{"id":3258,"date":"2022-11-29T15:28:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T14:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3258"},"modified":"2023-01-13T08:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T07:59:25","slug":"social-partners-in-retail-and-wholesale-join-forces-in-skills-partnership","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/news\/social-partners-in-retail-and-wholesale-join-forces-in-skills-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Social partners in retail and wholesale join forces in Skills Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocommerce.eu\/\">EuroCommerce<\/a> and UNI Europa have launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/2022.11.29-Skills-Partnership.pdf\">Skills Partnership<\/a> for retail and wholesale under the European Commission\u2019s Pact for Skills initiative. This new partnership lays the foundation to identify skills gaps and anticipate the needs of the sector towards the green and digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was launched today at the EuroCommerce conference \u2018Embracing transformation &amp; uncertainty\u2019. The Partnership foresees actions aimed at facilitating the cooperation of retailers and wholesalers, trade unions, education and training providers and public authorities at the national, regional and local levels.<\/p>\n<p>Retailers and wholesalers already invest a substantial amount each year. By working together, employers and workers\u2019 organisations in the sector are already delivering training programmes that strengthen the sector. This partnership aims to reinforce these efforts to promote a culture of life-long learning and collaboration, in the build up to the 2023 European Year of Skills and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>There is an urgent need for the education system to adapt and equip European youth with skill-sets that will benefit them and the whole European economy. Building skills is a pathway to develop better job opportunities and can play an important role in retaining and attracting workers to the sector. These are some of the important elements that should feed into the transition pathway for the sector currently being worked up by the Commission and focus policymakers on what they can do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocommerce.eu\/2022\/10\/transforming-the-retail-and-wholesale-sector-key-measures-to-support-europes-largest-private-sector-employer\/\">to build and develop skills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DespinaSpanou?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DespinaSpanou<\/a> today congratulated <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNI_Europa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNI_Europa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EuroCommerce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EuroCommerce<\/a> for taking on the challenge and signing a Pact for skills. 26 million European work in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/retail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#retail<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wholesale?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wholesale<\/a>, that is 1 in 7 jobs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ngjF5992eE\">pic.twitter.com\/ngjF5992eE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EuroCommerce (@EuroCommerce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroCommerce\/status\/1597588515285766144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Retailers and wholesalers need to equip their workforce to operate successfully in the massive transformation in digital and sustainability that the sector is undergoing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocommerce.eu\/transforming-retail-wholesale\/\">A recent study with McKinsey<\/a> showed that the sector needed to invest over \u20ac600 billion in this transformation, from now to 2030, with up to an additional \u20ac35 billion needed for re- and upskilling the 26 million Europeans working directly in the sector.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A very important day for us today &#8211; discussing our sector <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/digital?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#digital<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sustainability?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sustainability<\/a> transformation and launching the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pact4skills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pact4skills<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/retail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#retail<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wholesale?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wholesale<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/eurocommerce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#eurocommerce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v1M733L6Uw\">https:\/\/t.co\/v1M733L6Uw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christel Delberghe (@CDelberghe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDelberghe\/status\/1597513273217548288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>EuroCommerce Director General Christel commented:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur sector has a very good track record in helping its employees to achieve their full potential by developing their skills through vocational education and training and collaboration will deepen this. I am delighted to further our ongoing cooperation on skills and training issues with our social partner UNI Europa and the Commission in establishing this new Partnership and look forward to bring other partners onboard. The challenges of the digital and sustainability transformation need to be matched by investments in skills and talent, to which targeted EU co-financing can make a real contribution.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Working together is vital to navigate the needs of a changing world. <\/p>\n<p>Great to join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroCommerce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EuroCommerce<\/a> today to launch the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PactForSkills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PactForSkills<\/a> in retail and wholesale. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xDeGI0Z22Q\">pic.twitter.com\/xDeGI0Z22Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliver Roethig (@ORoethig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ORoethig\/status\/1597599651863166976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UNI Europa Regional Secretary Oliver Roethig said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWorking together is vital to navigate the needs of a changing world. Joint initiatives at local and national level are already providing solutions that deliver for companies, for workers and for the communities that they serve. The need for social partners and key stakeholders to identify and overcome the barriers to accessible and inclusive training opportunities for workers in the sector is clear. We are delighted to strengthen our links at European-level to elevate and expand such positive approaches across the whole of the EU.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Further infomation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>European Commission &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/mex_22_7275\"><em>European skills: Launch of a large-scale partnership on skills in retail<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EuroCommerce and UNI Europa have launched the Skills Partnership for retail and wholesale under the European Commission\u2019s Pact for Skills initiative. 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