ESCOpedia

ESCOpedia is the online reference to the ESCO classification. It provides you with up-to-date information on the following topics:

ESCO strategy

• What is ESCO?
• Who is developing ESCO?
• The vision behind the ESCO project

Structure and features of the ESCO classification

• Versions of the ESCO classification: ESCO v0, ESCO v0.8, ESCO v0.9, ESCO v1, ESCO v1.1
• Three pillar structure: occupations pillar, skills pillar, qualifications pillar
• Definitions of frequently used expressions in ESCO: concept, term, occupation, knowledge, skill, competence, qualification
• Language versions of ESCO

How ESCO was developed

• Governance: ESCO Member States Working Group, ESCO Board, ESCO Maintenance Committee, Reference Groups
• Development of occupational profiles
• Quality assurance: terminological guidelines, gap analysis, piloting and testing

How ESCO can be used

• ESCO in job search and job matching: EURES, job search, competence-based job matching
• ESCO for career management: CV creation, searching learning opportunities, identify training needs
• ESCO for labour market analyses: statistics, big data
• Implementing ESCO into systems: ESCO data formats, Linked Open Data, ESCO API, Mapping to ESCO, Extending ESCO, Linking learning outcomes of qualifications with ESCO skills
• Use of ESCO in the public sector: Europass, Cedefop, EURES

ESCO in relation to other classification systems and frameworks

• International and European classifications/frameworks: ISCO, NACE, EQF, ISCED-F, e-CF, DigComp, 
• Crosswalks: O*NET
• National classifications: national occupational classifications, national skills classifications

Updating ESCO

• Continuous improvement process