Beroepsonderwijs en -opleiding en kwalificaties

In an episode recorded live during the #CedefopVideoAward presentation event at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival on 8 March, vocational education and training learners, practitioners and experts shared with Rosy Voudouri inspiring real-life stories, problems and solutions, as well as tips to make young people's learning and career paths easier and more fulfilling.

A collaborative work of Cedefop, UNESCO, the European Training Foundation and UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong learning, the Global inventory of national and regional quali­fications frameworks combines thematic and country research and analysis on national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) and regional qualifications frameworks (RQFs).

This report presents a holistic approach to understanding and comparing vocational education and training (VET) systems.

Microcredentials hold promise for connecting people’s skillsets with labour market demand in a rapidly changing world of work. They have proliferated in recent years across economic sectors and education levels, reinforcing European and national efforts to understand and develop them better.

Learning outcomes are a multifaceted phenomenon, expanding across systems and borders. Countries around the globe employ learning outcomes when defining, reviewing, and refining the content and profile of their education, training and skills provisions and strategic practices. 

VET is crucial for equipping young people and adults with knowledge and skills to thrive in the labour market and society, embracing the digital and green transitions. What are European countries doing to make their VET systems agile, flexible, excellent, attractive, inclusive and quality-assured? How do different stakeholders contribute to making this happen and how do they overcome the challenges they encounter? Participants of Cedefop’s 9th virtual get-together, in th...

Awareness of national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) has increased but more needs to be done to realise their full potential as a driver of change in education and training.

The workshop on ‘the shift to learning outcomes; rhetoric or reality?’ will provide an opportunity for policy-makers, stakeholders, experts and researchers to discuss the interim findings of the study whose aim is to analyse the transformation of intended learning outcomes into achieved learning outcomes.

Despite improvements in the transparency and portability of qualifications, challenges to learners’ mobility in Europe remain, and making best use of European Union initiatives and tools is needed to tackle them.

This policy brief contributes to better understanding of national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) in Europe by providing insights into their main characteristics, scope and coverage, along with a discussion on their impact and the extent to which they are used.

Microcredentials are all the rage in the world of education right now. But what exactly are they and do they deserve all the fuss created around them? Who benefits from acquiring them? 

This study examines the added value of microcredentials for end users. Current knowledge gaps in the perceived exchange value of microcredentials within the labour market raise the question of whether they can be sufficiently trusted by those acquiring them to become building blocks for lifelong learning, employment, improving professional status, and inclusiveness in education and training.

Extending the scope of qualifications frameworks beyond formal education is a European trend that can strengthen the link between learning and the labour market and increase mobility.

This report describes how entrepreneurship competence is embedded in vocational education and training (VET) in Europe. It complements existing knowledge with examples of methods, tools and approaches that can help policy makers, VET providers and other stakeholders build better entrepreneurial learning ecosystems.