Cedefop - European Centre for the | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Europe must focus more on skills than ever before. Skills to adapt and to shape the jobs of tomorrow are essential for Europe's citizens and businesses to speed up economic recovery. Equally, adequate skills are needed to respond to long-term challenges - to compete in the global market, sustain innovation in ageing societies and address climate change. But will the skills that Europe's citizens have match those needed? Cedefop's new skill demand and supply forecast up to 2020 sets the scene for anticipating future trends. The aim of this report is to provide policy-makers, employers, skills providers, employment services and individual learners with better information to make more informed decisions. Europe is on its way to an economy where services and knowledge- and skill-intensive occupations will prevail.