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This paper reviews trends in income inequality in the EU over the last fifteen years and presents a comprehensive framework to assess and monitor income inequalities and related key policy areas. It relies on a three-stages approach, namely considering pre-market, in-market and post-market stages in income inequality in order to present an integrated policy approach. Find out more on the portal.

For the latest ESCO update, v1.2, the European Commission's ESCO team and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) collaborated to align the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF) with the ESCO classification. For more details on how these frameworks were mapped, including the relationships between specific roles and occupations, further information is available in the documents on the portal.

In this paper, the authors propose a novel method that relies on pretrained language models (PLMs), prompt tuning with rules (PTR) , and the structured multilingual ESCO taxonomy, to efficiently and cheaply generate large amounts of labeled data for learning a variety of downstream tasks for extracting structured information from unstructured labour market data. Read more about it on the portal.

This report sheds light on how EU cohesion funds are being invested in skills to boost competitiveness and prosperity in Europe.

Read this study that maps the DigComp framework (European Digital Competence Framework for citizens) to the skills descriptors of ESCO (European Skills, Competencies, Qualifications and Occupations), the classification of skills which is used in the Skills-OVATE, the database of European online job advertisement (OJA).

Explore the different methodologies to identify green jobs in cross-country comparable data that are regularly and timely available for EU Member States and assess their usefulness for policy-relevant labour market analysis.

Find out more about the updated ESCO Skill-Occupation Matrix Tables and how you will be able to connect ISCO-08 occupation groups (rather than one single occupation) to ESCO skills hierarchical groups (rather than one single skill).

This report outlines the fund's major achievements up to the end of 2022. Notably, 7.2 million people found jobs and 10.3 million gained qualifications through ESF-funded programs, another 3 million participated in ESF-supported education.

A new analysis examines how public employment services can better support jobseekers with limited digital skills, focusing on people not in education, employment or training, as well as the long-term unemployed.

New guidelines help adapt practices at the workplace to support all employees, regardless of their abilities, fostering a more inclusive work environment.

This study has been carried out as part of the AccessibleEU project with the objective to provide an overview of the state of the art of multimodal accessibility, based on policy and legislation analysis, desk research and stakeholders involvement activities. You can download it free of charge.

This publication explores the objectives of Cohesion Policy and highlights the impactful results from the 2014-2020 funding period, showcasing projects that illustrate significant benefits at regional, national, and European levels.

Discover the results of the Year of Skills and how it has enhanced skills across the EU. Explore key achievements, events and initiatives in our journey towards greater skills development.

The PES Network just released its annual "Trends in PES: Assessment Report on PES Capacity", offering an overview of the latest developments in PES. Drawing from extensive data collected from PES Network members, the report provides insights into the landscape of employment services across 31 PES.

Telework is expected to continue growing in the EU, with up to 22% of employees working from home by 2030. The study sheds light on this trend and explores challenges and opportunities. While telework offers cost saving benefits and improves work-life balance, it requires measures to prevent overwork and protect workers’ rights.

The Temporary Protection Directive does not allow displaced people to freely seek or accept employment in another Member State, as each Member State establishes its own rules and regulations regarding the employment of third-country nationals within their borders.

This report examines strategies to help people with disabilities find work and emphasises the role of employers in providing reasonable accommodation. The goal is to create an environment where everyone can participate fully.

This report aims to promote better alignment and use of legal mechanisms to facilitate smoother cooperation in social security matters between the EU and the European Economic Area.

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