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Forecast 2020 Cedefop: increase in more knowledge and skill intensive jobs
Cedefop launched with the conference about New Skills for New Jobs its forecast 2020.

 

The total number of job openings is expected to be around 80 million by 2020, with the biggest increase in high-level managerial, professional and technical occupations. conclusions of the forecast, please see Briefing Note:

http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/publications/15217.aspx

conference on New Skills for New Jobs - Action Now: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=88&langId=en&eventsId=232&furtherEvents=yes

Publication:

Please also see our previous briefing note, available now in six languages, on Cedefop achievements 2009 and plans 2010:

http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/publications/15181.aspx

Project Manager:

Alena Zukersteinova, tel. +30 2310 490103, E-mail: alena.zukersteinova@cedefop.europa.eu

Press Officer:

Ioánna Nezi, tel. +30 2310 490186, E-mail: ioanna.nezi@cedefop.europa.eu

Head of Communication and Information:

Gerd Oskar Bausewein, tel. +30 2310 490288, E-mail: gerd-oskar.bausewein@cedefop.europa.eu

Contact:

Cedefop. Future skill supply and demand in Europe: Medium-term forecast up to 2020. Luxembourg: Publications Office (forthcoming, spring 2010)

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Those with higher qualifications will clearly be in the best position to take advantage of these developments. But the European economy will continue to need a broad basis of skills at intermediate level, especially those acquired within vocational education and training.

Europe needs to make sure that its people are acquiring the right skills, that companies are using their employees’ capacity to the fullest, and that employees are encouraged to keep learning throughout their working lives.

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