ESCO stakeholders

Since it's official publication in July 2017, a diverse range of stakeholders are interested in ESCO for a variety of use cases.

The main categories of ESCO stakeholders are:

• Public employment services 
• Private employment services 
• Job portals 
• Education institutions (universities, secondary schools, etc) 
• Social partners 
• IT Application developers 
• HR departments of companies/organisations 
• Ontology management companies 
• Career advisors 
• European institutions/bodies 
• National/Regional/Local public administrations
• Researchers and statisticians   
• International organisations

Overview of ESCO's outreach

In the European Union, the majority of ESCO stakeholders (called ESCO implementers) are based in Europe and some have operations in multiple EU countries and/or languages. 

Internationally, ESCO is becoming increasingly known and used. Stakeholders tend to consider ESCO alongside O*NET as the standard framework on occupations and skills. 

The map below shows an overview of  ESCO implementers in the world.

Learn more

For more information about the stakeholders (ESCO implementers) actively using ESCO in their digital applications, projects or research, visit the ESCO implementers page.