Skillset and match (Cedefop’s magazine promoting learning for work) – January 2020 issue 18

Issue highlights:

• Germany’s First Lady Elke Büdenbender talks about equal participation for a more equitable society and how women can break through the glass ceiling in the STEM fields;
• Improving skills is an investment in people, says Director-General of the European Commission’s DG Employment Joost Korte;
• Italian football legend Demetrio Albertini puts his skills in the service of vocational education and training as ambassador of the European vocational skills week;
• We report from a leading vocational college in Helsinki on Finland’s achievements in the field;
• Article on key competences: approaches and challenges;
• Occupation in focus: Machine and plant operators;
• Revamping vocational education and training in Croatia;
• The next steps for apprenticeship.

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