Welcome Remarks, Introduction to the Project, and Overview of the Agenda 14:30 – 14:45 | Pelin Ünlü (SEPR) The conference started with a welcome and introduction of the theme of inclusivity in vocational education and training (VET) by Pelin Ünlü from SEPR, who provided an overview of the topics to be discussed during the conference. […]
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Participate at the 2025 Pact for Skills Networking Event, themed “Skills that Drive Change, Partnerships that Make it Happen”, which comes at a pivotal moment, as the European Commission has recently unveiled the Union of Skills, an initiative designed to enhance upskilling, reskilling, and the development of high-quality, inclusive and flexible education and training for
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Check out the Digital Europe Programme open call for new digital skills academies, launched by the European Commission to address critical talent shortages in key technological sectors. VET institutions are eligible and strongly encouraged to apply. Disseminate the call within your network and potential applicants: DIGITAL-2025-SKILLS-08-QUANTUM-ACADEMY-STEP Quantum Skills Digital Academy DIGITAL-2025-SKILLS-08-GENAI-ACADEMY-STEP Digital Skills Academy in
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14th – 16th April, Milan, Italy – EfVET attended MiCRET’s first project meeting and its International Conference hosted by Lombardini22 and Learning Digital to explore the role of microcredentials in addressing skill gaps in the renewable energy sector. EfVET is a partner of the MiCRET project – Microcredentials for Renewable Energy Technicians, which addresses labour
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📣 21st of April – Today, we celebrate the World #Creativity and #Innovation Day 2025, a global campaign to raise awareness about the role of creativity and innovation in all aspects of human development, to promote creative thinking, cultural, scientific and technological innovation. Creativity and Innovation can play a key role in developing novel ways
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“Only training providers implement European VET” – EfVET’s President In a conference organised in Valladolid by the Ministry of Education of Castilla y León region, the President of EfVET Professor James Calleja insisted that “it is time to implement strategies and roadmaps for European VET. Several European countries, including Spain have taken the necessary measures
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We would like to invite you to the Agrifood Pact for Skills Annual Event, a key gathering for stakeholders across the agrifood ecosystem. EfVET is a member of the Agrifood Pact for Skills, an initiative which aims to get public and private organizations together and encourage them to make concrete commitments to upskilling and reskilling
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Professor James Calleja was a keynote speaker at the 2025 FET Colleges Ireland Conference which was held at Knights brook Hotel, Meath. Over 130 Principals and Deputy Principals participated in the two-day conference. The event was organised by SOLAS Learning Works, the FET Colleges Ireland and NAPD the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals.
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Brussels, 2 April 2025 – “Expanding real-time skills intelligence to accelerate Europe’s skills revolution”, an event organised by Cedefop, was held at the EESC Building in cooperation with Eurostat. EfVET participated in the high-level policy event gathering insights on skills intelligence for and from the VET ecosystem. — Download the full event report Alternative link:
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The new European Commission, led by Ursula von der Leyen, proposes a Union of Skills as part of its ambitious 100-day plan. Currently, only 40% of adults participate in education or training—far below the 60% target—and almost half of Europeans lack basic digital skills, despite 90% of jobs requiring them. Skills for work and life
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The first EfVET Thematic Team Global VET took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Three days of collaboration with excellent professionals’ people, for the implementation of a dynamic and forward -thinking network. The Global VET Thematic Team was established with the aim of making vocational education stronger not only in Europe, but also worldwide. The Global VET
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Brussels, 17 March ‘25 – The “#AllDigitalWeeks25 EU Launch Event for Digital Inclusion” was hosted by All Digital from 17 March to 4 April, with the theme “Enhancing your digital skills”. — Read the full EfVET report here What is EfVET’s role in the partnership — How does digital evolution affect our lives? What
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Last tuesday, 18th of March, under the themes of “Building Networks, Enhancing Skills, Shaping Policy” and “Empowering VET for a Sustainable Future”, the Danish Board of Directors from Roskilde Tekniske Skole participated in an insightful meeting with EfVET in Brussels. Representing Roskilde Tekniske Skole from Denmark, the delegation, welcomed by EfVET’s staff, included Janne Taklo
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Time to reflect and distill the notions learned during the #EUSocialForum25 in Brussels, which featured influential voices from Europe and beyond who shared inspiring visions, technical analysis, policy proposals, and a scan of the current situation in the VET system, labor market, and beyond. What is the future of the VET ecosystem, and what is
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Milan, 14 March 2025. EfVET took part to the conference organised by our member EFFEBI, Micros and EBTN (The European Banking and Financial Services Training Association) on LEARNING STRATEGIES IN THE ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. EfVET President spoke about Current and Future Scenarios in VET – vocational education and training. Professor Massimiliano Santoro CEO of the Gruppo Prospeta
The experience of the CoVEs, born by a visionary idea of Joao Santos, is now showing its impact. The ETF conference “Internationalizing Vocational Excellence” marks an important step into this journey started 6 years ago. EfVET is present with an important delegation, including the President, EfVETBoard representatives, a group of members (from Armenia, Cyprus, France,
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The annual EfVET Italian National event has been held in Matera, hosted by Materahub: not only networking opportunities and mutual learning, but also an immersion in touching and emotional stories of affirmation and redemption. From the direct voice of ex-detained and young people with disabilities, participants learned how much the craft and creative sector is
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On the 26th and 27th of February, 2025 the EfVET Secretary General, Valentina Chanina, was invited to the Erasmus+ Vocational Education Accreditation Meeting in Kocaeli by the Kocaeli Provincial Directorate of National Education. This event brings together National Agency, Ministry of National Education and 31 schools holding Erasmus+ Vocational Education Accreditation, emphasizing our commitment to
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26 Feb. 2024 – EfVET participated in SMALEI’s (Sustainability Matrix for Adult Education Institutions) Final Conference “Empowering Adult Learning and Education for a Sustainable Future”, where the event bringed together distinguished institutional speakers and experts to discuss sustainability competencies, green policies in adult education, and practical tools for educators. The SMALEI Erasmus+ project and EfVET
19 Feb. 2024 – EfVET participated in the Cedefop seminar “making learning progression a reality”, in which they presented the key findings of its projects Ensuring transparency and transferability of learning outcomes, including alternative policy scenarios for lifelong and life-wide learning towards 2040. During the event, 5 different policy scenarios for lifelong learning were
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📣 20th of January – Today, we celebrate the World Day of Social Justice, an annual milestone for EfVET mission: recognizing the need to promote social justice, which includes efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, gender inequality, unemployment, human rights, and social protections. 📌 This year’s theme, “Empowering Inclusion: Bridging Gaps for Social
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The Speak&Act project, part of the Erasmus+ initiative, focuses on integrating Public Speaking (PS) as a methodology for teaching and learning Citizenship Education in secondary schools. On January 22nd, the project’s final event took place at the Regione Umbria Venue in Brussels, showcasing its achievements and impact since its creation. The event opened with remarks
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📣 24th of January – Today, we celebrate the International Day of Education, an annual milestone for EfVET mission: enhancing and improving technical and vocational education and training (VET), while promoting the principles of the LifeLongLearning (LLL) approach. This year’s theme, “Preserving human agency in a world of automation”, highlights the urgent need to
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In a world of ultra-rapid change, we need robust vocational education and training to build a sustainable future. Whether the challenge at hand is greening our economy, implementing digital solutions in our society, trying to keep up with AI or to make sure we develop just and inclusive transitions in our communities, vocational education and training (VET)
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These days we’re taking part in the EfVET Tourism Thematic Team Annual Event 2024 in Seinäjoki, Finland organised by Sedu Seinäjoen koulutuskuntayhtymä. The Tourism Thematic Team event gathered participants from 12 different countries. The Tourism Thematic Team Conference facilitates international collaboration, roundtable discussions, and workshops. EfVET Executive Director Paolo Nardi welcoming guest and keynote speakers
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