Speech: European skills and qualifications classification goes live

Text of a speech by László Andor, European Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at a conference launching the first version of the classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO), Brussels, 24 October 2013.

ESCO will serve as a common language facilitating cooperation and dialogue between education / training and labour market stakeholders. Operating in 25 European languages, it identifies and categorises skills, competences, qualifications and occupations in a standard way, using standard terminology in all EU languages and an open format that can be used by third parties' software. It enables users to exchange CVs and job vacancies stored in different IT systems.

ESCO has been jointly created by European and national stakeholders and the European Commission.

European Commission: ESCO - European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations https://ec.europa.eu/esco/home

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