Since 2014, Cedefop has carried out TCRs on apprenticeships in volunteer countries: Lithuania and Malta (2014-15); Greece, Italy and Slovenia (2015-17); Cyprus and Croatia (2017-18). A lighter version, flash TCRs, has been piloted in Belgium (French-speaking Community) and Sweden. Review outcomes were discussed in the forum's morning session. More...

Teams of vocational education and training (VET) learners from Italy, Hungary and Lithuania are the winners of this year’s #CedefopPhotoAward competition. More...

Vocational education and training (VET) becomes one of the axes of the new policies of the renamed Ministry for Education and Vocational Training (previously Education, Culture and Sports) to support the change of the country’s production model. More...

In a recent letter to parliament, Minister for Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven shared her political vision of internationalisation of senior secondary VET and higher education. She advocated that internationalisation should become an objective of each vocational education and training (VET) programme and institution. Since 2017, one of the aims of the Confidence in the future coalition agreement has been to stimulate international mobility. More...

Over half of learners (52%) in Bulgaria chose vocational education and training (VET) in 2017. Cedefop’s animated video shows how the country’s VET system works. More...

A new funding system for vocational education and training (VET) at secondary level was included in a 2018 reform; it will be fully in force in 2022, after gradual implementation. Funding is divided into several core parts: performance-based and effectiveness-based, as well as strategic. More...

Brussels’ first counselling and guidance centre Cité des métiers was opened on 23 April 2018, in the presence of the European Employment Commissioner, Marianne Thyssen, and several ministers from the Brussels Region. Based on a multi-partner and bilingual initiative, this one-stop shop for life-long guidance and counselling is designed to improve access to all types of life-long learning, including vocational education and training (VET). More...

In 2018, the National Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training Development ran a campaign to enrol more learners in initial vocational education and training (VET) from 2018/19. It comprised local, regional and national actions targeting potential students, parents and the community as a whole. More...

SOLAS recently published Supporting working lives and enterprise growth in Ireland. This is a new policy framework for employee development opportunities, with the specific aims of supporting working lives and enterprise growth. More...

‘Craft certificate at work’ is to become a permanent arrangement, ensuring that more unskilled workers obtain a craft certificate. While the country needs more skilled and certified workers ([1]), many already in employment without a certificate seek education. Craft certificate at work is a new flexible pathway to obtaining a craft certificate and opening up the opportunity for more people to receive training, while maintaining their employment. More...