New skills for new jobs : anticipating and matching labour market and skills needs / European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Unit D.2 ; Directorate-General for Education and Culture.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Unit D.2.

European Commission. Directorate-General for Education and Culture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manpower policy--European Union countries.

Manpower policy.

Vocational qualifications.

Forecasting.

European Union countries.

Vocational qualifications--European Union countries--Forecasting.

Physical Description:

34 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Other Title:

New skills for new jobs : anticipating and matching labor market and skills needs

Place of Publication:

Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2009.

Summary:

This publication outlines an initial evaluation of the future needs of the EU with regard to skills and jobs up to 2020. It aims at improving our understanding of the skills challenge and the matching between workers' skills and the needs of the EU employment market. This initiative will help member states' and other bodies to evaluate, match and anticipate the skills needs of their citizens and businesses. This publication presents the full communication, together with additional information explaining the context and providing further details.--Publisher's description.

Contents:

New skills: the key to more and better jobs

A first assessment of skills and labour market needs up to 2020

Anticipating and matching: a new skills for new jobs agenda.

Notes:

"KE-81-09-570-EN-C"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789279112119

9279112112

OCLC:

328112722