European Commission has published the new version of the European classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications (ESCO)

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The ESCO update responds to developments in the labour market, education and training.

The European Commission has published a new version of the European classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications (ESCO), which is the results of a two-years process of quality assessment of existing concepts, as well as of development of new competence and occupational profiles. 

The ESCO update responds to developments in the labour market, education and training and is updated in line with trends of new and changing occupations and skills. The new version also improves the quality of ESCO based on the needs of stakeholders. 

The new version brings the following changes:

  • New content (68 new occupations, 354 new skills and 158 new knowledge concepts have been created and translated in all the ESCO languages).
  • New hierarchy of transversal skills (revised structure and terminology for transversal skills and competences).
  • New labels for "Green, DigComp and Research" skills (new sub-sets of skill and knowledge concepts, which includes important skills in green transformation for researchers, as well as digital skills in line with the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens).
  • Quality improvement (more than 500 terms and expressions have been updated

The new version of ESCO will be officially presented at the online webinar on 10 February. Registration for the webinar is open until 8 February via European Commission's website.