The forum has opened its doors with a clear appeal for the action of Mario Nava, Managing Director for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion to the European Commission. “Solid competitiveness and social rights are intrinsically linked and you cannot have one without the other. These are both sides of the same room,” said Nava. He described three main objectives: keeping job high and of good quality, strengthening the well-being of citizens and offering real opportunities to people of all ages.
Solid competitiveness and social rights are intrinsically linked and you cannot have one without the other
This feeling was resolved in a convincing conversation by the fireside with former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who brought a perspective centered on man to economic conversation. “We must invest in particular in people in this time when we go to the unknown with this technological transformation. It will be something that we have not witnessed before and the rhythm will be so fast that we should really increase our efforts on this subject. We are as strong as our weakest links,” said Marin. “This is the basic principle (de) how we have to see Europe in the future and invest in our education system,” she added.
This approach focused on people has shaped the tone for a large part of the first day, especially in a main address by Ryan Roslansky, CEO of Linkedin. Based on real -time labor market data from the vast LinkedIn user base in Europe, Roslansky stressed how digital and green transitions quickly rehapes the types of skills that employers need. He underlined the sharp increase in demand for capacity linked to artificial intelligence, the accelerated pace of change in employment requirements and the growing gap between available talents and evolving roles. He called for a change towards a more agile, inclusive approach and based on the skills of training and hiring.
From political vision to practical tools: the union of skills
Earlier in the day, the European Commission had presented the Union of Skills – a new EU strategy designed to strengthen human capital and EU competitiveness. The forum provided a timely platform for the executive vice-president of the Commission for social rights and skills, jobs and quality preparation, Roxana Mînzatu, to present the strategy in detail. The new global initiative aims to offer higher levels of basic skills, to offer adults for life opportunities to regularly learn new and additional skills, to help workers to move freely through the EU via a skills portability initiative and to attract and keep the best talents in Europe.
Mînzatu called on experts and stakeholders in the room to work together: “It is a joint effort. In each sector, in each industry, the partnership that we can build between the public sector, the education sector and the private sector is absolutely essential. ”
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