The Council of the EU adopted a recommendation to support people’s training needs and thus increase the number of people engaged in training each year. The Council is recommending that member states consider establishing individual learning accounts as a means for enabling and empowering individuals to participate in labour-market relevant training and facilitate their access to or retention in employment. If member states decide to establish individual learning accounts, it recommends to put in place an enabling framework. Individual learning accounts would provide working-age people with a budget for training to improve their skills and employability throughout their lives, regardless of whether they are actually employed or not.
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