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What is ESCO? 

ESCO is the European multilingual classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations. It identifies and categorises skills/competences and occupations relevant for the EU labour market and education and training area. The first version (v1.0) was published in July 2017 and provides descriptions of 2942 occupations and 13.485 skills translated into 27 languages and systematically shows the relations between the different concepts (occupations and skills).  

ESCO has been developed in an open IT format, is available for use free of charge and can be accessed via the ESCO service platform. 

For more information about ESCO’s structure and methodology, browse ESCOpedia.