News
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27/07/2018
VET Excellence Awards 2018
The 2018 edition of the VET Excellence Awards will highlight examples of vocational education and training (VET) excellence in four categories.
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19/06/2018
Parliament and Council adopted directive on recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation
With the new directive, crew members will be able to work in a cross-border environment more easily as Union certificates of qualification will be valid on all EU inland waterways.
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14/06/2018
300 participants join the European Validation Festival
More than 300 people from employment, education and training, civil society organisations, and social partners joined the first day of the European Validation Festival - Unlocking talents in Europe, on 14 June in Brussels.
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13/06/2018
EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals gets another upgrade
The EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals is providing a new module to users, offering the opportunity to select online courses, like massive open online courses (MOOCS).
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16/05/2018
Latest news on the Blueprint projects
Four Blueprint projects shared the latest news on their activities and efforts to match skills to sector's needs.
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12/04/2018
Making skills and qualifications more visible across the EU: Statement by Commissioner Thyssen following the adoption of the revised Europass framework
Today, EU Member States adopted the Commission's proposal to revise the Europass framework. The revision, which aims at simplifying and modernising the Europass CV and other skills tools for the digital age, will enable people across the EU to make their skills and qualifications more visible, and will help policy makers to anticipate labour market needs and trends.
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26/03/2018
EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals gets an upgrade!
The EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals was upgraded on 23 March 2018.
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16/03/2018
300 participants celebrating 10 years of the European Qualifications Framework
More than 300 people from employment, education and training organisations joined the first day of "The European Qualifications Framework: supporting learning, work and cross border mobility" conference on 15 March in Brussels.
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15/03/2018
EU Ministers agree on European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships
EU Ministers for Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs agreed on a recommendation setting a European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships, based on a Commission proposal from October 2017.
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20/12/2017
Integration of refugees: Commission joins forces with social and economic partners
The European Commission and the EU Social and Economic partners ETUC, BusinessEurope, UAPME, CEEP and Eurochambers signed a European Partnership for Integration, laying down key principles and commitments to support and strengthen opportunities for refugees and migrants legally residing in the EU to integrate into the European labour market.