The European Commission has published a new version of the European classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications (ESCO). This comes after a two-year process which involved the review of existing concepts as well as the development of new occupational and competence profiles. ESCO V1.1 is intended to respond to two main needs:
- Remain useful in the labour market and in education and training
- Review the quality of ESCO in line with stakeholder needs
ESCO v1.1 marks a few key changes from the previous version of ESCO namely:
- New content with 68 new occupations, 354 new skills and 158 new knowledge concepts created and translated in all ESCO languages
- A new hierarchy for transversal skills with a revised structure and terminology on transversal skills and competences
- Green, DigComp, and Research skills labels – the new ESCO has developed a taxonomy of skills for the green transition and for researchers as well as the skills listed in the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (DigComp) competence areas
- Quality improvements with 500 terms being updated whether it is through the removal of duplicates or by indicating the relationship between terms and concepts.
The ESCO v1.1 had contributions from the following organisations:
- The Employment Services of the EURES Network
- AREA (http://www.area-eur.be/
- ASHOKA Belgium (https://www.ashoka.org)
- ASSETS+ Blueprint (https://assets-plus.eu/results/skills-blueprint)
- AWS Training & Certification (www.aws.amazon.com/training)
- BF/M-Bayreuth (http://www.bfm-bayreuth.de)
- Blueprint S4TCLF (https://www.s4tclfblueprint.eu/)
- Centre for European Volunteering (www.europeanvolunteercentre.org)
- Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtil e do Vestuário de Portugal (www.academia.citeve.pt)
- DEVOPS project (https://smartdevops.eu/dev/)
- DRIVES Blueprint (https://www.project-drives.eu/EN/HOME)
- EGEC (https://www.egec.org)
- ENISA – the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (https://www.enisa.europa.eu)
- EO4GEO Blueprint (http://www.eo4geo.eu/project-liaisons)
- ESTRO (https://www.estro.org)
- Eurodesk Brussels Link (https://eurodesk.eu)
- European Council of Optometry and Optics (www.ecoo.info)
- European Evaluation Society (http://www.europeanevaluation.org)
- European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (http://www.feg-touristguides.com/)
- European Geothermal Energy Council (www.egec.org)
- European Marine Biological Resource Centre (https://embrc.eu)
- European Network of Safety and Health Professional Organizations (https://www.enshpo.eu)
- European Welding Foundation (www.ewf.be)
- FERMA – Federation of European Risk Management Associations (https://www.ferma.eu)
- Hydrogen Europe (https://hydrogeneurope.eu)
- International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (www.inatba.org)
- MATES Blueprint (https://www.projectmates.eu/)
- METIS Blueprint (https://www.metis4skills.eu)
- NATSPEC (https://natspec.org.uk)
- Next Tourism Generation Skills Alliance (https://nexttourismgeneration.eu)
- PROF/TRAC – Open Training Platform for NZEB professionals (http://proftrac.eu/open-training-platform-for-nzeb-professionals.html)
- Researchers using ESCO (https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/20/7226)
- RITCS. Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound. Erasmus University College Brussels (www.rits.be/nl/opleidingen/podiumtechnieken)
- SEA EUROPE (www.seaeurope.eu)
- SkillLab (https://skilllab.io/en-us)
- Skills4am Blueprint (http://www.skills4am.eu)
- WindEurope (https://windeurope.org/)
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