Pact for Skills and European Alliance for Apprenticeships Support Services

Since July 2026, 3s has been working alongside Ecorys on the redesigned support services for the Pact for Skills and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships, commissioned by DG EMPL.

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Working in the EU: Commission adopts Fair Labour Mobility Package

The European Commission has adopted a package on fair labour mobility aimed at making it easier to prove social security entitlements and use qualifications across EU borders.

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Quality assurance for more inclusive VET in Slovenia

A recent Peer Review explored how quality assurance can help strengthen inclusive upper secondary vocational education and training in Slovenia.

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Pact for Skills – key results and future opportunities

Based on a Europe-wide survey of members, the 2025 Pact for Skills Annual Report highlights progress and challenges in skills development across Europe.

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Individual Learning Accounts – A Guide to Implementation

New publication summarises key insights and good practices from the ILA workshops of EU Member States within the framework of the “ILA Mutual Learning Programme” (2023–2025).

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EU Common Training Frameworks – Which Professions Have the Potential?

The study, carried out on behalf of the European Commission, aims to identify professions that appear suitable for a Common Training Framework (CTF) across national borders.

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Join the con­sul­ta­ti­on: Facilitating worker mobility through skills trans­pa­ren­cy and digitalisation

The Skills Portability Initiative (SPI) aims to address the core problem of limited portability of qualifications and skills in the EU. Stakeholders are invited to present their views.

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Study sup­port­ing the impact assess­ment for the Skills Portability Initiative (SPI)

3s experts contribute to research and consultancy on a possible legislative proposal to make qualifications and skills more transparent, comparable and transferable, supporting worker mobility in the EU.

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Expert support on VET issues for the European Commission

3s experts are involved in providing a number of support services in the field of quality assurance in VET to the Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL).

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