ESCO Competence Package

ESCO (European Skills, Competences and Occupations) is the multilingual classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations. The ESCO identifies and categorises skills, competences, qualifications and occupations which are relevant for the EU labour market, education and training. 

It shows the relationships between the different concepts and has been developed in an Open Linked Data format, available free of charge for everyone and accessed via the ESCO portal, an API or downloads. The goals are the following: 
• Bridging the communication gap between education and work 
• Online matching of people to jobs 
• Enabling mobility 
• Supporting education and training in the shift to learning outcomes 
• Supporting skills intelligence and statistics