Lithuanian Minister for Education and Science Audronė Pitrėnienė acknowledged Cedefop's thematic country reviews on apprenticeships in a meeting with Cedefop Director James Calleja in Vilnius on 20 May. More...

The public vocational education and training (VET) system in Cyprus is being reformed to increase its attractiveness and become capable of sufficiently addressing skills demand in changing labour market conditions. More...

Financial Services Ireland (FSI), and the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) that represents the financial services sector, has announced the creation of 1 000 new apprenticeships as part of the international financial services apprenticeship initiative.  In September 2016, 220 apprenticeships will be offered and FSI expects to deliver 1 000 placements by 2020. More...

The project offers guidelines (in English, Latvian, Dutch, Spanish and Slovenian) for designing and conducting joint workshops supporting high quality apprenticeships. The guidelines outline the content and methodology for joint workshops; provide the template programme, and offer conclusions and recommendations for efficient work placements. More...

The mobility scoreboard for initial vocational education and training (IVET), a new tool to assist policy-makers in the area of learning mobility developed by Cedefop in close cooperation with the European Commission, was presented at an event in Thessaloniki on 3 June. More...

Cedefop Director James Calleja and Head of Department for VET Systems and Institutions Loukas Zahilas were keynote speakers in College and Institutes Canada’s (CICAN’s) 45th annual conference in Quebec City on 29 to 31 May. More...

Within a tripartite negotiation process, the social partners have agreed on a new vocational programme for refugees in Denmark. It provides the opportunity for refugees to enter a job-training programme for up to 24 months, plus a financial incentive to companies which employ and train refugees. The programme will be operational by July 2016. More...