To help make workplaces more productive and internationally competitive, Azerbaijan plans to introduce 500 new occupational standards - the skills, knowledge and performance required of professional tasks.
Serbia is moving towards more digital education. To do so, the country is investing in teachers training, and help them improve their digital skills. Last year one third of vocational teachers in Serbia followed digital training – an initiative bringing good results, with most of the participants praising the positive impact on their teaching.
La Tunisie s’engage à instaurer un nouveau système de coordination de la formation professionnelle, qui pour la première fois met au centre les régions du pays. Médenine, Gabes, Mahdia et Kairouan, quatre régions tunisiennes ayant développé des projets innovants, se sont retrouvées à Tunis pour discuter comment maximiser les cas de succès et développer une approche commune.
Skills, education, employability, lifelong learning - important areas of EU assistance to the countries of the enlargement region. The ETF works closely with the EU Delegations, providing expertise and technical advice. To strengthen and streamline the cooperation, the ETF welcomed Delegations to the Western Balkans and Turkey, and European Commission colleagues, to Turin for a two-day information-sharing seminar.
Thanks to the ETF, the Representatives from Bosnia and Herzegovina had the opportunity to get familiar with the Portuguese experience in setting integrated activation schemes for young people, jobseekers in general and vulnerable groups.
A reinforced ‘Youth Package’ with a particular focus on leadership, mobility and quality of formal and non-formal education, and the creation of an Eastern Partnership European School – these are some of the key conclusions of the Eastern Partnership Summit that took place in Brussels on 24 November.
Vocational education is effective and it's back with a vengeance! Says Michel Servos, the European Commission's Director-General for Employment, opening the #EUVocational Skills Week action-packed programme in Brussels.
Vocational education is effective and it's back with a vengeance! Says Michel Servoz, the European Commission's Director-General for Employment, opening the #EUVocational Skills Week action-packed programme in Brussels.
The Regional Cooperation Council's (RCC) Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, and newly appointed Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF), Cesare Onestini, signed an agreement on continuation of cooperation between the two organisations, in Brussels today.
Building upon the stellar success of #EUVocationalSkillsWeek 1.0, the European Commission's initiative to highlight the benefits of better vocational education is here!
