Europe Day: Celebrate the anniversary of the European Union!
Today is Europe Day
[https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/symbols/europe-day_en],
which celebrates peace and unity in Europe and marks the anniversary
of forming a political cooperation in Europe that ultimately led to
the creation of the European Union. To celebrate, the ‘European Year
of Skills Festival
[https://year-of-skills.europa.eu/news/skills-you-join-european-year-skills-festival-9-may-2023-04-14_en]’
will be held at 14:00 CET, officially marking the start of the
European Year of Skills 2023
[https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/european-year-skills-2023_en].

This year’s celebration highlights the importance of a skilled
workforce and aims to address skills shortages in the EU. It promotes
reskilling and upskilling and helps people acquire the right skills
for quality jobs. Skilled workers will enjoy better job opportunities
and fully engage in society, leading to a more a socially fair and
just society, where people can develop crucial skills. 

To make this happen, a variety of EU initiatives has been set up,
working together with different parties such as social partners,
employment services or education and training providers. One of these
initiatives is the Digital Skills and Jobs platform
[https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en] offering information and
resources to train digital skills, get inspired and join communities.
Recently, they launched the cyber skills academy
[https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/cybersecurity-skills-academy]
as a single point of entry for cybersecurity training offers,
certifications and job opportunities to close the cybersecurity talent
gap. To learn more about the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform and
other EU initiatives, watch the recording of our webinar ‘The
European Year of Skills and the role of open data’
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLJ9_4ePzxU]. The European Year of
Skills and the role of open data’. 

The European Year of Skills Festival will be hosted from Brussels,
connecting with skills events across Europe, and several European
Commissioners will be present to celebrate this important day. Follow
the event via the live streaming on the European Commission’s
YouTube channel
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMPaviJxybo1RTdzvYcU91A] and
celebrate the European Year of Skills with us!

For more news and events, follow us on Twitter
[https://twitter.com/EU_opendata], Facebook
[https://www.facebook.com/data.europa.eu] and LinkedIn
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/publications-office-of-the-european-union/],
or subscribe to our newsletter
[https://data.europa.eu/en/newsletter].

Publication Date/Time
2023-05-09T07:00:00+00:00
Europe day celebrates peace and unity in Europe and marks the official
start of the European Year of Skills