Brussels, 19/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - At their meeting with the Troika of Education Ministers and Commissioner Jan Figel on 19 May, representatives of the European social partners - UNICE, UEAPME, ETUC and CEEP - presented their 2006 evaluation report Framework of Actions for the Lifelong Development of Competences and Qualifications in Europe. This report is the fruit of four years' joint work and identifies concrete ways to modernise education and training systems (EUROPE will return to the work of the Education Council).
The report analyses the impact of more than 350 selected social partners' initiatives, 108 of which were aimed at identifying skills needs, 89 at finding ways to validate competences, 53 at informing and guiding companies or workers and 100 at mobilising resources efficiently. The initiatives analysed relate to examples of good practice and social partners' initiatives at sectoral or national levels. (The report is available on: http://www.unice.org ; http://www.ueapme.com ; http://www.ceep.org ; http://www.etuc.org )