The new European Commission

The ten policy areas to be tackled under the agenda for jobs, growth, fairness and democratic change are the following:
1. A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment
2. A Connected Digital Single Market
3. A Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy
4. A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base
5. A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union
6. A Reasonable and Balanced Free Trade Agreement with the U.S.
7. An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust
8. Towards a New Policy on Migration
9. A Stronger Global Actor
10. A Union of Democratic Change
The new college will have seven vice-presidents, six in addition to the High Representative of the Union for foreign policy and security policy (Federica Mogherini), each leading a project team.
They will be steering and coordinating the work of a number of commissioners in compositions that may change according to need and as new projects develop over time. These project teams mirror the political guidelines. This will ensure a dynamic interaction of all members of the college, breaking down silos and moving away from static structures. The vice-presidents will all act as real deputies to the president.
Education and training is under the direct responsibility of two commissioners:
Tibor Navracsics, Hungary, is the commissioner for education, culture, youth and citizenship. He will contribute to the projects steered and coordinated by
 the vice-president for jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness
 the vice-president for the Euro and social dialogue
 the vice-president for the digital single market
He is asked to contribute to, amongst other things,
 the jobs, growth and investment package to be presented within the first three months of the mandate of the Commission (notably for aspects related to education infrastructure);
 the European Semester (the vehicle for pursuing the modernisation of education systems including with a view to progressing towards the Europe 2020 education targets);
 promoting excellence and networking among European universities and supporting the mobility of students through Erasmus+;
 reinforcing the knowledge triangle between education, business and research (European Institute for Innovation and Technology; Joint Research Centre);
 supporting the work of the commissionner for employment, social affairs, skills and labour mobility on youth employment, development of skills and strengthening of lifelong learning.
Marianne Thyssen, Belgium, is the commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility. She will contribute to the projects steered and coordinated by
 the vice-president for jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness
 the vice-president for the Euro and social dialogue
She will work closely together with the vice-president for the Euro and social dialogue and with the commissioner for economic and financial affairs, taxation and customs to drive the European Semester.
She is asked to contribute to, amongst other things,
 the jobs, growth and investment package to be presented within the first three months of the mandate of the Commission (including Youth Guarantee);
 the European Semester (the vehicle for pursuing the modernisation of labour markets and social protection systems including with a view to progressing towards the Europe 2020 targets in the fields of employment and social inclusion;
 mobilising EU-instruments to further develop the skills level of the European workforce, by promoting VET and lifelong learning;
 maximising the performance of EU-programmes (e.a. synergies with Horizon 2020).
This division of responsibilities has important consequences for DG EAC (Education and Culture) and for DG EMPL (Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion). The parts of Unit EAC A3 (Skills and Qualification Strategies; Multilingualism Policy) dealing with ‘Skills and Qualification’, and of Unit EAC B2 (Vocational Training and Adult Education; Erasmus +) dealing with ‘Vocational Training’ and ‘Adult Education policy’ move from DG EAC to DG EMPL.
In a next step, the European Parliament has to give its consent to the entire College of Commissioners, including the President and the High-Representative Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission. This is preceded by hearings of the Commissioners-designate in the relevant parliamentary committees. Once the European Parliament has given its consent, the European Council formally appoints the European Commission.