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TCLF Skills Observatory
Skills and jobs across Europe's textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors, helping industry and education prepare for change.
Textile, Clothing, Leather & Footwear

Green and Digital Transitions

Understand how circularity and technology are changing jobs and skills.

Connecting Industry, Education and Research
Evidence from Across the TCLF Ecosystem
A Shared View of Sector Change
Supporting Green and Digital Skills
From Evidence to Action
Evidence to Inform Skills Decisions
The TCLF Skills Observatory brings together evidence from European projects, industry surveys and research to understand how skills needs are changing. It helps companies, education and training providers, and policymakers identify gaps and plan learning priorities across the TCLF sectors.
Explore the Observatory
Find connected information on skills, occupational profiles and sector developments to support your next decision.
Skills
Explore green, digital, technical and transversal skills across TCLF value chains.
Profiles
Understand occupational roles, their key competences and how they are evolving.
Insights
Examine skills gaps and trends emerging from sector research and surveys.
Reports
Access analytical reports and foresight studies on TCLF skills needs.
Who Is the Observatory For?
Use evidence on changing occupations and skills gaps to review curricula and plan relevant training.
Education & Training
Learning Design
Identify the skills your workforce needs as technologies, materials and production processes evolve.
Companies & Industry
Workforce Planning
Latest from the Observatory
View insights, reports and opportunities to contribute to the TCLF Skills Observatory.

Evidence base — sector coverage

How many mapped reports touch each TCLF sub-sector. A report can cover more than one, so shares do not sum to 100%.

Snapshot of the reports and data sources mapped for the TCLF Skills Observatory so far (12 records, from a wider outreach of 17 organisations). Readiness: 6 records are already referenceable publicly, 5 have a structured data file behind them, 4 are pending permission confirmation, and PDF is by far the dominant format.

Evidence base — what the reports can tell us

The kind of skills intelligence available across the mapped reports.

Snapshot of the reports and data sources mapped for the TCLF Skills Observatory so far (12 records, from a wider outreach of 17 organisations). Readiness: 6 records are already referenceable publicly, 5 have a structured data file behind them, 4 are pending permission confirmation, and PDF is by far the dominant format.

Evidence base — thematic focus

Circularity, sustainability and green skills dominate the mapped sources, with digital and innovation close behind.

Snapshot of the reports and data sources mapped for the TCLF Skills Observatory so far (12 records, from a wider outreach of 17 organisations). Readiness: 6 records are already referenceable publicly, 5 have a structured data file behind them, 4 are pending permission confirmation, and PDF is by far the dominant format.

Contribute to the Observatory
Have a report, dataset or sector perspective to share? Get in touch and help improve our understanding of TCLF skills needs.

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