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Cedefop presented its work to the Greek Parliament, for the first time, on Thursday. A delegation headed by Director James Calleja addressed MPs of the Education and Social Affairs select committees and answered questions on the agency’s contribution to the development of vocational education and training (VET) and its cooperation with Greek authorities and VET institutions.
Welcoming the delegation, Education Affairs committee chair Spyros Taliadouros noted that ‘for many years we have developed strong relations with Cedefop and we have been working together on skills, qualifications and competences, as well as on lifelong learning issues. Especially important has been Cedefop’s contribution to the national qualifications framework (NQF) development process, which is one of the European Commission’s most significant initiatives for recognition of skills and promotion of lifelong learning.’ More...

‘Europe’s true problem is not one of a deficit of skills, but primarily a deficit of creation of good quality jobs,’ Cedefop Director James Calleja told the European Parliament of Enterprises on 16 October in Brussels.
In his statement on skills mismatch and youth unemployment, Mr Calleja said that most of Europe’s unemployment is cyclical, not structural in nature: ‘Cedefop studies (2012) indicate a rising tendency towards a higher “over-qualification” or “over-skilling” rate of the employee workforce (i.e. workers have skills that outweigh those needed to perform their job duties).’ More...

Arguing for guidance to ease the integration of third country immigrants into the European labour market may seem untimely given today’s high youth unemployment, but anticipating future developments and informing policy-makers are one of Cedefop’s main tasks.
Although labour demand will continue to be weak in the coming years, Cedefop’s skill forecasts point to another challenge already visible in some countries: namely a falling labour supply and shortages as the population ages. Tackling this may require not only bringing more indigenous people into the labour force, but also encouraging economic migration to address skill shortages. More...

“We strongly believe the moment has come when we can move to a society where All individuals can learn Anytime, Anywhere, using Any device and with the support of Anyone”.
That was the defiant message given by Xavier Prats-Monné, the EC Director General for Education, speaking on the anniversary of ‘OpenEducationEuropa’ and the ‘Opening up Education’ initiative. More...

To reach the height of its potential, online learning needs to effectively deal with the issue of online security for learners. The Trust Challenge is a competition for institutions and organisations that are working to make online education safer in real-life contexts, with over 1.2 million USD to be awarded. More...

The Open Access Button gives knowledge-seekers everywhere easy access to academic research papers that would otherwise be behind a paywall. The Open Access Button was developed by two students and debuted during this year's Open Access Week. More...

The HANDSON MOOC, starting on Monday 27th of October, is a 5 weeks MOOC targeted to all kind of educators. Students joining the MOOC will have the oportunity to design an ICT-based learning activity. More...

As more and more elite institutions offered MOOCs, some achieving course enrollments in the six figures and with an aggregate student enrollment beyond the 1 million mark, they were simultaneously extolled as the “silver bullet” for solving the attainment and affordability challenges in US higher education and vilified as a highly disruptive force that could damage the higher education enterprise. More...

aOpen Educational Ideas is preparing a new online platform that will involve educators interested in Open Educational Resources (OER) to get pitch new ideas, get feedback, and connect with collaborators. The initiative is seeking recommendations of tools for open course and textbok development. More...

Au Conseil des ministres du 22 octobre 2014, le secrétaire d’État chargé de la réforme de l’État et de la simplification a présenté les projets de décrets mettant en œuvre le principe "silence vaut accord" » au sein des administrations d’État. Leur date d’entrée en vigueur est fixée au 12 novembre 2014. Le principe tel qu’il est désormais inscrit à l’article 21 de la loi du 12 avril 2000 modifiée est que le silence gardé par l’administration sur la demande d’un usager pendant deux mois vaut acceptation.
La mise en œuvre de cette réforme a nécessité de réaliser une revue de l’ensemble des procédures d’autorisations prévues par des textes législatifs ou réglementaires dans tous les ministères. 3 600 procédures ont ainsi été recensées dont environ 1 900 procédures d’autorisation éligibles. Les ministères ont organisé des consultations publiques sur les projets de décrets. Hors exceptions fondées sur la Constitution et les engagements internationaux, près de 1 200 procédures devraient être soumises à la règle "silence vaut accord". Voir l'article...