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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Ensuring a sufficient number of skilled workers – E-001538/2024(ASW)

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Source: European Parliament

The Commission fully respects the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education and training systems, in line with Articles 165 and 166 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union .

The Commission actively promotes vocational education and training (VET) as an attractive choice needed for an agile labour market.

This is reflected in the Council Recommendations on VET[1] and on Europe on the Move[2], the latter setting an ambitious target for VET learner mobility.

With the European Vocational Skills Week[3] and the European Year of Skills[4] the Commission has actively promoted VET as an attractive career and learning pathway across Europe in the past years.

Through programmes like the European Social Fund Plus, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and Erasmus+, the Commission funds projects that modernise VET systems notably in view of the green and digital transitions, enhance career guidance, and foster collaboration between education providers and employers to ensure high-quality vocational training, as for example with the Erasmus+ Centres of Vocational Excellence[5].

The Commission has adopted several initiatives to facilitate the immigration of skilled workers and to make the EU more attractive for non-EU citizens, such as the Skills and Talent package[6] from 2022, the Skills and Talent Mobility package[7] from 2023, and the recently adopted Action Plan to tackle Labour and Skills Shortages[8].

Once in place, the EU Talent Pool will help employers to attract skilled third-country nationals when the talent they need cannot be found on the EU labour market.

Last updated: 3 October 2024

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