Launched in November 2017 at the first EU Social Summit for 20 years, the European Pillar of Social Rights is a set of principles and rights that aims to support employment and social outcomes to fulfil ‘people’s essential needs’.
Laurat Mulliqi started his company in 2014 with five employees, trading fruit and vegetables within the Albanian market. The company, Tomato AL, soon began exporting to neighbouring Kosovo* and Serbia.
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia, agree that high-quality training requires teachers that are trained throughout their career.
Small business is the backbone of economies worldwide. To mark United Nation’s Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, 27 June, we revisit the ETF Award Winning 'Export Academy' in Lithuania, which is helping SMEs get the skills they need to go global.
Meet Marva from Syria, a dental technician updating her skills to find a similar job in Kyiv, Ukraine and Slava from Belarus, a lift installer in Helsinki, Finland. What do they share in common? They are both young migrants benefiting from inclusive systems that recognise their skills and offer access to further training.
Vocational education and training may be the best game in town when it comes to economic growth and social inclusion, but, as everyone knows, you have to pay to play.
Skills are the stepping stone for economic, social and personal growth. To further explore the EU policy framework and how it can enhance the ETF's work with countries bordering Europe and beyond, a high-level ‘Exchange of Views’ was held in Turin on 14 June.
Joost Korte, newly appointed Director-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, visits the ETF offices in Turin, Italy, where he takes up his position as Chair of the Governing Board.
