EU: social partners publish recommendations to tackle skills mismatch

The news. In February, European social partners—including the European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope for employers—published around ten recommendations to “improve skills matching in Europe”. This document hinges on the results of a representative independent study conducted among their national members.

The objective. To address the imbalance between workers’ skills and corporate needs, which hampers EU competitiveness, social partners are calling for strengthened social dialogue