Four Balkan countries and Turkey are joining forces in Budva (Montenegro) on 26-27 October to strengthen the quality of apprenticeships and increase the employability of young people.
Early identification of the qualifications and skills of migrants and displaced people supports their labour market integration and social inclusion. The ETF's qualifications team has developed a flow chart that visualises routes towards labour market integration, designed to help coordinate activities in this field.
The future of vocational skills was centre stage at the 2017 World Skills conference in Abu Dhabi. The ETF joined the global skills community to discuss challenges and opportunities posed by the fast-changing world of work.
This is a paradigm of data visualisation, the presentation of data made easier and understandable through the use of a pictorial or graphical format. With this assumption representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Torino, at the ETF, to discuss how to use evidence to impact the policy-making in the fields of higher education and vocational education and training.
Youth unemployment is high in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with around 7 in 10 young people out of work. Faced with an uncertain future, many graduates are leaving the country to find work. For these young people, having their skills, competencies and qualifications easily recognised is essential.
Meet Sadah - she's ambitious! ‘In 10 years’ time, I will have my own supermarket,’ the Vocational Training Centre graduate, and trainee shop assistant in Jordan says.
Knowledge hubs – platforms that bring together employers, educators and governments – are supporting skills development in Serbia's fast-growing ICT sector. Senior ministers, EU officials, business leaders, educators and ETF experts have been meeting in Belgrade to discuss how the success of the Vojvodina ICT Cluster can be replicated to address skills shortages in other sectors.
Combining work-based learning with vocational education is a win-win. Businesses gain workers equipped with the skills they need, while learners experience a smoother transition into the world of work. Kazakhstan is moving ahead to implement a dual system of education, inspired by best practice in Europe.
Representatives from Montenegro spent two days at the ETF in Torino to exchange good practice with their counterparts from Portugal and Italy on matching supply and demand in the labour market.
School directors, teachers and trainers are our most valuable human resource. Empowering them through continuing skills development is an important part of the ETF's work with partner countries bordering Europe
Modernising vocational education and training (VET) in Azerbaijan is helping to support the country's economic growth. And enhancing public-private partnerships in VET is an important driver of the current reform process.
