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📍News time! 🇪🇺🇪🇪 Skills and labour shortages remain a significant challenge in Estonia, hampering #investment, #productivity, and #economicgrowth. 📉👩🏭👷 📢 In this context, Cedefop has signed a collaboration agreement 📃 with the European Commission under the #TechnicalSupportInstrument, which provides tailor-made technical expertise to 🇪🇺 Member States to design + implement reforms. This collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia / Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium focuses on enhancing #skillsforecasting and governance in Estonia to better align workforce capabilities with #marketdemands. 📈 📍The project helps Cedefop upscale the provision of tailored support to countries aiming to future-proof their #workforce and #workplaces. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dmmvfap9 #Cedefop50 #CedefopEstonia

🚨 CALL ALERT! Cedefop has just launched an open call for tenders for the study "Citizenship education in initial vocational education and training (IVET)". Submit your proposal by 10/2/2025. More details: https://lnkd.in/dVNRtZPw 📍The study will deepen our understanding of how IVET systems in Europe support the development of citizenship competences. 📉 Current research shows that less attention to citizenship education is devoted in #VET compared to general education. The need to strengthen #citizenshipcompetences in education and training is also emphasised by the current 🇪🇺 policy agenda.

Happy holidays from Cedefop! 🎄❄️

📢 JOB ALERT 📢 📍Cedefop is looking for a Head of Department - Research programmes and policy analysis in VET, skills, and qualifications. You would be joining our mission of informing 🇪🇺 vocational education and training (#VET), #skills, and #qualifications policy, leading a team of over twenty dedicated experts from all over Europe. ❓Are you? ▶️ Experienced with multidisciplinary, innovative, and actionable research and policy analysis? ...and skilled for: ▶️ Research leadership. ▶️ Stakeholder engagement (EU institutions, Member States, social partner organisations, civil society, etc.) ▶️People management and team development. ▶️Resource management. ▶️Service and product development. ▶️Change management. ▶️Horizontal leadership. 🔗For more info: https://lnkd.in/dHkWunvk Spread the word - deadline is January 22! ⏰ EU Careers by EPSO

Catch the latest Cedefop newsletter! 📢 Inside the December issue, you will find: ▶️The announcement of our 50th anniversary campaign. Big things are ahead, so stay tuned! #Cedefop50 ▶️Major milestone for the #Europeanqualificationsframework, as 🇪🇸 becomes the final EU member state to get on board! ▶️Interesting headlines on individual learning accounts and two other topics. ▶️New publication 📕taking us through a 20-year journey of transparency and transferability of #learningoutcomes. ▶️A brief insight into some of our future events, and maybe something more. 👀 🔗Don't miss out: https://lnkd.in/dhpvuSEx

Cedefop Labour and Skills Shortage Index: addressing shortages to boost competitiveness 🚀 Addressing labour + skills shortages—steadily increasing across all EU Member States —has become a critical priority on the 🇪🇺 policy agenda. 💡Draghi's #FutureofCompetitiveness report underscores the urgency of tackling these shortages, which constrain #productivity and #economicgrowth. 📉 To support policy-makers at both national and European levels, and to inform future policies, Cedefop has introduced its new 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 (𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗜) designed to: 📊 Investigate #occupationalshortages through 2035 across various occupational groups for each Member State; 📚Guide policies that strengthen vocational education and training (#VET) systems, ensuring better alignment between #skillssupply and #marketdemand. Read more and find the tool here: https://lnkd.in/dPkgDtSi #Cedefop50 #EUCompetitiveness #LabourShortages #SkillsShortages European Commission EU Employment & Skills

𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀📱🌐 We gathered last week at Cedefop's premises in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for a very interesting workshop. The AI revolution is all around us - how are workplaces affected? 🤖💻 🔎 The programme had various highlights: presentation of cutting-edge research on the impact of the #digitaltransition on #skillmismatches in EU labour markets; keynote speech from Chris Warhurst (University of Warwick); first insights from Cedefop's second European skills and jobs survey (#ESJS2). Key topics that were discussed: 👩🏭🤖Interaction of digital technologies with human capital. 📉Types of skill mismatches that are associated with the adoption of new digital technologies. 👩🎓Drivers of workers' participation in education and training to cope with the impact of new technologies. ...and more. Check out our website for more details, and 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗱 for extra content on this topic coming your way very soon! 👀 Finally, thank you to all the inspiring people who participated and presented their research, and to our colleagues from Cedefop on a job well-done! Giulia Santangelo Konstantinos Pouliakas Ralph Hippe Giovanni Russo Christina Karkanti 📍https://lnkd.in/d9s5dcD5

#EQF: With Spain 🇪🇸 in, all 🇪🇺 member states are now on board! ✅Following the endorsement of the Spanish referencing report by the EQF Advisory Group in November 2024, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝟳 𝗘𝗨 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 (𝗡𝗤𝗙𝘀) 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗘𝗤𝗙). This milestone enhances #transparency of qualifications 🎓 and supports learners’ and workers’ #mobility across all EU countries. 🇪🇺👷♂️👩🏭 But what does this mean in practice? 📒 Spanish qualifications can now be compared more easily with those awarded in other EU member states. 🧳There will be more mobility opportunities for Spanish workers and learners. 🔎Newly issued Spanish qualifications (e.g. diplomas and certificates) can now display the relevant EQF level, making them more transparent and easier to understand in other countries. 📍Find out more on our website: https://lnkd.in/d-Ae2ZX5

Fostering greater participation in adult learning! ✨ 🧾𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 (𝗜𝗟𝗔𝘀) provide adults with financial support to access #learningopportunities, enhancing their incentives and motivation to pursue training. 📸 In recent years, ILAs have gained significant policy attention, particularly following the adoption of the Council of the European Union 🇪🇺 Recommendation on individual learning accounts (2022). 📒📊Cedefop is currently finalising a study examining the potential for ILAs development in five EU Member States - Germany 🇩🇪, Estonia 🇪🇪, Ireland 🇮🇪, the Netherlands 🇳🇱, and Austria 🇦🇹. 📍Read more about ILAs and our study here: https://lnkd.in/dnwNQ9dP

🌎✨ On the International Day of Human Rights, we celebrate education for ALL as a fundamental human right. Many marginalized groups still struggle to achieve access to quality education and training opportunities. For example, 🌈 LGBTIQ individuals continue to face obstacles and discrimination in education. 📌 Learn about the UNIQUE good practice, part of Cedefop's VET toolkit for tackling early leaving, and supporting the social inclusion of LGBTIQ students in vocational education and training (#VET) across Europe. This includes developing a model curriculum, a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for VET teacher/trainers, and policy recommendations. 🔗https://lnkd.in/dahNDjSe #HumanRightsDay #EducationForAll #LGBTIQrights