Leiden, Netherlands, 14 October 2025 – The SkiLMeeT Conference “Skills for Labour Markets in the Green and Digital Transition” attracted the attention of the Bulgarian media, with coverage by ECONOMY.bg, the country’s leading online business publication, and the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA).
On the sidelines of the conference, which took place in Sofia on 2-3 October, Piotr Lewandowski (IBS), Najada Feimi (LISER), Verónica Escudero (ILO), and Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage (Utrecht University) discussed how artificial intelligence is transforming the world of work in interviews with ECONOMY.bg. They emphasised that AI is reshaping tasks rather than replacing entire jobs, redefining how people perform their work and which skills will be most valuable in the future.
The researchers also highlighted the urgent need to adapt education and training systems to equip workers with evolving skills and ensure inclusive labour-market transitions in the green and digital economy.
The conference was also featured by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, which included remarks from SkiLMeeT researcher Vassil Kirov (IPS-BAS), who noted that skills and labour shortages remain among the most pressing challenges facing European economies today.
