Loukas Zahilas

▶️ Starting: the 21st annual plenary meeting of #ReferNet, Cedefop's network of institutions to provide information on national #vocational education and training (#VET) systems and policies in the 🇪🇺 #EU Member States, 🇮🇸 Iceland and 🇳🇴 Norway.

🔸🔹 #ReferNet’s contribution was instrumental during the #coronavirus crisis and the war in Ukraine. It mobilised national #VET networks, provided first-hand information + examples of good practices and helped policy makers to address challenges. Cedefop Exec Dir @JuergenSiebel

#NQF highlights: Poland 🇵🇱 💻 The integrated qualifications register (IQR) enables Polish users to search for and compare more than 16 000 #qualifications mainly from formal #education and #training 📈 The number of market qualifications included is constantly rising More 👇

🔸🔹 Cedefop's @ZeldaAzzara analyses two decades of #EU tools and initiatives promoting #transparency and #transferability of learning outcomes and #qualifications, at #CedefopBrusselsSeminar. 🌐 Cedefop for #EuropeanYearofSkills #mobility 📹 Watch here 👇

➡️ The pressing need for #transparency and #recognition: the way ahead Discussion at Cedefop's seminar: @RadtkeMdEP (@Europarl_EN), @Koennomden (@EU_Social), Carita Blomqvist and Lydia Berrocoso Rufo (@educaciongob) with @zalouk. #EuropeanYearofSkills @eu2023es 📹 Watch👇

🔹The gap between training provision and needs @zalouk, @Scernosa (🇸🇮), @uniofjyvaskyla's @MaaritHan, @OECD's @ElIzaMohamedou, @evtaeu's Giulia Meschino, @GKostakisEU, @natasapouliou. 📹💬#Cedefopmindthegaps🔽 🔗tinyurl.com/cedefopmindthega… 🌐Cedefop for #EuropeanYearofSkills #skills

🔸🔹 The gap between people and employer needs @EAEA2020's @gina_ebner, @RadboudNSM's Frank Pot, @WorldSkills's Jacqueline Tanzer, Cedefop's @lidia_salv and Ramona David 📹💬 #Cedefopmindthegaps conference🔽 🔗tinyurl.com/cedefopmindthega… 🌐Cedefop for #EuropeanYearofSkills #skills

🔵🟡 Entrepreneurship competence is crucial to prepare our society – economy for technological, #climate, demographic and safety challenges. Cedefop Dep Dir Mara Brugia at the #entrepreneurship competence in #VET conference. 🌐 Cedefop for #EuropeanYearofSkills #KeyCompetences

❗️Cedefop conference on: ➡️ Promoting debate on #entrepreneurship competence in European #VET ➡️ Examining factors for integrating it in VET ➡️ Sharing practices for improvements @zalouk welcoming participants - stakeholders. 🌐Cedefop for #EuropeanYearofSkills #KeyCompetences

🔵🟡 The challenges and opportunities of implementing entrepreneurship as curriculum @AndreasFejes, @liu_universitet, with the experience from 🇸🇪 #Sweden at Cedefop's #entrepreneurship competence in #VET conference. 🌐 Cedefop for #EuropeanYearofSkills #KeyCompetences

🆕 Cedefop report on the #FutureofVET Including: 🏢 The expansion and diversification of #institutions delivering #VET 👨‍🏫 Shifts in #VETknowledge, #skills and #competences 🌎 The new relationship between VET and the external world More 🔽

🆕 Cedefop launches ‘Timeline of VET policies in Europe’ The tool lets you view how policies/practices are developed, implemented and completed. You can: 🌍 browse by country, theme and target group 🔍 filter information 💻 download reports 📲 share online Check it out 👇

🔶🔷 Microcredentials 🗣️ 'An important tool to make #upskilling and #reskilling the norm' ❌ Not a threat 👩‍🏫 An opportunity for #education systems & the world of work 🤝 Able to respond to #labourmarket #skill needs Conclusions from Cedefop's #Microcredentials conference ⬇️

Cedefop's @zalouk and @natasapouliou open Day 2 of the conference on #microcredentials. Session 1 focuses on global perspective of microcredentials #EuropeanYearOfSkills

❓ Is globalisation of credentials a threat or an opportunity for national #vocational education and training systems? 🗣️What do you think? Cedefop conference on #microcredentials #EuropeanYearOfSkills