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The Guidance House launched a new web portal in December 2019 providing information on VET and professional orientation.
A new funding methodology applicable to formal VET programmes was approved in 2019 (Resolution No 934 of 11 September 2019 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania implementing funding provisions established by the 2017 Law on Vocational Education and Training), effective from 1 January 2020.
In 2019, a new regulation was approved detailing the procedure for organising vocational education and training (VET) in the form of apprenticeship. It is expected that the new system will attract more learners in training programmes to acquire new skills and a professional qualification.
From 14 to 18 October 2019, the fourth edition of the European VET Skills Week took place across Europe. In Italy, Inapp, the National Erasmus+ Agency for VET, promoted the initiative nationally and locally, organising dissemination and information events in Rome. This was a great opportunity to spread knowledge about the Erasmus+ programme and provide participants with the opportunity to share their experiences on the positive impact of transnational mobility projects.
The Generation apprenticeship competition and campaign has been running since 2017. In December 2019, SOLAS hosted the first ever Generation apprenticeship employer of the year awards.
A one-year orientation programme for students finishing lower secondary education (grade 8) has been piloted since 2018/19. It focuses on acquiring basic competences necessary to make informed career choices.
The initiative is part of activities carried out under the national project 'Reducing the number of early school leavers in vocational training'. It included a nationwide survey by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and the National Office of VET and adult learning in 2018/19 to assess basic competences of VET learners and provide them with customised support.
A long-standing demand for raising the quality of guidance provision in Greece had finally been fulfilled. The National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP), the responsible body of the education ministry, followed a specific procedure for the certification of the profession by setting professional standards and requirements for those working as career guidance counsellors.
Digital community creative workshops (DCCWs) are multifunctional spaces featuring the latest digital devices. They have already been set up in 19 VET centres; the DCCW network will expand to 40 vocational centres in 2020.
Cedefop’s ReferNet, the network of institutions which provides information on national vocational education and training (VET) systems and policies in the EU Member States, Iceland and Norway, welcomed its new and reappointed partners at its 17th annual plenary meeting, on 6 and 7 February in Thessaloniki.