EMF (the employers' organisation of the metal trades in Europe) and, WEM ( national employer organisations ), tackled the problem of "skills shortages" in their industries during five meetings which were held between October 2001 and October 2002. The result of their efforts is documented in this publication. WEM and EMF see this document as a contribution for achieving the strategic goal of making the "European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion" agreed at the Lisbon Council in 2000. WEM and EMF want to pursue this problem, thus also contributing to the implementation in concrete terms certain elements of the Lisbon Strategy and the Commission's Action Plan on Skills and Mobility. A great number of findings about difficulties of the European labour markets in general and skills shortages in particular does already exist. The present contribution shows concrete way ...   read more ...

EMF (the employers' organisation of the metal trades in Europe) and, WEM ( national employer organisations ), tackled the problem of "skills shortages" in their industries during five meetings which were held between October 2001 and October 2002. The result of their efforts is documented in this publication. WEM and EMF see this document as a contribution for achieving the strategic goal of making the "European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion" agreed at the Lisbon Council in 2000. WEM and EMF want to pursue this problem, thus also contributing to the implementation in concrete terms certain elements of the Lisbon Strategy and the Commission's Action Plan on Skills and Mobility. A great number of findings about difficulties of the European labour markets in general and skills shortages in particular does already exist. The present contribution shows concrete ways focusing on one aspect, which may be of practical help to overcome the current difficulties and to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. read less ...

Skills shortages in the metal industry / WEM-EMF. 

Skills shortages in the metal industry / WEM-EMF. read less ...

© WEM/EFM 

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