| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Communication |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/13/182 (04.03.13) |
| Publication Date | 04/03/2013 |
| Content Type | News |
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On 4 March 2013, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso called on Europe's digital businesses, governments, training and education sectors to join a Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to address up to 900,000 job vacancies expected to exist in Europe in Information and Communication technologies (ICT) by 2015. Despite the current levels of unemployment, the number of digital jobs is growing by more than 100,000 per year. Yet the number of fresh ICT graduates and skilled ICT workers is not keeping up. Europe cannot afford to leave employment opportunities like this unexploited. The announcement of 4 March 2013 builds on the groundwork laid by Vice President Kroes in collecting initial pledges on new jobs, internships, training places, start-up funding, free online university courses and more from technology companies, governments, educators, social partners, employment service providers and civil society organisations at the World Economic Forum in Davos. |
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| Source Link | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-182_en.htm |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Employment and Social Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
