AEQUALIS4TCLF
Skills gaps among graduates and current / future skills needs of TCLF companies and training providers.
About
About the observatory
What it is, where the data comes from, how it is validated, and its limits.
The TCLF Skills Observatory brings together harmonised skills intelligence for the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sector. It draws on aggregated results from three EU projects and a registry of relevant reports.
This release covers 2024–2026 and is valid from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027.
Governance
- Who runs it
- The observatory is coordinated within the Skills4Circularity project (WP6.1) and hosted in the ECOSYSTEX ecosystem.
- Where the data comes from
- Aggregated results from three EU projects — AEQUALIS4TCLF, METASKILLS4TCLF and Skills4Circularity — plus a registry of relevant reports.
- How it is collected
- Partner-run questionnaires and a partner-collected sample of job advertisements analysed against the ESCO classification.
- How it is validated
- Results are harmonised into a single matrix. Quality filters: ESCO occupation match ≥ 0.70, skill match ≥ 0.80; profiles published only with ≥ 5 ads across ≥ 2 countries; cells below 5 are suppressed.
- Update frequency
- Annual. Each release carries a validity period. Next update: September 2027.
The contributing projects
METASKILLS4TCLF
Annual skills intelligence: digital and green adoption, sector transformation, technology impact, ageing workforce and youth attraction.
Skills4Circularity
Job-ad analysis with ESCO and a training-needs survey on 31 circular-textile topics (recycling, eco-design, sustainable manufacturing).
Methodology and limitations
- The observatory is built on the harmonised matrix, not the microdata — figures cannot be recomputed here.
- Survey cycles are independent cross-sections, not a panel; year-on-year change is not a formal trend.
- Samples are partner-collected and not statistically representative of the whole European TCLF sector.
- The Workforce pillar carries perception indicators only — there is no employment or headcount data.
- The Reports page currently shows the source inventory; individual report records are pending.
Comparability levels
| Level | Meaning | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| A | Direct comparison | Same question, scale and universe within one project / cycle. |
| B | Harmonisable | Same concept with normalised codes / metadata (country, sector, entity type). |
| C | Thematic link | Related concept, different question, scale or unit — signals shown separately. |
| D | Source-specific | Field unique to one source; no direct comparison. |
| X | Restricted / excluded | Personal data, test records or non-publishable fields. |
Signals are shown side by side, never summed. A frequency in job ads, a gap in a questionnaire and a training need are different metrics and are not combined into one index.
Privacy
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Terms and conditions
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Accessibility
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