New Skills Agenda for Europe

All adults need to have a good level of basic skills. This is essential for people to be able to progress in their education, to participate in society and to gain employment. Actions to support the up-skilling of adults should be channeled through the European semester process, rather than in the form of a skills guarantee. The concept of a “guarantee” goes in the wrong direction. There is a high risk that the expectation it creates will be difficult to substantiate in practice. Learning requires a degree of individual responsibility, particularly in the case of adults.