Spring 2023
27 Mar 2023
EXPECT — Sustainable vocational education and training in Spain
In March 2023, the EXPECT project partners met for another Peer Learning Activity (PLA) in Bilbao.
24 Mar 2023
Stakeholder conference: Making All Skills Visible
Register now for the TRANSVAL-EU conference taking place from 24 to 25 May in Stockholm. Policy makers, experts and validation and guidance professionals are invited to discuss future validation practices.
5 Mar 2023
Progress on mutual recognition of qualifications and learning periods abroad
The study for the European Commission on progress and challenges to the automatic mutual recognition of qualifications in the EU and learning periods abroad has been published.
16 Mar 2023
Research conference Transversal Skills for Work and Life
Registration for the research conference of the TRANSVAL-EU project in Paris (18–19 April 2023) is open. Follow the discussion on how to address transversal competences in guidance and validation processes for adult learners.
3 Mar 2023
Future fit education systems
A recently published UNIDO IAP article by Jörg Markowitsch and Günter Hefler provides insights into Europe’s diverse educational landscape and implications for the future. What should future fit education systems look like?
6 Mar 2023
Labour Shortages and Skill Mismatches – What can be done?
3s invites to a keynote by Ken Mayhew (Oxford) and international expert discussion to examine new policies to address increasing labour shortage and skill mismatches.
Winter 2023–2022
30 Jan 2023
EXPECT — Sustainable vocational education and training in Austria
The participants of the Erasmus+ project EXPECT — Exchanges of Practices in Education for Climate Targets met this time in Vienna to shed light on the topic of sustainable VET in Austria.
25 Jan 2023
Increasing the quality of traineeships in Europe
European Commission study evaluating the Council Recommendation on the Quality Framework for Traineeships published.
19 Dec 2022
Volume 3 on the Future of Vocational Education and Training in Europe
The third volume of results from our three-year Cedefop project on the future of VET is now available. This time focusing on assessment in IVET.
16 Dec 2022
Beyond subsidising training costs
Günter Hefler presented results from a two-year research project at the Cedefop Brussels Seminar on 15 December 2022. Key aim was to find answers to the question how policy instruments support MSMEs to increase their training provision.
16 Dec 2022
Green Skills in Short Supply?
This was the title of an online conference on the challenges education and the labour market face in times of Green Change recently organised by the Erasmus+ VET Teams Austria.
7 Dec 2022
Future of VET – challenges and choices
The challenges European VET systems face are manifold. The results of a multi-year research project on this were recently discussed at an online conference.