From 24-25 October 2019 the Kick-Off Meeting for the Erasmus+ project HoWARP (action-oriented continuing education at the workplace) took place in Berlin. 3s was represented by Managing Director Stefan Humpl and Project Manager Julia Fellinger.

With the participation of 3s, the conference “VET for All – Skills for Life” took place in Helsinki from 14 – 18 October 2019. The conference focused on topics related to Vocational Education and Training for young people and adults.

On 7 October 2019, Jörg Markowitsch (3s) and Philipp Grollmann (BIBB) presented a keynote on “The Future of Apprenticeships in Europe: Three Scenarios” at the Cedefop and OECD Symposium 2019 in Paris.

3s, the Austrian project partner of the Erasmus+ project “CYCLE” and the Association of Austrian Adult Education Centres (Verband Österreichischer Volkshochschulen) invited to the presentation of the Austrian version of the CYCLE CC- EU-Platform on 30 September in Vienna.

In the context of this year’s “Erasmusdays” 3s cordially invites you to an afternoon around mobility, exchange of experiences and tools developed in the context of Erasmus+.

The automotive industry is an important part of the European economy and urgently needs specialists with knowledge in the field of plastic mould making. The Erasmus+ project “MOULD4PLAST” is developing a “Professional Profile Map” and a further training course precisely for this purpose. Specialised toolmakers and specialists from the metal mould making sector are to be equipped with skills and competences in the field of plastic mould making.

To support the evaluation of the European Council Recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning, the European Commission has published an Open Public Consultation.

The 35th issue of the ECVET Magazine is now online! You can download it on the ECVET Secretariat website.

The aim of the paper “The changing nature and role of vocational education and training in Europe. Volume 7: VET from a lifelong learning perspective: continuing VET concepts, providers and participants in Europe 1995-2015” was to provide an overview of how CVET (continous vocational education and training) is conceptualised in various international level policy documents and how it is referred to across countries.

The aim of the paper “The changing nature and role of vocational education and training in Europe. Volume 7: VET from a lifelong learning perspective: continuing VET concepts, providers and participants in Europe 1995-2015” was to provide an overview of how CVET (continous vocational education and training) is conceptualised in various international level policy documents and how it is referred to across countries.