Organised by Eurostat and Cedefop, the workshop will bring together repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of National Statistical Institutes (NSIs), ICEs, rese­ar­chers and deve­lo­pers on 19–20 October at Cedefop’s premises in Thessaloniki. The event will explore the latest trends in European labour market demand as reflected in online job adver­ti­se­ments (OJAs) and other relevant sources.

Discussions will focus on key aspects of the project, including the repre­sen­ta­ti­ve­ness of OJAs in relation to vacancies in European labour markets; the assess­ment of existing web sources and iden­ti­fi­ca­ti­on of new ones; methods for improving the quality of collected data in near real time; and emerging trends in demand for new roles across the EU27 Member States, EFTA countries and the UK. Participants will also further examine the con­tri­bu­ti­on of EURES vacancy data and discuss technical aspects of data coll­ec­tion, pro­ce­s­sing and analysis.

The workshop aims to take stock of current project deve­lo­p­ments, identify priority areas for improving OJA coll­ec­tion and clas­si­fi­ca­ti­on pipelines, and generate insights through cross-country com­pa­ri­sons of the data and their repre­sen­ta­ti­ve­ness of national labour markets. It will also provide an oppor­tu­ni­ty to further streng­then coope­ra­ti­on between Eurostat, Cedefop, EURES and the NSIs.

Participation in the event is possible by invi­ta­ti­on only.