For Europe, a potential of more than 750,000 new ICT jobs until 2020
The demand for e-skills keeps growing at a tremendous pace. In 2020 the European labour market is projected to grow by more than 670,000 new jobs, but it could absorb another 756,000 ICT practitioners if only sufficient supply were in sight

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e-Leadership - Digital Skills for SMEs: There is a job to do! – Latest figures and results from the European initiative

Innovative e-leadership positions in Europe are estimated to be around 620,000 in 2015. Demand is estimated to reach 776,000 in 2020. Europe requires up to 200,000 e-leaders by 2020, i.e. 40,000 per year. Without further action Europe will not be in a position to create this number. There is a job to do!

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Press release: Promoting e-Leadership Skills - Scaling up and broadening our ambition for Europe

Europe requires up to 200,000 e-leaders by 2020, i.e. 40,000 per year. Without further action Europe will not be in a position to create this number. Building on previous efforts, a new initiative of the European Commission will develop a comprehensive agenda (2016-2020) for e-leadership.

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“Acquiring e-Leadership Skills - Fostering the Digital Transformation of Europe” brochure and report, available online now (May 2015)

Published under the title “NEW CURRICULA FOR E-LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN EUROPE” (final report), the first results of the initiative on e-leadership are to be presented to the public in time for the EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL AND KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES SKILLS on 1 – 2 June 2015 in Brussels (www.leadership2015.eu) and at www.eskills-guide.eu. The same holds true for the 36-page brochure summarising the results of this service contract.

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EU28 Country Reports on e-Leadership Skills for SMEs - A Snapshot and Scoreboard of e-Leadership Skills in Policy, Higher Education and the Labour Market

Country Reports on e-leadership have just been released by empirica and can be downloaded at: http://leadership2015.eu/documents/ and http://eskills-lead.eu/documents/. These reports provide descriptions of national e-leadership policies and initiatives, higher education programmes and the labour market with a focus on SMEs and start-ups. A new e-leadership scoreboard is providing for the first time a tool for monitoring and benchmarking European countries on relevant e-leadership dimensions and indicators.

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E-skills and e-leadership skills 2020 - Trends and forecasts for the European ICT professional and digital leadership labour market

This empirica Working Paper has been released in time for the European Commission Digital Single Market Strategy calling for action also for boosting digital and e-leadership skills acquisition and learning to foster the digital transformation of Europe.

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