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Cedefop presents findings at Presidency events
Several major events on employment and education are being held this week in Cyprus, the country holding the EU Council Presidency. Cedefop is there, presenting its latest policy analysis and research findings.
Press release - Learning and working in Europe: a seminar on new opportunities for young people
Press release - The involvement of employers and trade unions is crucial to achieve an open labour market that values all forms of learning
The common European tools for education and training - such as Europass, the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and the European credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET) - will make it easier for citizens to pursue learning throughout their lives, and to document their skills and knowledge in a form which is recognised by employers and the labour market across Europe.
Press release - Do citizens benefit from the new European tools in vocational education and training?
The common European tools for education and training , Europass, European and National Qualification Frameworks, Credit transfer systems and Quality Assurance, will make it easier for citizens to pursue learning throughout their lives, and to have their skills and knowledge recognised across Europe. The question now is how to release the full potential of these tools.
Reducing early school leaving in the EU
Mapping out the next three years
Cedefop’s medium-term priorities set out the main areas of the Centre’s work in 2012-2014, including how it will support the modernisation of vocational training streams, its skills forecasting activities and its focus on adult and work-based learning.
Cedefop experts discussed new approaches to qualifications and guidance with around 100 students and professors from the two Thessaloniki universities
What does the shift to learning outcomes change in our diplomas and qualifications? How does it affect mobility? What does Europe contribute to making guidance provisions as relevant as possible?
Call for papers: Learning later in life – uncovering the potential of investing in an ageing workforce, Brussels, 21-22 September 2011
Cedefop and the European Commission are jointly organising a two-day international seminar on learning later in life and the impact of investing in an ageing workforce.
Κινητικότητα: ευκαιρίες για νέους ανθρώπους
Youth@Work - New action to create jobs and boost entrepreneurship in the EU

Event

Workshop on Guidance in employers’ age management strategies
Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council (EYCS)
European Conference: One Step Up in later life: learning for active ageing and intergenerational solidarity
Presidency Conference on Lifelong Guidance (ELGPN)
Plennary meeting of the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN)
Labour market integration of immigrants in Europe – Implications for guidance policy, practice and research
Cedefop Expert Workshop on Mainstreaming ECVET to practitioners
Agora conference on policy
Preparing young people for a successful integration into the labour market: a challenge for Europe
Peer learning event on Guidance supporting entrepreneurship learning and entrepreneurship in Europe - Policy, practice and future potential
The Cedefop peer learning event on Guidance supporting entrepreneurship learning and entrepreneurship in Europe - Policy, practice and future potential took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 25-26 November 2010.

Publication

Vocational education and training in Poland
4105 EN 05/08/2011 Euro 0
Guidance supporting Europe’s aspiring entrepreneurs
5514 EN 31/05/2011 Euro 0
Socially responsible restructuring
6107 EN 06/08/2010 Euro 0
Working and ageing
3053 EN 22/07/2010 Euro 0
Access to success
4092 EN 07/05/2010 Euro 0
Guiding at-risk youth through learning to work
5503 EN 06/04/2010 Euro 0
Modernising vocational education and training - Synthesis report
3043 EN 04/12/2009 Euro 50

Bibliography

Lifelong Guidance - Bibliography
Lifelong Guidance - Bibliography

Job Vacancy

Project Manager in the Field of VET - Lifelong Guidance

Procurement Call

Guidance in employers’ age management strategies – Supporting longer working lives of older workers
Guidance for active age management – Supporting longer working lives of older workers
Study on the contributions of the validation of non formal learning to guidance
Cedefop AO/B/JWA-RLAR/CouncilRes/011/06 - Preparation of a synthesis report on progress in implementing the Council Resolution on Lifelong Guidance
The purpose of the current call for tender is to draw updates provided by the Member States and relevant European studies/reports and prepare a synthesis report on progress in the implementation of the May 2004 Council Resolution on Guidance giving an overview of achievements made and remaining challenges to be addressed.

Article

Lithuania: new procedure for vocational guidance and counselling
Starting in the autumn, a career education programme will be implemented in the majority of general education schools in Lithuania.
Belgium: what comes after the Abitur ( )? School-leavers have very clear ideas about the future!
The German-speaking area of Belgium lies in the eastern part of the country and borders on the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg. Its official title is the Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft – the German-speaking community. In the federal organisation of Belgium there are two kinds of territorial entity with very wide-reaching powers: the communities and the regions. The German-speaking community enjoys political autonomy in such important areas as education, employment, culture, health and welfare.
Bulgaria: a fully functional web-based integrated information system for the vocational training providers
The National Agency for Vocational Education and Training (NAVET) is responsible for an integrated information system (IIS) for data collection and storage. The agency manages and provides data and information on demand. The system is part of the e-government of the country.
Estonia: acquisition of career management skills in VET institutions in Estonia
Today everybody needs relevant competences to manage their working lives. Making informed choices and taking important decisions on education and employment is important not only in a transition phase (if moving from one education level to another or moving from school to the labour market) but throughout life.
Austria - Youth coaching – a new programme for disadvantaged youth
By introducing youth coaching the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture have taken an important step towards counteracting early school-leaving.
Latvia - The Government of Latvia and the European Commission support additional investment in vocational education
On 8 May, the Latvian government approved the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Science to invest an additional EUR 88.2 million from EU funds in vocational education and science. This has been the most significant contribution to the development of Latvian vocational education so far.
Austria - Youth coaching - a new programme for disandvantaged youth
By introducing youth coaching the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture have taken an important step towards counteracting early school-leaving.
Lifelong guidance has a new Cedefop project manager
Pedro Moreno da Fonseca is our new project manager on lifelong guidance. He has worked on a wide range of issues related to vocational training and professional development, such as quality assurance, employment benefit policy assessment and comparative analysis of educational systems
Denmark - Improving VET pathways to higher education
Two separate reports reflect on participation in tertiary level education among students with a VET background. Guidance is considered a key factor in improving participation rates.
Germany - Recognition in Germany
‘Recognition in Germany’ is the new information portal for the German government's Recognition Law. This portal provides up-to-date information on the legal basis and procedures for recognition of foreign professional qualifications. If you would like to have a professional qualification acquired abroad recognised in Germany, you can use this portal to find the competent body and your local contact centre.

Project

About Lifelong Guidance
Cedefop’s lifelong guidance project reviews Member States’ progress in implementing the Council resolutions on lifelong guidance (2004, 2008). To this end, Cedefop carries out research, organises knowledge sharing events and cooperates with the European Commission and Member States through the European lifelong guidance policy network (ELGPN).
 
VET in Europe is the most comprehensive information resource on vocational education and training (VET) systems in Europe. ReferNet, Cedefop’s European network, provides descriptions of national VET systems in the European Union, Norway and Iceland based on a common template designed by Cedefop.
 
What is Lifelong Guidance?

Pages

Library and documentation
Library and documentation
Contact details
Contact us - Skillsnet
Economic and demographic background
Economic and demographic background
Skill needs - Links
Skillsnet - Membership
First research report: Background report
First research report: Background report

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