The role of employment service providers - Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs VOLUME 4
Briefing note - Innovation and training: partners in change
Innovation und Berufsbildung: Partner im Wandel
DE
DOI: 10.2801/23382TI-BB-15-007-DE-NISBN: 978-92-896-1806-903/12/20151.11 MB
Ensuring the quality of certification in vocational education and training
Qualifications have great value as they are used by people to progress in education and training and to find employment. Qualification holders who have completed a programme and passed the required exam must inspire confidence that they have acquired the learning outcomes associated with the qualification. The role of certification in safeguarding this confidence and trust is crucial. More...
VET's role in combatting early leaving - video
Young people who left their studies early, before completing an upper secondary qualification, tell Cedefop their stories.
What made them drop out from school and how did vocational eduction and training (VET) change their lives? Lauren and Martin from Northern Ireland, Darious from Romania and Nicole from Austria have now graduated and found a job thanks to VET. More...
Slovenia's National Institute for VET celebrates 20th anniversary
Cedefop expert Slava Pevec-Grm represented the agency at an event marking the 20th anniversary of Slovenia's National Institute for Vocational Education and Training, on 25 November in Ljubljana.
The institute is the main research and policy public organisation in the area of vocational education and training (VET), supporting the Ministries of Education and Labour as well as social partners in developing and implementing VET policies. More...
EU Guidelines for Lifelong Guidance Policies and Systems
The European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) has published the EU Guidelines for Lifelong Guidance Policies and Systems: A Reference Framework for the EU and for the Commission, providing indications to policy makers on how to develop holistic career guidance systems. The guidelines cover all relevant sectors and policy fields, including employment, education, training, youth, migrations and senior workers. More...
Cedefop-DEVCO cooperation on Latin America
In November and December Cedefop welcomed three visiting groups in connection with its conferences on globalisation of vocational education and training (VET) and on maximising skills for jobs and jobs for skills.
Layla El Khadraoui from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) visited Cedefop to learn about its work on the formulation of the forthcoming EU regional VET programmes for Latin America and the Caribbean. More...