Cedefop newsletter No 93 - September 2019

ISSN number:

1831-5259

Main story:

New Executive Director presents Cedefop to new European Parliament EMPL Committee

Cedefop Executive Director Jürgen Siebel presented the agency’s work and priorities for 2020-22 to the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), on 24 September in Brussels.

News from Cedefop:

Cedefop’s skills online vacancy analysis tool is expanding

A second version of Cedefop’s skills online vacancy analysis tool for Europe (Skills OVATE) has been released. It presents insights and data on skills gathered from online job vacancies in 11 more EU countries to add to the seven already analysed.

New Cedefop study on key competences presented at workshop

The main findings of Cedefop’s comparative study on key competences in initial vocational education and training (IVET), which will be published in 2020, were presented at a workshop organised by the agency on 19 and 20 September in Thessaloniki.

CareersNet meeting discusses how to support careers post-2020

Independent career development experts from across Europe, representatives from the European Commission and the European Training Foundation met on 19 and 20 September in Rome to debate how people will be supported in their careers in the post-2020 period.

New Cedefop Executive Director takes up duties

Jürgen Siebel took up his duties on 2 September as Cedefop Executive Director. Mr Siebel was selected to the post by the European Commission. He joins Cedefop from the private sector.

Cedefop to test labour mobility opportunities for refugees

Cedefop has started a project to investigate how vocational education and training (VET) can effectively contribute to creating labour mobility opportunities for adult refugees.

‘Skillset and match’ September issue is out!

The September 2019 issue of Skillset and match, Cedefop’s magazine promoting learning for work, is now available to read and download.

Implementing a holistic approach to lifelong learning

This Cedefop/Lifelong learning platform joint briefing paper aims to inform European Institutions and national policy-makers on the issue of an integrated and holistic approach to lifelong learning.

Vocational education and training in Finland

This short description contributes to better understanding of vocational education and training (VET) in Finland by providing insight into its main features and highlighting system developments and current challenges.

Spotlight on VET Finland

Finnish vocational education and training (VET) is competence-based and learner-oriented. Cedefop's brief guide provides all the information you need on Finland's VET system in a concise manner.

Vocational education and training (VET) in Finland

Vocational education and training (VET) in Finland is an attractive educational option. Strong employment prospects and flexible qualifications are among the reasons why 40% of basic education graduates enrol to a VET module. Watch our animated video to find out more!

Agenda:

2019 joint Cedefop and OECD symposium: The next steps for apprenticeship

07/10/2019 at 09:00

Conference

Paris

France

Cedefop involvement:

Co-organiser

Annual meeting of Cedefop community of apprenticeship experts

08/10/2019 at 09:30

Event

Paris

France

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

Knowledge sharing for the future quality of VET: results and future development

14/10/2019 at 09:00

Event

Helsinki

Finland

Cedefop involvement:

Co-organiser

Joint meeting of European Associations of VET providers and Cedefop community of learning providers

15/10/2019 at 09:00

Event

Helsinki

Finland

Cedefop involvement:

Co-organiser

Workshop on comparing VET qualifications

28/11/2019 at 09:00

Workshop

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

Working with us:

Support for Library/Research related tasks and for the institutional Open Access repository’

Reference:

AO/DCM/MWI-vka/Library services/004/19

Closing date:

18/10/2019

Call for proposals_ReferNet 2020-2023

Reference:

GP/DSI/REFERNET-FPA/001/19

Closing date:

01/10/2019

The future of vocational education and training in Europe

Reference:

AO/DSI/JB/Future_of_VET/003/19

Closing date:

30/09/2019

‘2nd European skills and jobs survey: Data collection on impact of digitalisation and technological change on skill mismatch of EU workers’

Reference:

AO/DSL/KPOUL-MSERA/ESJS/001/19

Closing date:

18/09/2019

News from the Member States:

Items submitted by ReferNet, Cedefop’s European network for VET

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Cedefop newsletter No 93 - September 2019

Cedefop newsletter No 93 - September 2019