The general objective of the project is to support the Union of Skills initiative within the framework of the Competitiveness Compass by raising awareness of the skills gap in the EU, which is due to a low supply of people with tertiary education qualifications and limited continuing training opportunities for adults. All this represents a major gap that hinders competitiveness at a time of great change.
Specific objectives:
- Identify the causes of the gap: crisis in education systems, ageing population, low levels of continuing education, insufficient mobility and working conditions;
- Promote a new mindset: vocational education and training must be valued as highly as other educational pathways, especially in view of the growing demand for technical profiles;
- Highlight the urgency of lifelong learning: currently, only 40% of European adults participate in continuing education, which is well below the 60% target set for 2030;
- Promote dialogue and the exchange of best practices between companies, education providers, trade unions and other workers’ organisations as well as other European actors;
- Stimulate joint reflection on concrete strategies to strengthen skills at EU level.
FLC (Fondazione Luigi Clerici)
Paolo Cesana
Tel.: +39 - 02 - 41 67 57
E-mail: clerici(at)clerici.lombardia.it
Languages: de, en, es, it
Project no.: 01-04-26-SE