Conference debates Europes progress and prospects in reforming vocational education and training

A major conference organised by Cedefop under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the EU (Thessaloniki, March 16-17), Continuity, consolidation and change: towards a European era of vocational education and training, is to be opened by Jn Figel, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, the Czech Minister of Education Ondřej Lika and Greek Minister of Education Aris Spiliotopoulos. The conference will discuss how far Europe has come in making its vocational education and training systems a world reference for quality and what direction its policies should take beyond 2010.