Mînzatu proposes new rules to facilitate mobility through qualification recognition

European Commission Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu has presented a proposal for an act to facilitate the free movement of workers by modernising the recognition of qualifications within the EU.

Mînzatu presented the Skills Portability Act in her Fair Labour Mobility package on 15/09/2026. This regulation concerns digital and comparable qualifications, providing for the creation of secure digital certificates of competence, integrated into the European digital identity wallet to guarantee their authenticity.

The regulation is based on the European Qualifications Framework to ensure a transparent comparison of educational levels across different national systems. As part of the preparations for this initiative, a specific survey was carried out among the National Academic Recognition Information Centres (NARICs) to assess the need for comparability of qualifications.

The development and maintenance of the key digital tools set out in the proposal will be funded from the EU budget through the Erasmus+ programme and its successor under the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial…