Up and ahead: skills for a more resilient EU workforce

Digitalisation, robotisation and automation are changing the nature of jobs at an unprecedented rate. Newly emerging technologies are not only reducing the jobs performed by humans but also transforming the way people work. EU economies undergoing a significant transition leading to the displacement of workers across all industries and workers find themselves in need of reskilling and upskilling to switch to high-demand jobs. In this event, it will be discussed how we can utilise upskilling and reskilling initiatives to protect vulnerable groups of the workforce, build a resilient workforce and a create better functioning EU labour market.