Shortage of skilled IT workers – How can we tackle the current challenges on EU labour markets?

The Bitkom Bento event “Shortage of skilled IT workers – How can we tackle the current challenges on EU labour markets?” took place on 9 February 2023 at 12h00 in person at Interoffices EU Parliament (Interoffices EU Parliament, Avenue des Arts 56, 1000 Brussels). During this event, we discussed how we can successfully tackle the current gap of skilled workers in the EU labour market. The aim was to take a critical look at existing structures and frameworks and discuss possible solutions to better address the needs of the current labour market and to enable more equality and compatibility between genders. How can we tackle the current challenges? How can we further improve exchange and visibility of best practices? And to what extent are existing frameworks compatible with women’s lives and challenges in the industry? We discussed these questions and more with the following panellists:

• MEP Alexandra Geese, EU Parliament
• Dana Adriana Puia Morel, SME policy co-ordination, DG GROW, European Commission
• Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation & Digital Economy, CEPS

At 12h45 a light lunch was served during which there was the opportunity to network and expand upon our discussion of this topic.

When? 9. February 2023, 12h00 – 13h30.

Where? Interoffices EU Parliament, Avenue des Arts 56, 1000 Brussels