Skills for Employability

Did you know?

• Over 40% of Europeans have no basic ICT skills, and 17 million Europeans are unemployed
• The European IT industry employs 7.8 million people and is project toa dd antoher million jobs by 2011
• By 2010, the whole ICT sector in the EU expects a shortage of 300,00 of qualified staff

The European Alliance on Skills for Employability

To enhance access to employment and to raise productivity, the EU needs greater and more effective investment in human capital and lifelong learning. Partnerships between businesses and stakeholders to raise employability skills is key to success.

Microsoft, Cisco, State Street and Randstad have teamed up with Exin and Comptia to build the foundations of employability through a network based on a "value chain" approach in which each partner brings its core competencies. Activities are run at the national level under the leadership of a European Steering Group. To date the Alliance has established seven national projects in Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and Hungary, respectively.

The network model covers four key activities:

• Increase the skill level of Europeans in the areas of information technology, technical ability and other modern employability-related skills
• Help develop curricula so that the process of skill creation becomes long-term and sustainable
• Support people in finding appropriate jobs, and in preparing for job placements
• Offer mentoring programmes, to help the transference of skills

Get Equipped

Leaflet: New Skills for New Jobs in Europe (PDF)

The leaflet gives an overview of how the Employability Alliance supports the EU Growth & Jobs Strategy by working in partnership to help bring information and communication technology skills, competencies, skills training and job placement to 20 million people across Europe by 2010.

Brochure: New Skills for New Jobs in Europe (PDF)

The brochure presents the objectives and the "Employability Pathway" model developed by the partners of the Alliance. It also describes the Alliance's current initiatives in Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Luxembourg and France, the European Union Grants Advisor initiative, as well as upcoming Alliance chapters.

See More . . .

• Read more on the offical home page of The European Alliance on Skills for Employability
• Over 100 company solutions on Skills & Competence Building in our CSR solutions database

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