The New Skills New Jobs initiative was launched at EU level in December 2008 to build stronger bridges between the world of education and the world of work. In spring 2009, the European Commission appointed a group of experts on training, skills and employment from around the EU to provide independent advice on the further development of the initiative in the context of the EU’s future economic reform strategy (Europe 2020).
This report, authored by the Expert Group on New Skills for New Jobs, stresses the need to provide the right incentives for people to upgrade their skills, to better link education, training and work, to develop the right mix of skills, and to better anticipate those skills needed in the future.