IER Bulletin 85 -

The University of Warwick - Institute for Employment Research recently published Bulletin 85, entitled "Anticipating Europe's Skills Needs".

This Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER) Bulletin addresses the development of a Pan-European skill needs forecasting capability. Cedefop (the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) and other European organisations have been repeatedly approached with requests for better information on this issue. In 2005 the European Commission, through Cedefop, set up an Expert Workshop in Cyprus, which focused on the feasibility of developing Pan- European occupational forecasts on a consistent basis. In November 2006 a follow-up workshop was held, hosted by IER. The workshop formed part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of IER. The event was organised in partnership with Cedefop and the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) at Maastricht University. The workshop at Warwick represented the next major step in developing Pan-European occupational forecasts, which this Bulletin discusses.