This innovative study breaks new territory in two key areas: it puts VET centre stage as a key intervention to support NEETs and presents the first mixed-methods research effort to collect and analyse evidence on the profile and role of NEETs teachers in Greece. It fills a significant knowledge...

Context: Accompanying learners in their increasingly self-directed learning is an important goal in the field of vocational education and training. With digitalisation, the traditional role of the teacher, characterized in terms of an arbiter and transmitter of knowledge, is in crisis. Besides...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential contribution of cross-border vocational education and training (VET) exchange partnerships within the context of tandem exchanges between VET institutions in the Rhine-Waal Euregio region in the Netherlands and Germany. These tandem...

Context: The importance of both self-regulated and self-directed learners has been emphasised in lifelong learning. However, in theory, self-regulated learning (SRL) serves as a basis for becoming a self-directed learner. Therefore, SRL (which includes certain skills) needs to be developed in...

Context: The German vocational training and education (VET) system is designed to cope with change. Within this system, organizational VET trainers (OVETT) are the main persons of reference for apprentices in the organization, in most cases for the whole three-year training period. Whether...

This paper examines the individual innovation contributions of the vocational education and training (VET) workforce compared to university graduates such as scientists and engineers. For this purpose, individual-level data from the German manufacturing sector are used, distinguishing between...

his study explores how elements of the German dual system can inspire improvements in the Dutch vocational education and training (VET) system, aiming to address key challenges and meet the ambitions of Dutch VET stakeholders. Skilled VET graduates are crucial to meet workforce demands in...

This short description of vocational education and training (VET) in Poland provides an insight into its distinctive features and highlights developments in and challenges for the system. In Poland VET is ofered at upper secondary, post-secondary and higher vocational levels for young people and...

The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) is an EU Agency dedicated to supporting vocational education and training (VET), skills and qualifications policies across the EU. Established in 1975 and based in Thessaloniki, Greece, Cedefop helps shape policies that...

The purpose of this working paper is to examine the use of gendered language and socio-pragmatic strategies which appear in the Greek Ministry of Education's promotional VET material encouraging young people to take up an IVET course. It is related to Cedefop's research on the Future of VET...

This paper provides an overview of the policies and tools employed by EU Member States to ensure the comparability and recognition of VET qualifications. It explores the role of existing EU transparency tools, the methods used by national authorities and stakeholders to compare and recognise VET...

This study explores the conceptualization and operationalization of middle skills within the Philippine context, examining how various institutions define and implement middle-skills training. It also assesses the alignment of these training programs with workforce demands, particularly in...

Context: Soft skills or critical core skills (CCS), e.g., communication, problem solving, etc, have been recognized by both individuals and organizations as important but at shortage in the labour market. Within this context, the development of CCS for the employees becomes more and more...

Purpose: Since 2000, the Philippines has experienced significant growth domestic product (GDP) growth, particularly in the Information Technology Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) sector, highlighting the need for skill development through Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)....

Context: Financial literacy is an issue becoming increasingly important internationally. Many countries have already implemented a national strategy to improve the financial literacy of the people. In Austria, a national strategy for financial literacy and financial education was developed in...

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is a natural bridge between education and the world of work. It is the right place to equip future and current workforce with the necessary competences and skills, including the digital ones, for the jobs of today and tomorrow. The VET digital...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Finland between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This deliverable looks into the outcomes of Erasmus+ (Key Action 2 - KA2) projects focusing on the development of digital skills and the engagement of young people in vocational education and training (VET). In the context of this project, decentralised KA2 projects (managed by national Erasmus+...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Croatia between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Slovenia between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Norway between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Germany between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Iceland between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Hungary between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Luxembourg between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Bulgaria between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in Flanders, Belgium, between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training (VET) policy developments for the French speaking part of Belgium, between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Poland between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Austria between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This working paper aims to critique the emergence of microcredentials in vocational education and training. It argues that considering microcredentials as a new tool to reorient higher or academic education overlooks the potential of vocational and professional education as well as its aim to...