Overview

This chapter reflects on lessons from the COVID‑19 pandemic that can guide reforms in skills policies to strengthen resilience and promote the twin green and digital transition. These reforms should be seen in the context of ongoing environmental degradation and the complexity of information landscapes driven by rapid technological developments. The chapter first defines resilience and then stresses that promoting system-level resilience through effective skills policies requires empowering individuals with a wide range of skills at varying levels of proficiency. The chapter also stresses that attitudes and dispositions are key enablers of skills development and effective skills use. Finally, the chapter highlights the importance of embedding skills policies in the context of comprehensive policy efforts and of monitoring the economic and social consequences of policy actions.