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Winter 2024

17 Feb 2025

Kick-off to the third project year — Skills2Capabilities shows first results

The third partner meeting of the Horizon project took place in Dortmund in February. In addition to reports from the work packages, there was also valuable expert input.

12 Feb 2025

Event: The role of NGOs in ESF co-financed VET activities

The final report of a study on the role of NGOs and the impact of ESF support in the VET sector was presented in a webinar organised by the ESF+ Community of Practice on Employment, Education and Skills.

23 Jan 2025

The Role of Skills Strategies in Driving Economic and Societal Progress

A recently published report of the Horizon project Skills2Capabilities deepens the com­pa­ra­ti­ve analysis of national skills stra­te­gies and high­lights the importance of strategic, inclusive, and adaptable skills policies.

13 Dec 2024

Online con­fe­rence on the Erasmus+ Centres of Vocational Excellence

Innovation, sus­tainable deve­lo­p­ment and excel­lence in voca­tio­nal education and training were the focus of an event organised by the Erasmus+ VET Team Austria at the OeAD and the BMBWF on 3 December 2024.

5 Dec 2024

Digital Skills in Focus

Training provision and training providers in the area of digital skills in Austria. A study conducted by 3s offers an overview of the Austrian CVET market related to digital skills. 

3 Dec 2024

Grant for funding CVET of employees in Salzburg

3s carried out an eva­lua­ti­on of the Salzburg training grant in 2024. The final report on the study has just been published.


Autumn 2024

29 Nov 2024

Skills Mag 2040

In an inno­va­ti­ve Erasmus+ project, we are focussing on the future of CVET using new methods. The result, a magazine full of fictional stories, sti­mu­la­tes debate.

19 Nov 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.

10 Oct 2024

Latvia Hosts Third EQAVET Peer Review

Under the title “Good gover­nan­ce and quality culture at VET insti­tu­ti­ons in Latvia’, experts gathered in Riga to discuss gover­nan­ce, quality culture, and change manage­ment in Latvia’s voca­tio­nal education system.

19 Sep 2024

Inclusion and Diversity in Erasmus+

A new report of the SALTO Resource Centre for Inclusion and Diversity analyses the needs of bene­fi­ci­a­ries in the Erasmus+ Programme.

18 Sep 2024

GreenComp in Practice – an evolving framework for sustainability

A new publi­ca­ti­on on the uptake and imple­men­ta­ti­on of the GreenComp framework across various edu­ca­tio­nal settings has been published by the European Commission.

17 Sep 2024

Beyond sub­si­di­sing training costs – exploring  the whole range of policies sup­port­ing CVET in MSMEs

Cedefop has released a new study examining stra­te­gies for fostering skills deve­lo­p­ment, including employer-provided CVET, in micro, small, and medium-sized enter­pri­ses (MSMEs). Which instru­ments for making progress in sup­port­ing MSMEs are applied across the EU Member States?