Publications
Education, training and skills
BusinessEurope recommendations for an EU Talent Pool
Key messages
In bringing forward proposals for how a talent pool could be conceived in the European context, the European Commission should aim to create a pool that member states and employers can...
Education, training and skills
Education, training and skills
Education, training and skills
Education, training and skills
EU Skills and Youth package – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Up-skilling and re-skilling is a key element of ensuring that companies have a sufficiently skilled workforce to respond to their evolving needs. This is a shared endeavour and it is i...
Education, training and skills
EU youth employment and up-skilling is essential to transform Europe
Update of EU skills agenda must support industrial change
Today, the European Commission published a communication to update the EU skills agenda and issued a draft Council recommendation on vocation...
Education, training and skills
Education, training and skills
Future of EU vocational education and training (VET) policy
Key messages
Strengthening the labour market relevance of VET is essential for helping companies to address their skills needs and in helping people to enter and progress in the work place. Promoti...
Education, training and skills
The role and importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
STEM skills are increasingly required by employers across a broad range of sectors. These skills help to foster systemic and critical thinking in a number of areas and are not confined...
Education, training and skills
Future European Social Fund – Better supporting capacity building of social partner organisations
Introduction and project aims
The aim of this project on ‘The European Social Fund: Supporting Social Dialogue at National, Regional and Local Level’ was for the European cross-indus...
Education, training and skills
Promoting social partnership in employee training – Final report
Executive summary
Facing fast-changing labour market demands, employers have a rising need for an adequately qualified workforce. In the wake of global trends like the digitalisation of the economy,...
Education, training and skills
A European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Apprenticeships can simultaneously help young people to enter and remain in the labour market and help companies to address their skills needs. Successful systems require a clear and a...
Education, training and skills
Better education and skills for a more competitive Europe
Today, education was brought back to the political agenda with the European Commission’s education package (EC press release). It includes the revision of the EU Key Competences Framework, the D...
Education, training and skills
EU employers: For better apprenticeships, better policy needed
Today the European Commission has published its proposal for a Council Recommendation on an EU Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyre...