Forecasts show that structural change in industrialized countries could lead to a loss of jobs in certain sectors and regions, while there will be increases in other areas. Against this backdrop, continuing education policy has a key function for the necessary digital and ecological transformation.
This is precisely where the National Skills Strategy in Germany comes into play. It aims at new investment measures in labor market and social policies, such as the set-up of a state-funded educational leave.
This lecture introduces the central challenges of the German economic and social model and outlines how transformation and sustainable growth could be connected.
