Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition
2026/2070(INI) · Own-initiative procedure
Procedure 2026/2070(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition”; the committee responsible is EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 21 Oct 2026: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 21 Oct 2026 (final vote): adopted with 504 votes in favour, 63 against and 99 abstentions.
- Reference
- 2026/2070(INI)
- Type
- Own-initiative procedure
- Status
- Concluded in Parliament
- Lead
- EMPL Employment and Social Affairs
- Opinion
- CULT Culture and Education (opinion: Laurence Farreng (Renew, France))
FEMM Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D, Spain)) - Rapporteur
- Brigitte van den Berg (Renew, Netherlands)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Li Andersson (The Left, Finland), Benedetta Scuderi (Greens/EFA, Italy), Romana Jerković (S&D, Croatia), Angelika Winzig (EPP, Austria), Mariateresa Vivaldini (ECR, Italy), Margarita de la Pisa Carrión (PfE, Spain)
- Opinions
- 12 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion
Roll-call votes in Parliament
- Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition (A10-0259/2026), 21 Oct 2026: final vote, main vote: A10-0259/2026 – Brigitte van den Berg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole), adopted, 504 for, 63 against, 99 abstentions; plus 2 more roll-call votes
Timeline
- 9 Jun 2026: Appointment of a rapporteur
- 10 Jun 2026: Parliamentary committee tabling report
- 18 Jun 2026: Proposal referred to plenary
- 14 Jul 2026: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
- 10 Sep 2026: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
- 1 Oct 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
- 6 Oct 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
- 20 Oct 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)
Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)
Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.