Year of Skills in numbers
2000+ events across Europe
190 EU led initiatives on skills
90 million video views on YouTube and Twitch
7 million readers through national media partnership
1.37 million visitors to 54 events in 23 Member States
41 million TV viewers in 5 targeted countries
69 million reach on social media
Delivering skills
The Pact for Skills has over 2500 members, and 20 Large-Scale Partnerships in all 14 Industrial Ecosystems. Already 3.5 million people have taken training courses set up under the Pact. In the coming years, the aim is to upskill and reskill 25 million people.
15 Member States are using EU funding to develop Individual Learning Accounts.
The European Alliance for Apprenticeships has reached more than 430 pledges and 40 national commitments.
There are 53 funded Centres of Vocational Excellence.
€65 billion EU funding from the European Social Fund+ and the Recovery and Resilience Facility for investment in skills for 2021 - 2027.