LOST new European project
On the 28th and 29th of November 2017, it took place the kick-off meeting of LOST (Learning Opportunities, InStruments and InvestigationTechniques to fight the growing phenomenon of missing people in Europe) new European project, within the framework of the Erasmus + Strategic Partnership programme. The meeting was hosted by the Coordinator (Consorzio Pubblico Sociata della […]
SIRIUS’s annual policy conference
SIRIUS’s annual policy conference held 15th December 2017 was a platform bringing together representatives of EU institutions and Member States as well as academics, practitioners and other relevant stakeholders to explore the capacity of the education system for migrant children. Thus, the event was a useful occasion to discuss successes, challenges, gaps and potential priorities […]
LikeHome partners meeting in Brussels
The meeting of LikeHome: Assessing and recognizing the prior learning of migrants: Bridging the gap and paving the road to educational and social integration project took place in Brussels 13th and 14th December 2017 and discussed numerous ways in which newly arrived migrants and refugees could be offered education and social integration. In this respect, […]
#DiscoverYourTalent: Alexander Blaabjerg, Student at TEC
Alexander Blaabjerg, Student at TEC – Technical Education Copenhagen (EfVET Member), and who is working at DISA – Norican group attended to the 2nd European Vocational Skills Week the last week of November in Brussels. He wanted to share his experience as a VET student and as a participant at the European Vocational Skills Week. Alexander […]
#DiscoverYourTalent: Students at Escola de Comércio de Lisboa
Vanessa Pinto and Afonso Santos had the chance to attend the second European Vocational Week in Brussels. Vanessa and Alfonso are students at the Escola de Comércio de Lisboa, Portugal, they share with us their impressions about this week. Vanessa Pinto and Afonso Santos An amazing trip to Brussels with amazing people, each one with […]
Annual ECVET Forum Malta 2017
Annual ECVET Forum 2017 took place on the 19 and 20 of October 2017 in Malta. It was focused on the role of ECVET to inspire action towards more flexible vocational pathways. The conference was held in a good atmosphere and had inspiring head speakers in the working groups were inspiring. Their introductions to the […]
Peer Learning Conference: Do NQFs make a difference?
The Peer Learning Conference was organized in collaboration by the European Commission, CEDEFOP and the Quality and Qualifications Ireland. Qualifications frameworks (QF) are introduce all over the world. Stelios Mavromoustakos, EfVET Vice-President In Europe 35 countries are working towards comprehensive frameworks, addressing all levels and types of qualifications, formal education and training at all levels […]
VET will be reformed in Finland
The renewed legislation on vocational education and training will be implemented in 1.1.2018. The reform will change qualification structure, funding and methods in education system. The current supply-oriented approach will be refocused into a demand-driven approach. The goal of the reform is to create VET-system which will respond to the expectations of work life which […]
Digital Competences 4.0
The first kick-off meeting DC4WORK took place in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. The project aim is to make strong use of the positive, promotive perception of digital competences and their importance for employees but also trainees at work, in society and on a political level. The first meeting was focused on: Intellectual outputs 1, a strategy […]
The role of the education in improving the quality of VET
“The role of teachers and school heads in improving the status of VET” public hearing was organized jointly by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) and the European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE). On the occasion of the second European Vocational Skills Week, the European Social […]