Presentation and debates on the own-initiative opinion: “Supporting labour market developments”

Supporting labour market developments: how to maintain employability, boost productivity and develop skills, especially in SMEs, in the context of the European Year of Skills 2023 and linked to the adoption of the related SOC/722 own-initiative opinion, with Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Marianna Panebarco, Vice-president of SMEunited and of CNA Nazionale, Italy and Juan Antonio Pedreño, President of Social Economy Europe

Full debate (1h12 min)

Sequences

00:00:00 Introduction by Christa Schweng, EESC President

00:04:28 Stefano Scarpetta, director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

00:14:13 Marianna Panebarco, Vice-president of SMEunited and of CNA Nazionale, Italy

00:22:30 Juan Antonio Pedreño, President of Social Economy Europe

00:33:11 Presentation of the SOC/722 opinion by the rapporteur Mariya Mincheva

00:37:36 Intervention Mr Pottier

00:39:30 Intervention Cinzia Del Rio

00:42:00 Intervention Baiba Miltovica

00:45:00 Intervention Paul Rübig

00:47:15 Intervention Petru Dandea

00:49:38 Intervention Mr Guerini

00:53:09 Intervention Violette Jelic

00:54:34 Intervention Mme Barrera Chamorro

00:55:57 Intervention Mr Andersson Jan

00:57:32 Intervention Mr Marchiori

00:58:52 Intervention Tatjana Babrauskiene

01:00:08 Intervention Mr Choix

01:01:31 Intervention Mr Von Brockdorff

01:02:30 Intervention Mr Ulgiati

01:04:15 Response by Mariya Mincheva

01:05:50 Response by Stefano Scarpetta, Marianna Panebarco

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Supporting labour market developments: how to maintain employability, boost productivity and develop skills, especially in SMEs

Adopted on 22/02/2023 - Bureau decision date: 20/01/2022
Reference
SOC/722-EESC-2022
Rapporteur
Mariya MINCHEVA
Employers - GR I
Bulgaria
Plenary session number
576
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In this opinion, the EESC states that the transformation of the European labour market requires good understanding of what type of skills are needed for future labour market transformations, including in SMEs, in order to maintain sustainable employability, contribute to a high level of productivity and to reduce labour shortages. It believes that skills development and effective implementation of the right and access to lifelong learning must be an integral part in broader economic growth strategies and recovery and resilience plans. It highlights that the capacity to constantly update digital skills according to labour market changes and introduction of new technologies will undoubtedly be among the most important challenges in the future. Support for SMEs is needed to facilitate the development of their human capital training and development policy.

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European companies increasingly struggle to get qualified workers

At its plenary session on 22 February, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a debate that warned about companies' growing struggle to get a skilled workforce and pointed to the pressing need for an all-encompassing skills strategy at all levels. The debate saw the participation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and development (OECD), SMEunited and Social Economy Europe.

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