The Workshop focuses on the Dual Transition, its implications for skills formation, and the challenges that institutions - across both the labour market and education sectors - need to address. We are pleased to confirm the participation of representatives from the Ministry of Labour, as well as the active involvement of institutes representing social partners […]
Skills shortages and emerging skills are central to today’s labour-market debates, yet the evidence behind these claims is often complex, fragmented, and interpreted in different ways. This informal networking event invites social partners to step back from solutions and reflect on how skills intelligence is understood, trusted, and used in practice. Points for discussion: Common […]
This international online workshop, organised within the SkillsPULSE project, will present key findings from the EU study on employers’ skills needs. It aims to highlight not only which skill gaps exist, but also why they arise within workplaces and how employers are responding in practice. Participants will gain insights from the online survey conducted in […]
Our project’s coordinator Liga Baltina, Head of Labour Market & Skills Research at Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, will present SkillsPULSE at the MOBI-TWIN Final Conference. “Mobility, Regional Attractiveness and Cohesion in Europe’s Twin Transition” is the title of the MOBI-TWIN project’s final conference, which will take place at the Committee of the Regions on May 4, from 9:30 to […]
The aim of the workshop is to explore the insights gained from the main European employers’ surveys, and discuss how the evidence gathered is used to address skills shortages and gaps. The workshop will feature speakers from European agencies, leading European and national organisations and social partners. The workshop will take place online on 21 […]
Online, 26 May, 10:00-12:30 CEST. This event will bring together different leading Horizon-funded projects working on skills gaps and shortages, to discuss methodological and data challenges in open job vacancy analysis and how web-based labour market intelligence can support skills policy development. The seminar will feature researchers from these projects as well as scene-setting presentations […]
This FGB Knowledge Apero will explore how Europe can better understand and respond to skills shortages and gaps, drawing on recent findings from the SkillsPULSE project. The event will present two complementary strands of work: a survey of employers capturing their direct experience of skills shortages and gaps, and a mapping of national and regional […]
Brussels, 11 June, 10:00-12:00 CEST. This policy roundtable aims to bring together employer and institutional perspectives on skills shortages and gaps, combining evidence from the SkillsPULSE employer survey with insights from policy and practice. It will focus on discussing with EU-level stakeholders on what works in addressing skills mismatches, the conditions needed for successful interventions, […]
Hosted by our partner University of Tartu, it will take place in Tallinn, Estonia. 2-3 July, 2026
Join us at Energy Discovery Center in Tallinn (Estonia) on July 3, where we will present the SkillsPULSE composite index and its accompanying software tool, developed in the framework of the project, to identify and benchmark potential future skill deficiencies across EU-27 countries over the 2015–2024 period. The session will provide an overview of the index methodology, […]
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