The European Skills Agenda is the EU’s five-year plan to help people and businesses develop the skills needed for the future.
It promotes sustainable growth, social fairness, and resilience in response to challenges like the green and digital transitions and the COVID-19 crisis.
💡 For job seekers, this means better access to upskilling, more inclusive learning pathways, and stronger support for lifelong learning.
DIAMOND supports all 12 ESA actions, with a special focus on these 5:
Action 2: Strengthening Skills Intelligence
➡️ Efforts to improve the collection, analysis, and use of data on skills needed in the labor market.
✅ DIAMOND’s ᴱGROW Index maps individuals’ capabilities to guide smarter upskilling.
Action 6: Skills to support the twin transitions
➡️ Preparing people for jobs in the green and digital economy with green & digital skills.
✅ DIAMOND offers tailored micro-credentials in digital and sustainability skills.
Action 8: Skills for Life
➡️ Supporting lifelong learning and personal development.
✅ MOVEᴱ provides flexible formats that build emotional, cognitive, and practical skills.
Action 9: Individual Learning Accounts
➡️ Empowering individuals to build skills throughout their lives by providing them with financial support and access to training opportunities.
✅ MOVEᴱ acts as a personalized learning account, with tools to choose and track skills.
Action 10: Micro-Credentials
➡️ Use of short, flexible, and often online courses to provide learners with specific knowledge and skills
✅ DIAMOND co-develops micro-credentials with grassroots and VET partners.
🎯 In short: DIAMOND doesn’t just align with the European Skills Agenda — it operationalizes it. DIAMOND aims to transform policy into action by offering real tools for inclusive, intelligent, and future-ready upskilling.
📎 Source: EC – European Skills Agenda: https://tinyurl.com/45xjcusx
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