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More than 300 participants from the European Union and neighbouring countries accepted the invitation of the European Training Foundation (ETF) to discuss changes on the labour market from a skills perspective in Turin/Italy from 21 to 22 November 2018.
The two-year vocational project “JoinVET”, run in four Spanish cities, has demonstrated that elements of inter-company vocational education and training are able to contribute to increasing the readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to provide training.
From 5 to 9 November 2018, the European Vocational Skills Week takes place for the third time in a row. The European Commission’s initiative aims to make VET more attractive, to demonstrate the benefits and diversity of VET and to highlight the commitment of the various actors in VET.
The launch meeting of the project "WellTo Skill" took place on 10 and 11 October 2018 in Sofia. Organisations, schools, competent bodies and companies from Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia and Latvia have come together for the project to develop a joint qualification in the area of wellness tourism.
The EU working group on initial and continuing vocational education and training has published their final report “Teachers and Trainers Matter. How to support them in high-performance apprenticeships and work-based learning. 12 policy pointers”.
ReferNet Germany has a new, user-friendly website! It provides extensive information on many aspects of vocational education and training in the EU member states (as well as Norway and Iceland) in English and German. ReferNet has been the European network for VET since 2002.
With the title of “Education = Vocational Education and Training?!” the main focus of the event was accordingly placed on the changing nature of the relationship between VET and general education. BIBB took part in the debate on the future of VET systems in the German-speaking countries.
Groups of vocational education and training (VET) learners can share their photo stories with Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) for a chance to win a trip to Vienna or Thessaloniki. Don't miss out on your chance to take part! Submit your entries until 15 July 2018.
Cedefop is currently working on a project focusing on the ‘Changing Nature and Role of VET in Europe’. This research supports post-2020 European cooperation in this area. For this purpose, Cedefop has prepared an online survey that allows experts to share their views on the future of VET.
On 21 and 22 March 2018, the final conference and the last project meeting of the project "New Models in Workbased Learning" funded under Erasmus+ Key Action 3 (Supporting Political Reforms) took place in Ljubljana/Slovenia.
