The study identifies trends and developments in some important Member States concerning national frameworks and their role in education/training and labour market developments. By doing so, this study will feed the debate of whether and how far an update of the European five-level structure is...

While considerable empirical evidence exists concerning the effectiveness of education in general, there has been less emphasis on understanding, from a comparative European perspective, the effect of the type of education on labour market outcomes for young people. Using data from the EU labour...

Committed and competent teachers and trainers are crucial to ensuring the quality and labour market relevance of learning, both in VET schools/ centres and in companies, and whether in classrooms, in workshops, in labs and simulated learning environments, or at the workplace. Teachers and...

Committed and competent teachers and trainers are crucial to ensuring the quality and labour market relevance of learning, both in VET schools/ centres and in companies, and whether in classrooms, in workshops, in labs and simulated learning environments, or at the workplace. Teachers and...

Validation of non-formal and informal learning is a centrepiece of lifelong learning and has become a priority for national and European vocational education and training (VET) policies in the last decade. Validation of non-formal and informal learning is not only a political challenge but also...

New technologies are irreversibly\y transforming training processes into complex systems. They have a profound impact on the roles of teachers and trainers in the learning process and lead us to reconsider the skills and competences they require. The current report presents the results of the...