Press Release: What skills will Europeans need in the years to come? First EU forecast of skill needs is published

Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, presented its first forecast of skill needs up to the year 2015. The study, 'Future skill needs in Europe: medium-term forecast', concluded that demand for skills and qualifications is being driven upwards in most occupations, including in so-called elementary jobs, by the continuing rise of the service sector and sweeping technological and organisational changes.