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Summer 2023

14 Aug 2023

Research report on the impact of vali­da­ti­on of trans­ver­sal com­pe­ten­ces published

Read now the final report on the accom­pany­ing sci­en­ti­fic research in the TRANSVAL-EU project on the vali­da­ti­on of trans­ver­sal com­pe­ten­ces, which is coming to an end.

9 Aug 2023

Final report of ‘The Future of VET’ study published

The synthesis report of the three-year study on the “Future of VET” examines the evolving landscape of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Europe.

19 Jul 2023

Start of field work in Skills2Capabilities

After some pre­pa­ra­to­ry work in our Horizon Europe project, we use the summer months to kick-off field work in a work package analysing strategic policy documents on skills across selected European countries. 

26 Jun 2023

DARYA capacity building and peer learning event on reco­gni­ti­on and vali­da­ti­on of prior learning

Last week, the European Training Foundation invited to a three-day stake­hol­der seminar on reco­gni­ti­on and vali­da­ti­on of prior learning in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

16 Jun 2023

TRANSVAL-EU — final con­fe­rence in Stockholm

The stake­hol­der con­fe­rence entitled “Making All Skills Visible” focused on policy stra­te­gies on how to make trans­ver­sal skills visible and reco­g­nis­ed in practice.

7 Jun 2023

Making Erasmus+ more inclusive and diverse

Report on the needs, chal­lenges and practices of Erasmus+ National Agencies in the field of education and training on the topic of inclusion and diversity published.

6 Jun 2023

EXPECT — Sustainable voca­tio­nal education and training in the Netherlands

At the end of the Erasmus+ project EXPECT, the con­sor­ti­um members met in the south of the Netherlands.


Spring 2023

11 May 2023

New ETF report on trends in changing skills demand published

With this report on skill demand analysis, the ETF is anti­ci­pa­ting future trends and deve­lo­p­ments across all activity areas. 

4 Apr 2023

Kick-off of the Horizon Europe project Skills2Capabilities

At the end of March, the rese­ar­chers of the project con­sor­ti­um met for the first time on site, hosted by 3s Research & Consulting as the project coor­di­na­tor, with some spring in Vienna experience.

26 Apr 2023

Austria Forum on vali­da­ti­on of trans­ver­sal competences

At the national final event of the TRANSVAL-EU project on 16 May, all stake­hol­ders are invited to discuss the project results on issues related to the vali­da­ti­on of trans­ver­sal competences.

25 Apr 2023

Strengthening inter­na­tio­nal contacts in VET research

3s signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Korean Research Institute of Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET).

21 Mar 2023

Skills in the light of crisis and times of transition

The European Commission published a Thematic Review on skill shortages and labour market change during the pandemic and in the context of digi­ta­li­sa­ti­on and green transition.