At this year’s annual NEF we will present concrete answers in the field of soft skills and VET promotion importance for Smart Cities and Smart Regions concepts. We’ll promote them with aid of diverse NEF stakeholders (EU Regions, EP, EPA, business, research and academic institutions). We will advocate for their further implementation, which leads to sustainable maturity of the youth and increase of the number of the European Union’s qualified employees. NEF also endeavours to apply these solutions in concrete initiatives of the European institutions and of the local governments aiming at enhancing labour market independently of the national politics. See attached agenda and the website for more information.