Please find below interesting links from the EU Commission working group "Languages for Jobs":
The report of the Business Forum for Multilingualism from 2008, entitled "Companies work better with languages". It is available in all official languages except Irish in our catalogue of publications: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/publ/multiling_en.html.
Material about the University-business dialogue and cooperation can be downloaded from the Education and Training web site: http://ec.europa.eu/education/higher-education/doc1261_en.htm
The brand new Council conclusions on New Skills for New Jobs:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/news/news4028_en.htm
The European Framework of Key Competences:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/school-education/doc830_en.htm
Vocational education and Training:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/doc60_en.htm
The above information was kindly provided by Kristen Brogan IT Tralee