ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the concept of employability by focusing on training. It illustrates that the mechanism for enhancing employability though training is not working properly. One way of improving employability is by improving labour force skills and competencies through education and training systems. Issues of employment and social security are relatively recent priorities on the European agenda. In March 2000, the European Council in Lisbon set out a ten-year strategy to make the European Union, EU the world's most dynamic and competitive economy. Employability for every person is a crucial condition of social and economic participation. As such, employability is social security at the individual level: the ability to provide for one's income. Training has a positive impact on labour market performance, and thus on employability. Trained workers feel more secure about their employment security. Indeed, covenants however far a cry that may seem today can potentially bridge the aims of European Employment Strategy (EES) and EMS.
