At the end of 2013, because of the difficult economic conditions that affected Spain and Catalonia, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), jointly with GUNi and in agreement with UNESCO and the United Nations University (UNU), has decided to transfer the hosting institution of the GUNi Secretariat from UPC to the Association of Catalan Public Universities (ACUP).

This is the latest edition of the L&W Newsletter, which will reach you via a mailing list of over 1400 experts in and beyond Europe. As always, it focuses on transnational research activities in the field of human resource development (HRD) and vocational education and training (VET), centred on major categories: conferences, networks, programmes, projects and publications. Many thanks to all who contributed information for this edition of the Newsletter!