The adult training project monitors and reviews adult learning trends and policy developments. The focus is on how work-based learning help people develop the skills that give them greater chances of finding jobs and improving their careers. More...

Cedefop supports development of lifelong learning strategies in Europe and the Member States.
The Centre monitors and reviews trends and policy developments that are related to lifelong learning. It provides policy-makers with data and analysis and offers opportunities for knowledge-sharing and best practice exchange in education and training.
Currently Cedefop focuses on lifelong guidance, validation of non-formal and informal learning, professional development of teachers and trainers, apprenticeships, early leaving from education and training, and adult training. In the recent past it has also studied ageing workers. More...

VET in Europe is the most comprehensive information resource on vocational education and training (VET) systems in Europe. ReferNet, Cedefop’s European network, provides descriptions of national VET systems in the European Union, Norway and Iceland based on a common template designed by Cedefop. More...

Work in 2015-17 signals continuity with earlier national strategies and initiatives. It confirms the recent focus on apprenticeships and other forms of work-based learning, and increasing attention to widening access to VET and qualifications, two areas that have been reinforced by EU-level policy packages. More...

European countries’ joint work on vocational education and training (VET) shows clear signs of progress but there is more to do. In many countries, the Bruges communiqué of 2010 has inspired systemic reforms focusing on learning-outcomes-oriented standards and curricula. In several cases, these were triggered by the work on qualifications frameworks. In other countries, the main impact of the communiqué is reflected in their work on apprenticeships but there are challenges in securing its quality. More...

European countries have set themselves 22 specific goals by 2014 to support their long-term vision for vocational education and training (VET). This report is a first step in understanding progress by mid-2012 towards these goals, endorsed in 2010 in the Bruges communiqué to help achieve the Europe 2020 agenda. More...

Cedefop’s latest policy report evaluates the progress achieved in European policy-making in the field since the beginning of the Copenhagen process. It also looks ahead to how the new policy framework, Europe 2020, will underpin continuing reform in vocational education and training and lifelong learning in the next decade. More...

Lisbon-Copenhagen-Maastricht: mobilising for 2010. Cedefop synthesis of the Maastricht Study. More...

Based on the results of Cedefop’s VET monitoring report on progress toward the aims of the common EU strategy on vocational education and training (VET) as set out in the Bruges Communiqué (2010), this event will focus on how to maximise the potential of VET in addressing long-term strategic goals. More...

In this project Cedefop monitors and analyses progress towards achieving targets in vocational education and training (VET) that have been agreed within the process of cooperation in VET since 2002 (known as Copenhagen process). The priorities of this cooperation were agreed by the European Commission, EU Member States, candidate countries and social partners. More...