Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1020
of 18 July 2018
on the adoption and updating of the list of skills, competences and occupations of the European classification for the purpose of automated matching through the EURES common IT platform
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and further integration of labour markets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013f1, and in particular Article 19(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EU) 2016/589 establishes a common IT platform to bring together job vacancies, and job applications and CVs (job seeker profiles) in the European Union and make them available to the EURES portal.
(2)
To enable the matching of job vacancies with job seeker profiles the information must be exchanged according to a uniform system, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589, based on common technical standards and formats.
(3)
To facilitate the exchange of job vacancies and job seeker profiles and to ensure a high quality matching across languages and national contexts, it is necessary to use a detailed multilingual terminology to describe occupations, skills and competences. Such a terminology will serve as a common reference point when exchanging information on candidates or on vacant jobs in transnational job matching and ensures that the meaning of the information is preserved.
(4)
Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589 therefore provides for the use of a European classification in order to achieve the level of interoperability that is needed for a high quality matching through the common IT platform.
(5)
The Commission worked closely with Member States and stakeholders to develop the European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations classification (ESCO) for that purpose. It established the Member States Working Group on ESCO in order to ensure close cooperation with Member States. It also established the ESCO Maintenance Committee, which provides technical advice on the management, updating, implementation and quality assurance of ESCO. Stakeholders also contributed to the development of ESCO through reference groups and online consultations.
(6)
The Commission consulted the ESCO Member States Working Group on the ESCO classification and on its translations before deciding to publish the first version of ESCO in all official languages of the European Union on 28 July 2017.
(7)
The multilingual lists of skills, competences and occupations of the first version of ESCO is therefore appropriate to be adopted as the European classification within the meaning of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589.
(8)
As a minimum requirement, these lists should contain for each occupation, skill or competence, at least one term in each official language of the European Union, a unique identifier (URI), a description and, with regard to the occupations, a mapping to a recent version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO).
(9)
While the European classification needs to provide a stable reference point for the purpose of online multilingual matching for EURES and possibly other job platforms, evolutions in the labour market, in terminology and in matching technology will make it necessary to regularly update it. The procedure for adopting an updated version of the European classification will be based on good cooperation between the Commission and the Member States.
(10)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the EURES Committee,
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