European Classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

The Commission is calling for applications in order to appoint a number of observers who will participate in the works of the ESCO Member States Working Group. This call is addressed to organisations, candidate countries, EEA countries, or public entities other than Member States’ authorities. Each observer shall nominate one expert as a representative to the group.

Thanks to the collaboration with the European Training Foundation, ESCO will soon be available in Ukrainian, for free! Keep an eye on our portal as of 16th of June to get the Ukrainian translation.

ESCO implementers are crucial for keeping ESCO aligned with labour market trends. Our data science team is proposing 3 collaboration scenarios, read more below and join forces for a more integrated labour market!

The Commission is organising a webinar for the release of ESCO translations into Ukrainian, in partnership with the European Training Foundation. The event will take place on the 16th of June from 9:30 to 12:30 and will include testimonials from ESCO implementers. More details about the agenda below.

On March 14th, QQI hosted a briefing webinar on ESCO (the European Skills/Competencies, Qualifications and Occupations Initiative). The aim of the webinar was to promote awareness of ESCO and learn more about its current and potential applications in the world of education and the world of work. Over forty invited practitioners and policymakers attended.

To help Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion, the European Commission has published a Ukrainian version of the EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals. The Tool helps them map their skills and find jobs and other opportunities. It also contributes to making skills and qualifications from Ukrainians more easily recognised across the EU.

In the current job market, most jobs need some level of digital skills. In Europass, you can now test your digital skills through a set of questions based on the Digital Competence framework. When you complete the test you will get a detailed report with a description of your average level. You will also find a learning roadmap at the end of the test that will help you identify and take courses that will help you achieve specific learning goals.

The report identifies trends in free movement of workers, based on the latest available data (2020/2019). This edition also includes findings on the impact of COVID-19 on mobility and on return mobility. In 2020 13.5 million Europeans lived in another EU country, out of which about 10 million of working age. The main EU country of destination for EU movers is Germany followed by Spain, Italy and France. Romania, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Croatia and Bulgaria were the most important countries of origin of mobile workers in general and active mobile workers in particular.

Chapter 3 in this publication discusses the labour market impacts of the green transition, where the authors make the case for a more granular understanding of the impact of the green transition on labour demand and supply at the level of industries, occupations and skills to inform the evidence-based design and targeting of green apprenticeships. Find out more about how ESCO is useful in this analysis.

This report provides a global overview on how public employment services are approaching technology to improve service delivery, prior to the pandemic and when the COVID-19 crisis was in full swing. From better use of data to more effective service design and accessibility, the report explores the advantages offered by the utilization of long-tested as well as newly introduced technologies. It also analyses the barriers to the effective use of technology in service delivery.