European societies and economies are experiencing significant digital and technological innovations as well as labour market and demographic changes. Many of today's jobs did not exist a decade ago and many new forms of employment will be created in the future. In the 'White Paper on the Future of Europe' the Commission highlights that it "is likely that most children entering primary school today will end up working in new job types that do not yet exist" and that coping with this "will require a massive investment in skills and a major rethink of education and lifelong learning systems".
Education and training are part of the solution to get more people into decent jobs, respond better to the skills the economy needs and strengthen Europe's resilience. With rapid technological progress and related changes in job profiles and requirements, lifelong learning needs to build on strong collaboration and synergies between industry, education, training and learning settings. At the same ti ...   read more ...

European societies and economies are experiencing significant digital and technological innovations as well as labour market and demographic changes. Many of today's jobs did not exist a decade ago and many new forms of employment will be created in the future. In the 'White Paper on the Future of Europe' the Commission highlights that it "is likely that most children entering primary school today will end up working in new job types that do not yet exist" and that coping with this "will require a massive investment in skills and a major rethink of education and lifelong learning systems".
Education and training are part of the solution to get more people into decent jobs, respond better to the skills the economy needs and strengthen Europe's resilience. With rapid technological progress and related changes in job profiles and requirements, lifelong learning needs to build on strong collaboration and synergies between industry, education, training and learning settings. At the same time, education and training systems need to adapt to this reality. In particular, it appears no longer sufficient to equip young people with a fixed set of skills or knowledge; they need to develop resilience, a broad set of competences, and the ability to adapt to change. As such, the need for and value of a lifelong learning perspective, where people acquire new and more relevant competences throughout their lives, is more evident than ever.
In the declaration of Rome of 25 March 2017, the leaders of 27 Member States and of the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission pledge to working towards a Union "where young people receive the best education and training and can study and find jobs across the continent". read less ...

Proposal for a Council Recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (Text with EEA relevance) 

Proposal for a Council Recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (Text with EEA relevance) read less ...

Council Recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning 

Council Recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning read less ...

COM(2018) 24 final
2018/0008 (NLE)
Text with EEA relevance 

COM(2018) 24 final
2018/0008 (NLE)
Text with EEA relevance read less ...

Vocational Education andTraining (VET); Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); Reference Framework 

Vocational Education andTraining (VET); Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); Reference Framework read less ...