Guides and toolkits

In this issue: - Cover story: Education must be reoriented towards actual demands. An interview with EU Commissioner for External Relations, Ms Benita Ferrero-Waldner, on the role of HRD in EU foreign policy. - In focus: Learning and living democracy; ETF launches new model for partnerships; ETF: Human Resource Development; Preparing for accession; HRD in companies in a lifelong learning perspective; Reviewing progress towards EU accession. - Features: Teachers and trainers: the human factor in VET reforms; Entrepreneurship in education and training; Opening up vocational pathways for school students; The ETF looks to future changes.

In this issue: - Cover story: What is good for us is good for our neighbours. Live and Learn interviews EU Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism, Ján Figel’. - In focus: Technology-enhanced learning; Europass; Financing human capital; Mainstreaming health and safety into education. - Features: Career guidance policies in acceding and candidate countries; Football for peace; Informal labour market activity in partner countries; National Qualification Frameworks.

In this issue: - Cover story: After the fireworks. New ETF challenges ahead. After the Enlargement, the ETF looks back at the part it has played in the accession preparations since 1995 and evaluates how much of the experience can be used to prepare the next wave of applicants. - In focus: Changing of the guard; Sport is the best school for life; ETF in focus on the European Parliament. - Features: View from the Observatory; Informal Sector or Informal Economy; The Sector Approach.

The working paper provides information on the structure, resources, management and modernisation processes of this segment of education system, against the background of current developments in Kyrgyzstan. It gives examples of some innovative school activities, includes statistical data, and presents issues and recommendations for further steps to reform the secondary VET system in the country.

The European Training Foundation, in agreement with the European Commission, has undertaken a series of in depth reviews of the labour markets in the Western Balkan countries with the aim to contribute to a better understanding of their functioning and identify areas for further work in the fields of employment policy and education and training reform.

A comprehensive analysis of employment and training reforms in Future Member States conducted by the...

A comprehensive analysis of employment and training reforms in Future Member States conducted by the ETF to assist in monitoring the Joint Assessment Papers (JAPs) on employment and training policies

The publication is the outcome of the activities conducted by ETF on guidance and counselling...

What are the lessons to be learned from the perspective of the Lisbon objectives? A synthesis of a series of country monographs on lifelong learning and employment services systems

Le présent rapport fait partie d' une série de rapports sur la situation des systèmes de formation continue dans les trois pays du Meghreb (Tunisie, Algérie et Maroc).

Le présent rapport fait partie d'une série de rapports sur la situation des systèmes de formation continue dans les trois pays du Maghreb (Tunisie, Algérie et Maroc).