feedback provided by Member States, and is focused on two main goals: the maintenance of the ESCO skills hierarchy and the quality review of translations of occupations and skills concepts.
According to Article 19 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/589 and for the purpose of automated matching through the EURES platform, European Commission called its Member States to map their national, regional and sectoral occupational classifications (NOCs) and skills classifications (NSCs) to and from the European classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO). Currently, 21 countries have mapped their national taxonomy to ESCO and 4 have directly adopted ESCO in their system (Greece, Iceland, Finland, Ireland).
The European Commission welcomes the adoption of the Directive on adequate minimum wages by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
Persons with disabilities continue to face discrimination. The strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities can improve their lives.
The European Employment and Social Rights Forum is the new annual flagship event of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
The Commission acts to better protect people from asbestos and ensure an asbestos-free future
This toolkit provides a practical guide, with concrete examples, for how Public Employment Services (PES) can promote the participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market.
Register now for the first European Employment & Social Rights Forum on 16 and 17 November 2022, where European Commission representatives, Ministers and academics, together with policymakers and stakeholders will discuss the current societal challenges and opportunities of the green transition.
The new practitioner toolkit from the PES Network, provides practical guidance for how Public Employment Services (PES) across Europe can combat labour market discrimination against persons with disabilities and further their effective participation in the labour market.
The Commission presents a comprehensive approach to better protect people and the environment from asbestos and ensure an asbestos-free future.
