Skills Development and Employability in Europe: New Skills Agenda for Europe

This document summarises the presentations and discussions of the workshop on Skills development and Employability: New Skills Agenda for Europe held at the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday 8 September 2016 as a common workshop for the Employment and Social Affairs and the Culture and Education Committees.

The purpose of the workshop was to discuss selected legal acts of the Agenda and other key actions planned which are of particular relevance for the work of both Committees.

During the first part of the workshop, the European Commission gave an overview of the Skills Guarantee, the revision of the European Qualifications Framework, the upcoming proposal for a revision of the Europass Framework and elaborated on modernisation of Vocational Education and Training Systems with a view to make it more attractive.

In a second part, experts presented their assessment based upon lessons from research in these four areas to support ongoing European Parliament work on resolutions and upcoming work on the revision of the Europass Framework.

This workshop and the respective document were prepared by the Policy Department A in cooperation with Policy Department B at the request of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

ESO: Background information: Ten actions to help equip people in Europe with better skills http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-ten-actions-to-help-equip-people-in-europe-with-better-skills/

EP: EPRS: Briefing, October 2016: Skills Development and Employability: New Skills Agenda for Europe http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/587318/IPOL_BRI(2016)587318_EN.pdf

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