Accelerated digital transformation, reshaping work, learning, and societal interactions have led in EU on one side to job losses and income insecurity and on the other to new opportunities. To navigate this changing landscape, the EU must invest in skills development and lifelong learning. By aligning skill sets with the green and digital transitions, the EU can recover from the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic, adapt to emerging opportunities, and build a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable future for its citizens. Therefore, EU authorities have adopted various actions, such as European Skills Agenda (with Pact of Skills), Digital Education Action Plan, Digital skills and jobs coalition, several EU funding instruments such as the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Recovery and Resilience Facility, Digital Europe Pro-gram, Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ are available support Member States’ investment in up-skilling and reskilling, and projects such as European Universities and Centers of Vocational Excellence, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), etc. In line with these actions, goals have been set that the EU and its member states should achieve by 2030. The fulfillment of these goals in skills development and lifelong learning varies among European countries. Slovakia lags in some areas. To move towards true green and digital transition, a coordinated approach and development are needed, both at the European and national levels. Currently, the business sector largely supplements development of skills and lifelong learning.