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The true digital revolution involves occupations outside the information technology (IT) sector, and the pace of digitalisation is fastest in low-skilled jobs.

Cedefop's improved skills intelligence tool provides a wealth of high-quality data to policy-makers, facilitating optimal, evidence-based, decision-making.

Collecting data and information on labour market needs and skills trends is not sufficient to design and sustain responsive and efficient vocational education and training (VET) programmes and skills formation systems. Economies and societies need robust skill anticipation methods and trusted skills intelligence to translate data into actionable insights that support the skills revolution.

Green occupations encompass not only those powering ‘green’ technological change and infrastructure, but also those that support the shift towards new, more circular sustainable EU economies and societies.

The European Green Deal (EGD) is good news for employment in most sectors, but its benefits will not materialise automatically, Cedefop Executive Director Jürgen Siebel told the Clean Air Forum 2023.

The European Green Deal will lead to the creation of about 2.5 million additional jobs in the European Union, provided that its targets are met, and securing quality jobs and sufficient skills is pivotal to making this happen.

In an interview during their visit to Cedefop, MEPs Dennis Radtke, Loucas Fourlas and Stelios Kympouropoulos, all members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, discussed the Parliament’s efforts to assist EU Member States in helping people upskill and reskill for the digital and green transition.

European cooperation on vocational education and training (VET) is a success because the European Union has a clear vision about the future of VET, acknowledging its pivotal role in dealing with today's megatrends.

How can skills intelligence be turned into policy to tackle skill gaps in view of the green and digital transitions?

Cécile Hanoune, Head of Unit Climate Action Governance and Effort Sharing at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) and Cedefop's expert Ilias Livanos, who has been working on skills forecast and the European Skills Index, discuss on Cedefop's Skillset and match podcast.

Shifting to a circular economy and society can benefit a number of professions at all skill levels but requires extensive upskilling and reskilling – the role of ‘thyroid occupations’.