Jasper van Loo has worked at Cedefop as a project manager since 2007. His research interests include labour market dynamics and training needs, skill mismatch and the labour market situation and training of ageing workers. Before starting at Cedefop, Jasper has contributed to and published a number of reports on the impact of training. In addition, he has been responsible for managing a labour market observatory for a large training fund in the Netherlands. Currently, he is responsible for the Cedefop research arena (Cedra) and contributes to Cedefop’s regular research reports on vocational education and training.