The need to develop fully integrated skills policies for education and training, employment and innovation at all levels was a dominant theme in the workshop “Skills and competence to overcome the crisis”, which Cedefop co-organised with MEP Ole Christensen on 2 March at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Besides presentations by Cedefop Director Aviana Bulgarelli and Ole Christensen, Member of the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee, the workshop featured contributions by László Andor, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs and Inclusion; Odile Quintin, Director-General for Education and Culture; Jorgen Ronnest of Business Europe; and Jozef Niemiec, Secretary of the European Trade Unions Confederation.