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  • Focus: Skills for the green economy

    This edition highlights the ETF’s work in building skills for the green economy through data and evidence gathering on the state of play in partner countries, the GRETA peer learning network,  the ETF Green Skills Awards, and support for the development of entreprise and entrepreneurship skills to capture the opportunities of the green transition.

  • Focus: Employers engagement in skills development

    This edition looks at the importance of engaging employers in developing skills for innovation and growth. It presents a case study from Turkey on the engagement of employers in the validation of non-formal and informal learning (VNFIL) in Turkey, an interview with Pirita Vuorinen, Senior Human Capital Development Expert at the ETF, and a call for social partner applicants from the Western Balkans to join representatives from EU member states at an EU Tripartite Exchange Seminar.

  • Focus: Skills for the future

    The ETF works closely with partner countries to reform their education and skills development systems in response to national and local needs with a few to the future and the global context. This edition highlights the impact of technologies in the agri-food sector in the Western Balkans, platform work in the Southern Mediterranean, and skills dimensions of migration in building bridges between countries and benefitting sending and receiving countries. 

     

  • Focus: Skills development for growth

    Skills development for growth at individual, economic and societal levels requires a nurturing ecosystem. This edition focuses on key components for building lifelong learning systems: gathering skills intelligence; vocational excellence and supporting tools; adult learning and stakeholder engagement representing and reaching out to everyone in society.

  • Focus: Skills for growth

    This edition of Learning Connects shines a spotlight on skills for growth at individual, institutional, economic and societal levels with articles on: the engagement of civil society in skills development policy dialogue; ensuring the skills component within innovative financing arrangements of banks and international financing institutions; and highlights of the winners of this year’s ETF Green Skills Awards. ETF Director, Pilvi Torsti also gives her thoughts on ETF's work supporting learning and skills development in the current geo-political climate after her first 100 days in the position. 

  • Focus: Empowering teachers in the EU's neighbouring regions

    Drawing upon the experience and expertise of key experts this edition focuses on ways to overcome system wide difficulties to empowering teachers as identified by the Torino Process findings. Engagement in policy dialogue, discussion on contemporary challenges, such as artificial intelligence, and better understanding of educators professional development needs and supporting tools are considered. 

  • Focus: ETF's work on data gathering, analysis and usage.

    Good policy making requires good data and good data analysis. The capacity to collect, process and draw relevant conclusions from different data sources is vital to developing effective policies, and vital to the all-important feedback loop between implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and policy adjustment and review. And the area of education, training and skills is no exception.

    The European Training Foundation has been working for many years with countries in the neighbouring regions of the EU to develop their capacity to use data and evidence to improve the effectiveness of their education and training policies.

  • Focus: Solidarity in skills and lifelong learning

    Internal European Union policy measures and actions to support lifelong learning and skills development and the experience accrued from their implementation are fast reaching beyond its borders, as with the Youth Guarantee and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships which feature in this month's edition of Learning Connects.

    An interview with the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, by ETF Director, Pilvi Torsti, gives insight into the motivation and practical steps taken to ensure the Youth Guarantee's success within the context of the Commissioner's portfolio, integration of displaced Ukrainian nationals, and the importance of skills in EU external relations.

    Insights of a peer learning visit of a government delegation from the Kingdom of Thailand to the ETF premises, regional authorities and workplaces in Italy is featured and the 10th anniversary of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA).

     

  • Focus: civil society building skills; Torino Process results on Moldova

    This edition reports on the proceedings on the ETF, the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) and the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) joint conference to promote policy dialogue and partnerships – at all stages of skills policy-making and delivery – between governments and civil society organisations (CSOs) held on in May 2023 in Brussels at the European Commission entitled “Civil Society for Lifelong Skills Development in Europe and Partner Countries”.

    It also presents highlights from the Torino Process 2022 - 2024 results for Moldova and in depth articles on the importance of policy dialogue and partnerships and how the education system is embracing the digital future.

  • Focus: skills for a changing world

    Lifelong learning and skills development are not optional. They are essential to ensure personal, social and technical skills to keep pace and interpret the work, living and the world around us.

    This edition of Learning Connects begins with insights from a recent live discussion on the challenges and opportunities presented by the digitalisation of work followed by highlights from a similar event on the importance of engaging teachers in social dialogue to manage the green and digital transitions within education and training systems. Other topics explored include the importance of skills for innovation and technology transfer, and how to ensure EU labour migration is a success

  • Focus: education and training systems for the green and digital transitions

    This edition presents the ETF's Torino Process for monitoring education and training system performance and the vision it offers for reform responding to the needs of each country. Details of an ETF study follows which focuses on international cooperation for identifying the success factors of vocational centres of excellence which confirms the importance of a system level, holistic approach. 

    This edition also features articles on the green and digital elements to the resilience and rebuilding of Ukraine, the Swedish Presidency of the European Council, and an interview with Pilvi Torsti who will take up the position of ETF Director on 16 April 2003. 

  • Focus: skills for the green and digital transitions

    The green transition will require a significant shift in the skills required by labour markets. New technologies and innovations in clean energy and sustainable practices will necessitate the development of new skills and the updating of existing ones. To meet this demand, education and training systems need to be reformed to ensure that all people are equipped with the knowledge and competences required to support the transition to a green economy.

    In addition to the benefits for the environment and economy, the development of green skills can also create opportunities for women, young people, and other workers from disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds.