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European Commission & Joint Research Centre

On the Green Transition

• Europe's 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 – European Commission Communication (6 February 2024)
• The transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities [ongoing, more details here] ­– European Commission Proposal for a Regulation (13 June 2023)
• A sustainable finance framework that works on the ground – European Commission Communication (13 June 2023)
• Enhancing the usability of the EU Taxonomy and the overall EU sustainable finance framework – European Commission Working Document (13 June 2024)
• A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age – European Commission Communication (1 February 2023)
• Net Zero Industry Act [ongoing, more details here] – European Commission Proposal for a Regulation (16 March 2023)
• New European Bauhaus Progress Report – European Commission Communication (16 January 2023)
• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence [ongoing, more details here] – European Commission Proposal for a Regulation (23 February 2023)
• Commission presents guide for a fair transition towards climate neutrality – European Commission Press Release (14 December 2021)
• New European Bauhaus – European Commission Communication (15 September 2021)
• Sustainable Europe Investment Plan – European Commission Communication (14 January 2020)
• The European Green Deal – European Commission Communication (11 December 2019)

On Reskilling and Upskilling

• Labour and skills shortages in the EU: an action plan – European Commission Communication (20 March 2024)
• Pact for Skills: Large Scale Partnerships commit to upskilling and reskilling over 25 million people by 2030 – European Commission Press Release (21 March 2024)
• European Skills Agenda – European Commission Factsheet (March 2023)
• European Year of Skills 2023 – Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council (12 October 2022)
• European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience – European Commission Communication (1 July 2020)
• Learning for the green transition and sustainable development – European Commission Working Document (2022)

On Professional Services Regulatory Framework

• On taking stock of and updating the reform recommendations for regulation in professional services of 2017 – European Commission Communication (9 July 2021)
• Reform recommendations for regulation in professional services  – European Commission Communication (10 January 2017)

On Single Market and Competitiveness

• The 2024 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report – European Commission Communication (14 February 2024)
• Overview of key performance indicators (KPIs) on long-term competitiveness  – European Commission Annex 1 to the Communication (14 February 2024)
• Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030 – European Commission Communication (16 March 2023)
• The Single Market at 30 – European Commission Communication (16 March 2023)
• Updating the 2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe’s recovery – European Commission Communication (5 May 2021)
• The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan – European Commission Report (2021)

Joint Research Centre

• Measuring transition to a competitive and sustainable economy – JRC Policy Brief (March 2024)
• Skills for the energy transition in the changing labour market – JRC Policy Report (December 2023)
• GreenComp: The European sustainability competence framework – JRC Policy Report (2022)
• The future of jobs is green – JRC Foresight Study (2021)
• Sustainability competences – JRC Policy Report (2020)

European Parliament and Council of the European Union

• Net-zero industry act – European Parliament Briefing (March 2024)
• A European Year of Skills – Decision (EU) 2023/936 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10 May 2023)
• Ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality – Council of the European Union Recommendation (16 June 2022)
• Learning for the green transition and sustainable development – Council of the European Union Recommendation (16 June 2022)
• The European Services Sector and the Green Transition – European Parliament Briefing (2020)
• Key competences for lifelong learning – Council of the European Union Recommendation (22 May 2018)

Additional Articles, Studies and Reports

• Global Trends to 2040: Choosing Europe's Future – European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) Global Trends Report (April 2024)
• Much More than a Market – Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market (17 April 2024)
• First presentation of the report on the future of European Competitiveness – Mario Draghi Speech at the High-Level Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights (16 April 2024)
• Key occupations for the green transition – CEDEFOP Briefing Note (November 2023)
• Accelerating the EU’s green transition – OECD Report (20 November 2023)
• Working towards sustainability: Creating green and resilient European workplaces – EUROCADRES Position Paper (11 November 2023)
• Competition and Regulation in Professions and Occupations – OECD Report (10 June 2023)
• Skills for the green transition – European Training Foundation Report (2023)
• Achieving a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all – International Labour Organisation (2023)
• Work-based learning and the green transition – Inter-Agency Working Group on Work-based Learning (October 2022)
• The green employment and skills transformation – CEDEFOP Report (2021)
• Approach on the New European Bauhaus – European Council of Engineers Chambers (2021)
• New European Bauhaus needs to be based on quality procurement – European Council of Engineers Chambers (2021)

European Economic and Social Committee

Opinions on the Green (& Blue) Transition

• CCMI/224 – Industrial and technological approaches and best practices supporting a water resilient society; Rapporteur: Florian Marin (2024)
• NAT/931 – EU climate target for 2040; Rapporteur: Teppo Säkkinen (2024)
• CCMI/210 - Industrial Policy as an instrument to reduce dependencies and boost an EU market for green products in the resource and energy-intensive industries (REEIs); Rapporteur: Matteo Carlo Borsani (2023)
• CCMI/209 – Umbrella Opinion "A call for an EU Blue Deal"; Rapporteur: Kinga Joó, Florian Marin, Paul Rübig (2023)
• CCMI/208 – Water-intensive industries and water-efficient technologies; Rapporteur: Paul Rübig (2023)
• ECO/611 – The economics of an "EU Blue deal"; Rapporteur: Florian Marin (2023)
• INT/1027 – Green Deal Industrial Plan; Rapporteur: Sandra Parthie (2023)
• ECO/634 – Annual Sustainable Growth Survey 2024; Rapporteur: Elena-Alexandra Calistru (2023)
• INT/973 – Sustainable corporate governance; Rapporteur: Antje Gerstein (2022)
• TEN/770 – A strategic vision on energy transition to enable the EU's strategic autonomy; Rapporteur: Thomas Kattnig, Lutz Rubbe, Tomasz Andrzej Wróblewski (2022)
• SOC/747 – Green collective bargaining; Rapporteur: Maria del Carmen Barrera Chamorro (2022)
• NAT/843 - 'Fit for 55': delivering the EU's 2030 Climate Target on the way to climate neutrality; Rapporteur: Cilian Lohan (2021)
• TEN/757 – New European Bauhaus; Rapporteur: Pierre Jean Coulon (2021)

Opinions on Reskilling and Upskilling

• TEN/836 – Labour and skills shortages in transport, energy, infrastructure and the digital sector; Rapporteur: Thomas Kattnig (ongoing)
• SOC/774 – Digital skills and education package; Rapporteur: Milena Angelova, Tatjana Babrauskienė, Justyna Kalina Ochędzan (2023)
• SOC/755 – Competence and skill development in a context of the green and digital transition; Rapporteur: Maria del Carmen Barrera Chamorro (2023)
• SOC/749 – European Year of Skills 2023; Rapporteur: Babrauskienė (2022)

EESC Study

• The work of the future: ensuring lifelong learning and training of employees – Labour Market Observatory Study (2022)

On professional services and MSMEs

• INT/1024 – Strengthening MSMEs’ financial resilience and promoting second chance for entrepreneurs; Rapporteur: Mira-Maria Danisman (2023)
• INT/1020 – Modern Business Responsibility – Avenues for Elevating MSMEs Ability for Successful Transformation; Rapporteur: Milena Angelova (2023)
• INT/979 – SMEs, social economy enterprises, crafts and liberal professions Fit for 55; Rapporteur: Milena Angelova (2022)
• SOC/722 – Supporting labour market developments: how to maintain employability, boost productivity and develop skills, especially in SMEs; Rapporteur: Mariya Mincheva (2022)
• INT/904 – Liberal Professions 4.0; Rudolf Kolbe (2021)
• INT/687 – The role and future of the professions in European civil society 2020; Rapporteur: Arno Metzler (2014)

Opinions on Single Market and Competitiveness

• CCMI/236 – Sectoral initiatives and overall competitiveness of the EU; András Edelényi (ongoing)
• CCMI/220 – Towards a more resilient, competitive and sustainable Europe; Rapporteur: Alain Coheur (2023)
• CCMI/207 – The decarbonisation of European industry and the role of innovation and digitalisation in driving it; Rapporteur: Andrés Barceló Delgado (2023)
• INT/1043 – Developing a new European strategy for the Internal Market: helping our businesses to meet technological, social, environmental and competition challenges; Rapporteur: Sandra Parthie (2023)
• INT/1045 – Introducing a European Innovation Stress Test; Rapporteur: Olivier Joris (2023)