The Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP) set-up a broad coalition of transport stakeholders. UITP stress that public transport and active mobility must be the foundation on which to build the change we need in our urban mobility systems.
Eurocadres launched a new guide on internal whistleblowing channels that can be used by trade unions and employers Whistleblowing – best practice, guidance and training to complement the Whistleblowing Directive.
At the Tripartite Social Summit (TSS), on 20 October 2021, participants discussed "transforming Europe's recovery into long-term sustainable growth supporting more and better jobs".
On 21 October, the European Commission hosted its first technical seminar focusing on social partners’ contribution to policy making, which appertain to the sectoral social dialogue review.
On 28 September 2021, at the Social Dialogue Committee, social partners had the opportunity to discuss the future social dialogue initiative announced in the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan planned for adoption in autumn 2022 with Joost Korte, Director General of DG EMPL.
EU ministers unanimously supported the role of social partners and social dialogue, particularly in the preparation and implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council configuration (EPSCO) on 14 June 2021
All partners committed to 2030 social targets at Porto Social Summit. In his speech at the Porto Social Summit, on 7 May 2021, Commissioner Schmit highlighted the concerted, collective effort of national, regional and local authorities, of cities, of social partners and of civil society.
Dedicated hearings were organised to consult social partners on the planned initiatives:
⯈ 2021 Calls for proposals in the field of social dialogue:
Second-stage consultation of European social partners on how to address the challenges related to working conditions in platform work.
The Commission invites EU Member States and other interested parties to engage in the third phase of the pilot linking ESCO skills with qualifications learning outcomes. Stakeholders can express their interest in participating in the pilot project until 5th December 2021. For more information on the conditions and methodology, see below.
The ESCO team presented the classification to Egyptian stakeholders within the project "Towards a Holistic Approach to Labour Migration Governance and Labour Mobility in North Africa (THAMM)" in a webinar on the 15th of November 2021. Representatives from the International Organisation of Migration and Egyptian stakeholders were particularly interested in learning more about ESCO and other existing mechanisms for the assessment, certification, validation and recognition of migrants' skills and qualifications. More information is available below.
The Commission is preparing to launch a new major ESCO version at the end of 2021. The new ESCO version 1.1 will include new occupations and skills and a revised transversal skills hierarchy, reflecting emerging labour market changes due to the digital and green transition. To celebrate the launch of ESCO v1.1., the Commission is organising an online live webinar at the beginning of February 2022. More information is available below.
Are you an ESCO implementer? Do you use ESCO for job-matching, career guidance, labour market intelligence or other use case? We want to hear from you! Our evaluation survey is open until 31st of December 2021. More information is available below.
On 10 November the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) organised a live discussion titled ‘How sectoral social partners collaborate to promote and develop apprenticeships’.
Did you run a project in which ESCO occupations or skills were used for e.g. describing job vacancies or for drafting drafting VET curricula? Did you identify usability problems for end users of ESCO? The EU co-funded project, FLIP, investigates expectations and preferred search strategies of ESCO users in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) and would like to learn from similar experiences.
The European Cleaning and Facility Services Industry (EFCI) organised the EFCI's Online Week, inaugurated by Commissioner Schmit, which presented an overview of the impact of Covid-19, the sector's recovery and job creation capacity, its transition into circular economy and digitalization.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently published a study on digital learning in the region. The work is based on two virtual surveys: the first focuses on the need for learning digital and soft skills, while the second investigates the individual interest in learning about a specific topic. The surveys use the ESCO classification as the nomenclature for digital skills. The study is available in Spanish at the link below.
ESCO participated in Bruegel’s podcast episode "The skills of the future. What challenges and opportunities does technology bring to the labour market?" In this episode, the speakers discussed about the role of technological innovation in shaping the labour market. The podcast is available at the link below.
The 22nd of July 2022, the Spanish Public Employment Services (PES) representative presented the role of ESCO as a tool in building a regional qualifications framework during a videoconference organised by ILO/Cinterfor in Latin America. More than 200 participants had the opportunity to learn about how the recognition of qualifications can support the integration of national systems of education and the comparison of qualifications. The conference follows the successful conclusion of the bi-directional mapping of occupations - from the national classification (CO-SISPE) to ESCO, and vice versa.
