New “European Skills Index”
The new European Skills Index (ESI) is a composite index developed by Cedefop (the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) that measures the performance of a country’s skills system and has recently been published on the EU Skills Panorama.
With the ESI, it will be possible to have a better understanding of which policies work and which do not, and of the trends that are shaping skills systems across the European Union. Moreover, the ESI allows analysis of the skill system in three different areas :
- Skills Development: which assesses the effectiveness of compulsory and post-compulsory education.
- Skills Activation: which examines the transition from education to work and the activity rates of youngsters and adults.
- Skills Matching: which shows the extent to which skills are matched with the appropriate job.
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Cohesion Policy: report released on the Cohesion and the Regional Development Funds
Cozzolino MEP, rapporteur of the text, will present his report to the European Parliament today. The European Commission has proposed merging the two Funds into a single proposal. The EC has proposed 241 billion EUR for the next period 2021-2027. Despite a shrinking budget envelope, all regions of the Union remain eligible for the Funds. In addition, the strategic objectives (SO) remain quite thematically concentrated. Finally, the European Commission is in favour of greater synergy between the Funds and financial investments. We will follow the amendments proposed by the rapporteur.
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