SOVEREIGNTY
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UP-SKILLING
EUROPE
The world's largest economies - the USA, India, China and Japan - have all begun to invest heavily in green innovation. This is clearly good news for our planet, but of course puts enormous pressure on the EU to make the transition to clean energy.
In defending a "geopolitical" Commission, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has signaled that the European Union has emerged from its economic and technocratic roots and is now ready to assume and increase its clout in order to measure up to the new global balance of power.
Challenges and opportunities
It was against this backdrop that the Green Pact for Europe Industrial Plan was launched, with the aim of better supporting EU industry in its ecological transition. At the same time, the Critical Raw Material Act was designed to protect Europe from replacing its dependence on fossil fuels with similar dependence on critical metals.
This major transition towards a Sustainable Europe calls for a major cross-functional movement in training and knowledge transfer. This is a major challenge, given the scale of the skills and knowledge required to effectively implement this approach.
This major transition towards a Sustainable Europe calls for a major cross-functional movement in training and knowledge transfer. This is a major challenge, given the scale of the skills and knowledge required to effectively implement this approach.
We need to focus much more on investing in vocational education and excellence. We need better cooperation with companies, because they are the ones who know what they need. And we need to match their needs with people's aspirations. But we also need to attract the right skills to our continent, skills that help business and strengthen Europe's growth.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
IN PRACTICE
The question of European sovereignty in energy or economic issues is above all a matter of skillfully trained talent. Movin'On and its members are responding to the Commission's call by collectively addressing this issue, at a time when Europe could be short of qualified professionals and unable to live up to the "Transition economy" it wishes to drive forward.
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