CEDEFOP informations

The share of applicants to vocational programmes as first choice increased in the academic year 2017/18 for the first time since the 2011 reform, while the trend of a gradual decline continues.

Cross-border apprenticeship is a concrete example of the European principle of free circulation, which opens up new chances and prospects for young people to broaden their professional and educatio

Workplace training fund The State budget proposal for 2019, submitted to the Icelandic Parliament on 11 September, included several measures concerning VET-related issues, including a possible budget increase that would i

In an analysis of further education and training expenditure by Education Training Boards, the

Cedefop Head of Department for VET Systems and Institutions Loukas Zahilas took part in the European Training Foundation’s (ETF’s) conference on ‘Skills for the future: managing transition’ in Turi

Over 80 partner and national representatives from ReferNet’s 30 countries took part in the Cedefop network’s 16th annual plenary meeting, a European vocational skills week event, in Thessaloniki fr

The government is increasingly focusing on vocational education in an effort to update it.

In July 2018, 25 VET schools were chosen among 42 applicants to become the first centres of competence in Croatia.

Vocational colleges still face problems with recruitment and low completion rates.

In recent decades Denmark has been facing an ongoing challenge of increasing number of young people choosing general upper secondary school over VET.

The Digital Skills Partnership was established for public, private and charity secto

Strengthening European mobility is a priority at both national and European levels.

Around 75% of the economically active population are above 45 in Latvia.

On 1 September 2018, a new regulation on vocational guidance and co

A new VET Act CXCII was adopted on 17 December 2017 by the Parlia

The Finnish government’s new budget proposal for 2019 includes plans to grant a learning material supplement to some upper secondary learners, including VET.

The Dutch Cabinet, in cooperation with social partners, sectoral training and development funds, educational institutions including VET schools, and other stakeholders, has proposed significant dev

Many recent developments in recognising qualifications from other countries The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in education (NOKUT) has started

A longitudinal study, published in Augus