Cedefop newsletter No 78 - March 2018

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Cedefop newsletter No 78 - March 2018

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ISSN number:

1831-5259

Main story:

European qualifications framework: supporting learning, work and cross-border mobility

The European Commission celebrated 10 years of the European qualifications framework (EQF) with a conference in Brussels on 15 and 16 March, where Cedefop had a prominent role.

News from Cedefop:

Cedefop launches online resources for guidance

Resources for guidance, now available online, is a new project dedicated to managers of careers services, practitioners and policy-makers working in career development and activation policies.

European community of learning providers holds first annual meeting

The important role of learning providers as vocational education and training (VET) stakeholders was stressed at the first annual meeting of the European community of leaning providers on 13 and 14 March at Cedefop in Thessaloniki.

Speed of change challenges businesses and VET

Cedefop Director James Calleja warned that talent and speed of change are challenging both businesses and vocational education and training (VET) at a meeting on bridging the skills gap organised by the Employers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the Bulgarian EU Presidency and the Association of Bulgarian Employers, in Sofia on 22 March.

Setting up the infrastructure to collect vacancies for skills analysis

As part of its project on big data analysis from online vacancies Cedefop organised an expert workshop on 20 and 21 March in Milan.

Modern VET – a bridge between student and labour market

At an international conference on bringing together businesses and vocational education and training (VET) schools, organised under the auspices of the Polish Ministry of Education in Gdansk on 28 February, Cedefop Head of Department for VET Systems and Institutions Loukas Zahilas talked about the future of VET.

Slovakia review aims at future-proof skills governance system

Cedefop launched the next stage of its skills governance review in Slovakia. Cedefop experts Vladimir Kvetan and Jasper van Loo presented the project to national stakeholders in Bratislava on 28 March.

Europass and skills forecast evaluation

Europass users and stakeholders involved in Cedefop’s skills forecasts have the chance to evaluate the two projects by completing brief online questionnaires by 27 April.

European Industry Day 2018: Role of skills in future employment

Cedefop expert Alena Zukersteinova represented the agency at the European Industry Day event in Brussels on 22-23 February. In the session on the role of skills in future employment, she presented some of the key facts and figures coming from Cedefop research and analysis on skills.

EU agencies issue joint declaration on sexual harassment

On International Women's Day (8 March), the European Union agencies, including Cedefop, stand together against sexual harassment in the workplace.

Insights into skill shortages and skill mismatch

A new publication analyses Cedefop’s European skills and jobs (ESJ) survey, a data set covering about 49 000 EU-28 adult employees.

Spotlight on VET Portugal

In Portugal, the national qualification system reorganised vocational education and training within the remits
of the education and employment authorities into a single system.

Overview of national qualifications framework developments in Europe 2017

Cedefop's concise guide to national qualifications framework developments in 39 European countries (28 EU Member
States as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Kosovo, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey) in 2017.

National qualifications framework developments in Europe 2017

This publication on the latest national qualifications framework (NQF) developments aims to share how 43 NQFs in 39 countries participating in the European qualifications framework (EQF) implementation are structured, and how national qualifications have been allocated to NQF levels and linked to the EQF.

Skill needs anticipation: systems and approaches

This publication is a product of the joint survey, among key constituents and partners, conducted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Cedefop, the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Briefing note - Qualifications frameworks in Europe 2017 developments

As countries across Europe are pushing ahead with their national qualifications frameworks, Cedefop's briefing note examines the question of the frameworks’ added value and contribution to policies and practices.

Agenda:

Skills anticipation methods and practices

14/06/2018 at 09:00 to 15/06/2018 at 18:00

Workshop

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

3rd policy learning forum on defining, writing and using learning outcomes

21/06/2018 at 09:30 to 22/06/2018 at 13:00

Event

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

Working with us:

Vacancy notice for the position of Cedefop Director

Cedefop/2018/01/AD - Director

Reference:

Cedefop/2018/01/AD

Closing date:

08/05/2018

Opinion Survey on AL and CVET in Europe

Reference:

AO/DLE/DSCHEUR/OpinionSurveyonAL&CVET/001/18

Closing date:

18/04/2018

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