19 November 2024

Advancing voca­tio­nal education and training: Focus on excel­lence and inclusion

Cedefop recently hosted two events on the future of VET in Europe and preparing European VET systems for upcoming challenges.

On 24 October, a virtual workshop took place as part of the 3s-coor­di­na­ted Cedefop research project European VET for the 21st Century: The Balancing of Excellence and Inclusion, where first project results were presented (Karin Luomi-Messerer) and con­tex­tua­li­sed. Several parallel sessions then focussed on how excel­lence and inclusion can coexist and be imple­men­ted in European VET systems. There was input and dis­cus­sion on the following topics: Macro-level deve­lo­p­ments (policies and reforms) over the last 25 years (intro­duc­tion Jörg Markowitsch, rap­por­teur Monika Auzinger); Different approa­ches to excel­lence and inclusion in Europe; Higher VET and impli­ca­ti­ons for excel­lence and inclusion (Mariya Dzhengozova).

The extensive docu­men­ta­ti­on of the well-attended events can be found here.

17th Cedefop seminar in Brussels: Partnerships between voca­tio­nal education and training and higher education

The 17th Cedefop seminar in Brussels, organised in coope­ra­ti­on with the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, also focused on the ongoing project on excel­lence and inclusion (see video docu­men­ta­ti­on of the pre­sen­ta­ti­on by Cedefop expert Anastasia Pouliou) and showed how the project builds on previous studies such as The changing nature and role of VET in Europe (2015–18) and Future of VET (2019–22). The topic of synergies between VET and higher education part­ner­ships to achieve inclusive growth was explored in greater depth.


Contact: Karin Luomi-Messerer

Client: Cedefop

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