
How to eradicate skills poverty among the most vulnerable?
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Date:
14 Jul 2023 - 12 Mar 2024
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Project duration:
14.07.2023 - 12.03.2024
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Agnieszka Maj
Economist
Agnieszka Maj is an Economist at CASE. She holds an MA degree in International Economic Relations from Cracow University of Economics. Currently, she is obtaining an MA in Gender Studies – Intersectionality and Change at Linköping University. During her education (on both BA and MA levels) she participated in numerous exchange programs at the University … <a href="https://case.dev10.pro/project/how-to-eradicate-skills-poverty-among-the-most-vulnerable/">Continued</a>
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Local and regional success stories of investing in disaster resilience
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Local and regional success stories of investing in disaster resilience
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Delia Agostinelli
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Izabela Marcinkowska
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Dr. Marcinkowska's areas of expertise include the labor market, social policy, and employment. As President of the Management Board, Dr. Marcinkowska is responsible for managing all research and projects in the areas of demography, labor, and social policy, overseeing CASE’s financial administration, and spearheading new business development activities. Dr. Marcinkowska has been cooperating with CASE since 2005, and has participated in numerous Polish and international technical assistance and research projects, including the multi-year MOPACT (Mobilizing the Potential of Active Ageing in Europe) Project, funded by the European Commission’s DG on Research and Innovation; NEUJOBS – Employment 2025: How will multiple transitions affect the European labor market, also funded by the European Commission’s DG on Research and Innovation; the Study on the effects and incidence of labor taxation, funded by the European Commission’s DG on Taxation and Customs Union, and Assessing Needs of Care in European Nations (ANCIEN), funded by the European Commission’s Health Cooperation Program. Dr. Marcinkowska obtained her PhD in Economic Science on Informal Employment from the University of Turin. She holds an MA in Economics from the University of Warsaw and an MA in Economics from CORIPE Piemonte in Turin. She has published extensively in the fields of labor economics, social policy, and health economics.
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Tourism and Rural Development
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Oskar Chmiel
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Magdalena Wiśniewska
Magdalena Wiśniewska is responsible for managing research projects at CASE. She holds MA in International Relations from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and MA in Finance & Accounting from Warsaw School of Economics. During her career she gathered an extensive experience both in the public and private sector. She worked among others for Office … <a href="https://case.dev10.pro/project/how-to-eradicate-skills-poverty-among-the-most-vulnerable/">Continued</a>
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VAT gap in Europe – report 2025
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Wealth taxation, including net-wealth, capital and exit taxes
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Local and regional success stories of investing in disaster resilience
In a context of changing labour market needs due to the green and digital transitions and the still gaping skill divides across society, the European Commission proposes a number of actions ‘to give a fresh impetus to lifelong learning’. This includes ‘Promoting increased, and more effective and inclusive investment in training and upskilling to harness the full potential of the European workforce, and to support people in changing from one job to another
The aim of the study is to examine various skills divides, including digital skills, and their links to poverty and social exclusion. Examining the various characteristics, drivers and solutions to the skills divide will help reduce the mismatch between skills and the demands of the labour market but also give insights into how we can combat poverty and design effective policies to reach the most vulnerable people, with the ultimate goal of combatting and reducing skills poverty.
Through concrete examples the study will define and illustrate skills poverty, including as regards digital skills, as well as explore who is concerned, what the drivers are and how upskilling and reskilling should be designed.
Following the understanding that individuals or groups of individuals experience multiple forms of discrimination based on their different social characteristics or identities, this study will adopt an intersectional approach.
Client: The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)