AI and the EU skilling challenge
Abstract
Learning for an AI workplace? First insights from Cedefop’s AI skills survey16th Cedefop Brussels Seminar organised in cooperation with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU (2024, June, 24) The June 2024 seminar addressed the main skill challenges associated with the transition towards human-centric EU workplaces as opposed to one governed mainly by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The Brussels seminar aimed at addressing the following key questions: To what extent are European workers developing and using AI technologies as part of their work? In which sectors and occupations are European workers more likely to experience changing skill needs due to the adoption of AI technologies at work? Are European workers adequately prepared for the AI revolution or are AI skill gaps prevalent? Are these being met by effective upskilling or reskilling investments? What role for social dialogue in facilitating human- as opposed to AI-centric workplaces? To give evidence-based answers to such questions, Cedefop carried out its first AI skills survey in spring 2024. Collecting information from random samples of adult workers in European workplaces, the survey - a follow-up to Cedefop’s second European skills and jobs survey (ESJS2), provides first robust insights into AI skill demands in European labour markets, the extent to which European companies adopt labour-friendly management practices and how AI-ready the skills of European workers are. Related publication: Cedefop. (2025). Skills empower workers in the AI revolution first findings from Cedefop’s AI skills survey. Publication Office of the European Union. Policy brief. DOI: 10.2801/6372704.