Skills policy & resilience
07 January 2026
European Construction Observatory report on current and future skills needs
Skills policy & resilience
07 January 2026
Building block 1: Competitiveness
Building block 2: Skills and talent
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On 16th December 2025 the European Commission unveiled the Analytical Report on Skills of the European Construction Observatory, on current and future skills needs, with an outlook to 2030.
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Building block 1: Competitiveness
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Building block 2: Skills and talent
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Building block 3: Enabling framework
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Building block 4: Research, Innovation, Technology
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Building block 5: Funding
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Building block 6: Towards a fair and safe built environment
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The Analytical report on Skills accompanies the European Strategy for Housing Construction. It aims to improve fragmented skills data and provide evidence for future skills policies in the construction ecosystem, supporting the Union of Skills. Construction is the EU’s second largest industrial ecosystem, employing more than 27 million people. Between 25% and 30% of construction firms say labour shortages limit their output.
Established in 2015, the European Construction Observatory monitors and analyses the construction ecosystem across all 27 EU countries.
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