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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11840

1 August 2017
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Labour market
European Commission launches ESCO skills platform 
Brussels, 31/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 28 July, the European Commission announced the launch of a new European pillar for classifying skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (ESCO) as a means of facilitating communication between potential employers and employees.

ESCO is translated into 26 languages: the 24 official languages of the Union, in addition to Norwegian and Icelandic. In a press release, the Commission explains that the objective of this platform is to counterbalance existing imbalances in the...

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