How to ensure a skills-based future for European competitiveness
Competitiveness is a multifaceted concept and in today’s highly competitive global economy, skills are an essential component in how a country or region can become – and remain – competitive. This contribution focuses on bolstering strategies that aim to close the EU’s skills gap, with an emphasis on utilising skills intelligence, targeting adults, SMEs and […]
Shaping tomorrow’s workforce: EU policy priorities for skills
As the European Year of Skills officially concluded on 8th May 2024, skills will remain a key discussion topic over the years to come, paving the way for a ‘Decade of Skills’. This provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on the current understanding of skills and their impact on labour market dynamics and competitiveness, as […]
The New Industrial Strategy for Europe
Faced with the prospect of a long-lasting and traumatic Covid-19 pandemic, we at CEPS decided to step up our efforts to support the work of EU institutions in the development of an industrial strategy fit for a brighter future. We started to advertise an ambitious work programme in early summer 2020, and officially launched the Task […]