ESCO Connecting people and jobs Martin le Vrang 28 September 2017 #ESCO_EU #EUdatathon2017
What is ESCO?
A multilingual classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations
A European reference language for employment and education/training Create a shared understanding Exchange information Cross language barriers Bridge between national standards Communicate between labour market and education/training Match candidates with jobs
Three ESCO pillars qualifications 2 942 occupations 13 485 skills
ESCO can be used In employment services By job boards In HR software For career guidance For labour market intelligence In research …
ESCO in EURES
ESCO & EURES New EURES Regulation 2016/589/EU Exchange of job vacancies and CVs/job applications Art. 19 (3) "The Commission shall adopt and update, by means of implementing acts, the list of skills, competences and occupations of the European classification." Member States will adopt the European classification or map their national standards to it
Continuous improvement of ESCO
3. Knowledge engineering 2. Scoping Overview of the ESCO improvement process 4. Release 1. Preparation 3. Knowledge engineering 2. Scoping
ESCO timeline ____ 2011 - ESCO Board, Maintenance Cte & reference groups ____ 2015 - Finalise reference groups; online consultation ____ 2017 - MS consultation; release ESCO v1 ____ 2010 - Stakeholder conference ____ 2013 - Release ESCO v0 ____ 2016 - Gap analysis; piloting & testing ____ 2018 - EURES Implementing Act; continuous improvement
ESCO is free & available now! http://ec.europa.eu/esco In TTL (RDF) format Soon in CSV and as API E-mail: EMPL-ESCO-Secretariat@ec.europa.eu #ESCO_EU