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Spring 2023

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.

20 Mar 2023

Global per­spec­ti­ves on inno­va­ti­ve app­ren­ti­ce­ship training

The ILO publi­ca­ti­on examines how inno­va­ti­ve app­ren­ti­ce­ships prepare people for lifelong learning to keep pace with changes in the labour market.

18 Apr 2023

HE funding systems and the European Universities Initiative

Recently, a study was published on per­for­mance-based funding of HE in the EU 27 and how that can be used to support trans­na­tio­nal uni­ver­si­ty alliances under the European Universities Initiative.

13 Apr 2023

How can Vocational Education and Training con­tri­bu­te to employment in Europe?

On May 5, 2023, AK Salzburg will host the final con­fe­rence of the Erasmus+ project QUANTUM which aims to promote the relevance and effec­ti­ve­ness of VET and its con­tri­bu­ti­on to employment in Europe.

12 Apr 2023

Review of the Event: Labour Shortages and Skill Mismatches

“How bad will it get? What can be done?” were the key questions of an inter­na­tio­nal expert dis­cus­sion on labour shortages and skill mis­mat­ches with a keynote by Ken Mayhew organised by 3s.

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.