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'New skills for new jobs' is the policy initiative developed at [European Union] EU level to build stronger bridges between the world of education and training and the world of work. In December 2008, the European Commission proposed a strategy to help ensure a better match between skills and labour market needs and to organise the assessment of the EU's future skills and jobs requirements on a permanent basis. As a result a group of experts was set up in March 2009. Their mandate was to provide independent advice on developing the initiative further in the context of the EU's future 2020 strategy for growth and jobs through a series of key recommendations.