EU invests heavily to give people digital skills for future jobs

EU earmarks €65bn in funding to help member states implement these much-needed skills programmes

Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, says the EU is investing €65bn in training programmes that will give people the digital skills they need for future jobs.

European workers and employers see retaining with digital skills as being critical to both people’s future employment prospects as well as for social cohesion within the EU27.

Reports conducted for the European Union suggest the bloc will need 20 million skilled ICT professionals by 2030, but there are currently just nine million people with the required digital skills resident in the 27 member states.