Vocational education and training - VET

This policy brief highlights how youth, especially women, are being severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis is likely to be particularly severe for youth across three dimensions: (1) disruptions to education, training and work-based learning; (2) increased difficulties for young jobseekers and new labour market entrants; and (3) job and income losses, along with deteriorating quality of employment. The brief calls for urgent, comprehensive and targeted policy responses to the global pandemic.

The indicator shows how share of people employed in science, engineering and ICT occupations will change in the future across EU Member States and economy sectors. These occupations correspond to following ISCO occupations: 21 (Science and engineering professionals), 31 (21 (Science and engineering associate professionals), 25 (Information and communication technology professionals), 35 (Information and communication technicians).