Pact for Skills – FIEC meets Commissioners Breton and Schmit during construction roundtable
On Friday 27th November, FIEC Vice-Presidents Joël Schons and Piero Petrucco met Commissioner Breton (Industry and Internal Market) and Commissioner Schmit (Social Affairs) during a construction roundtable aimed at addressing the EU Pact for Skills.
The proposed Pact for Skills aims to re-skill and up-skill the workforce in the areas of digitalisation and sustainability.
On this occasion, the participants highlighted the challenges and opportunities that the green and digital transitions represent for the construction workforce. In particular, the EU Green Deal and the Renovation Wave were highlighted as important opportunities for the construction sector.
FIEC representatives focused on the specific problem of the lack of mutual recognition of qualifications amongst EU Member States, as well as on the possible qualitative commitments that the industry is ready to make in the framework of the Pact for Skills.
The two Commissioners invited the participants to stay in close contact to continue discussing future developments.
The proposed Pact for Skills aims to re-skill and up-skill the workforce in the areas of digitalisation and sustainability.
On this occasion, the participants highlighted the challenges and opportunities that the green and digital transitions represent for the construction workforce. In particular, the EU Green Deal and the Renovation Wave were highlighted as important opportunities for the construction sector.
FIEC representatives focused on the specific problem of the lack of mutual recognition of qualifications amongst EU Member States, as well as on the possible qualitative commitments that the industry is ready to make in the framework of the Pact for Skills.
The two Commissioners invited the participants to stay in close contact to continue discussing future developments.
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Recovery through public procurement
On 25th November the Council of the EU adopted conclusions concerning measures to be taken by the European Commission and the Member States to revive the EU economy through public procurement. These measures include amongst others the timely conduct of procurement procedures and the reduction of bureaucracy. The Council also calls on the European Commission to come up with guidance on sustainable procurement and clarification regarding accelerated procedures.
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Data Governance Act proposal
Last week, the Commission published its proposal for a Regulation on European data governance. This follows “A European strategy for data” – COM(2020) 66 final, which was published in February. The Data Governance Act addresses the issue of the availability of data to those users who need it and tackles the question of how to increase trust in data intermediaries. It also considers how to strengthen data-sharing mechanisms across the EU. Further information can be found by following the link below.
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