Skills are an essential lever for employment, for the modernisation of our economic fabric, especially in industry and technology-based services, but also an important lever for the modernisation of our administrations. However, economists of all schools, both Keynesian and liberal, are warning us about the significant skills gap in France. 

The Node’s “education, training, employment and work” theme is situated at the intersection of technological dimensions and those of the human and social sciences. The Node approaches this theme from different angles: initial and lifelong training policies, human resources policies in companies, and job and skills forecasting at the level of territories, sectors or industries. Its work is enriched by openness to Europe and the world.