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    Cedefop Info No 1/2005
     
    EUROPE
    About Cedefop
    EU institutions and programmes
    Internationalisation of VET

    POLICY
    Educational policy
    Vocational education and training
    Initial vocational training
    Continuing training
    Employment policy
    Lifelong learning

    PRACTICE
    New training organisations and programmes
    Quality of VET - certification systems
    Special target groups
    Vocational guidance and counselling
    Social partners
    The study visits corner

    AT Austria
    BE Belgium
    CY Cyprus
    CZ Czech Republic
    DE Germany
    DK Denmark
    ES Spain
    FI Finland
    FR France
    IE Ireland
    IT Italy
    LU Luxembourg
    NL Netherlands
    NO Norway
    PL Poland
    PT Portugal
    SK Slovakia
    UK United Kingdom


    EUROPE
    About Cedefop
    EU institutions and programmes
    Internationalisation of VET

    POLICY
    Educational policy
    Vocational education and training
    Initial vocational training
    Continuing training
    Employment policy
    Lifelong learning

    PRACTICE
    New training organisations and programmes
    Quality of VET - certification systems
    Special target groups
    Vocational guidance and counselling
    Social partners
    The study visits corner

    AT Austria
    BE Belgium
    CY Cyprus
    CZ Czech Republic
    DE Germany
    DK Denmark
    ES Spain
    FI Finland
    FR France
    IE Ireland
    IT Italy
    LU Luxembourg
    NL Netherlands
    NO Norway
    PL Poland
    PT Portugal
    SK Slovakia
    UK United Kingdom


    EUROPE
    About Cedefop
    EU institutions and programmes
    Internationalisation of VET

    POLICY
    Educational policy
    Vocational education and training
    Initial vocational training
    Continuing training
    Employment policy
    Lifelong learning

    PRACTICE
    New training organisations and programmes
    Quality of VET - certification systems
    Special target groups
    Vocational guidance and counselling
    Social partners
    The study visits corner

    AT Austria
    BE Belgium
    CY Cyprus
    CZ Czech Republic
    DE Germany
    DK Denmark
    ES Spain
    FI Finland
    FR France
    IE Ireland
    IT Italy
    LU Luxembourg
    NL Netherlands
    NO Norway
    PL Poland
    PT Portugal
    SK Slovakia
    UK United Kingdom


    EUROPE
    About Cedefop
    EU institutions and programmes
    Internationalisation of VET

    POLICY
    Educational policy
    Vocational education and training
    Initial vocational training
    Continuing training
    Employment policy
    Lifelong learning

    PRACTICE
    New training organisations and programmes
    Quality of VET - certification systems
    Special target groups
    Vocational guidance and counselling
    Social partners
    The study visits corner

    AT Austria
    BE Belgium
    CY Cyprus
    CZ Czech Republic
    DE Germany
    DK Denmark
    ES Spain
    FI Finland
    FR France
    IE Ireland
    IT Italy
    LU Luxembourg
    NL Netherlands
    NO Norway
    PL Poland
    PT Portugal
    SK Slovakia
    UK United Kingdom


    EUROPE
    About Cedefop
    EU institutions and programmes
    Internationalisation of VET

    POLICY
    Educational policy
    Vocational education and training
    Initial vocational training
    Continuing training
    Employment policy
    Lifelong learning

    PRACTICE
    New training organisations and programmes
    Quality of VET - certification systems
    Special target groups
    Vocational guidance and counselling
    Social partners
    The study visits corner

    AT Austria
    BE Belgium
    CY Cyprus
    CZ Czech Republic
    DE Germany
    DK Denmark
    ES Spain
    FI Finland
    FR France
    IE Ireland
    IT Italy
    LU Luxembourg
    NL Netherlands
    NO Norway
    PL Poland
    PT Portugal
    SK Slovakia
    UK United Kingdom


    EUROPE
    About Cedefop
    EU institutions and programmes
    Internationalisation of VET

    POLICY
    Educational policy
    Vocational education and training
    Initial vocational training
    Continuing training
    Employment policy
    Lifelong learning

    PRACTICE
    New training organisations and programmes
    Quality of VET - certification systems
    Special target groups
    Vocational guidance and counselling
    Social partners
    The study visits corner

    AT Austria
    BE Belgium
    CY Cyprus
    CZ Czech Republic
    DE Germany
    DK Denmark
    ES Spain
    FI Finland
    FR France
    IE Ireland
    IT Italy
    LU Luxembourg
    NL Netherlands
    NO Norway
    PL Poland
    PT Portugal
    SK Slovakia
    UK United Kingdom


    EUROPE
    About Cedefop
    EU institutions and programmes
    Internationalisation of VET

    POLICY
    Educational policy
    Vocational education and training
    Initial vocational training
    Continuing training
    Employment policy
    Lifelong learning

    PRACTICE
    New training organisations and programmes
    Quality of VET - certification systems
    Special target groups
    Vocational guidance and counselling
    Social partners
    The study visits corner

    AT Austria
    BE Belgium
    CY Cyprus
    CZ Czech Republic
    DE Germany
    DK Denmark
    ES Spain
    FI Finland
    FR France
    IE Ireland
    IT Italy
    LU Luxembourg
    NL Netherlands
    NO Norway
    PL Poland
    PT Portugal
    SK Slovakia
    UK United Kingdom

    EUROPE
    About Cedefop
    EU institutions and programmes
    Internationalisation of VET

    POLICY
    Educational policy
    Vocational education and training
    Initial vocational training
    Continuing training
    Employment policy
    Lifelong learning

    PRACTICE
    New training organisations and programmes
    Quality of VET - certification systems
    Special target groups
    Vocational guidance and counselling
    Social partners
    The study visits corner

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    Last update: 29.11.2004

         ... about Cedefop

      • Letter from the Director
      • Highlights of Cedefop's Work Programme 2005
      • Cedefop's new Deputy Director

      		 

         EUROPE

         EU institutions and programmes

      • The milestone of Maastricht
      • The European driving force requires national momentum
      • On course for a competitive, knowledge-based economy
      • Career Guidance: A Handbook for Policy Makers
      • IT - Meeting the Lisbon goals - a report on the state of the art
      • European Joint Action programme for the recognition of non-formal and informal learning
      • Eurydice - Five languages alone account for 95% of taught languages in secondary education in most European countries

      		 

         Internationalisation of
         vocational education and training

      • IE/Cedefop/EU - Early identification of skills needs
      • Successful launch of Europass
      • Career Guidance: Developing and sharing knowledge beyond Europe
      • UK - International strategy for education

      		 

         POLICY

         Education policy

      • BE - Strategic Contract for Education
      • ES - Nation-wide educational debate
      • UK - 14-19 reform - final report published

      		 

         Vocational education and training

      • LU - Vocational training reform underway
      • SK - Secondary VET schools not happy to be a B
      • UK - Enterprise education for all

      		 

         Initial vocational training

      • CZ - Independence the keynote in Czech schools act
      • DE - Partners keep their word

      		 

         Continuing vocational training

      • DE - Master craftsman certificate loses currency
      • AT - Investors in People - a tried and tested recipe for success comes to Austria
      • PL - Training of vocational examiners
      • PT - Further training for higher education graduates
      • PT - Training and qualification of human resources in public administration
      • UK - Learning without lessons

      		 

         Employment policy

      • BE - Walloon government issues Regional Policy Declaration
      • FR - Developing francophone 'human capital'
      • IE - Training authority reviews labour needs
      • PT - National action plan for Employment

      		 

         Lifelong learning

      • NL - Make lifelong learning a reality

      		 

         PRACTICE

         New training organisations and programmes

      • NO - New journal on vocational training

      		 

         Quality of VET - Certification systems

      • BE - VDAB training centres awarded quality label
      • DK - Validation of real competences
      • IT - Transfer between the various systems guaranteed in all the regions and autonomous provinces
      • NL - Labour market passport, based on the European CV
      • UK - Employers the key to the future of further education

      		 

         Special target groups

      • BE - The Compas method: adapting skills to the job profile
      • DE - Modules bridge knowledge gaps
      • FR - Second chance schools: the French experience
      • CY - Employability and opportunity in Cyprus?
      • FI - Diverse learners - common school

      		 

         Vocational guidance and counselling

      • CZ - Counselling centres help Czech secondary school transfer
      • DK - Parents guiding offspring
      • DK - Mentors to reduce school drop-out rates
      • PL - Vocational counselling and career information

      		 

         Social partners

      • IE - Employers call for more training for the employed
      • NO - Reorganisation brings new social partner cooperation
      • AT - Certification as a component of collective agreements: a promising new approach

      		 

         The study visits corner

      • Response to the study visits

      		 

           Austria

      • Certification as a component of collective agreements: a promising new approach
      • Investors in People - a tried and tested recipe for success comes to Austria

      		 

           Belgium

      • Strategic Contract for Education
      • The Compas method: adapting skills to the job profile
      • VDAB training centres awarded quality label
      • Walloon government issues Regional Policy Declaration
      		 

           Cyprus

      • Employability and opportunity in Cyprus?

      		 

           Czech Republic

      • Counselling centres help Czech secondary school transfer
      • Independence the keynote in Czech schools act

      		 

           Denmark

      • Mentors to reduce school drop-out rates
      • Parents guiding offspring
      • Validation of real competences

      		 

           Finland

      • Diverse learners - common school

      		 

           France

      • Developing francophone 'human capital'
      • Second chance schools: the French experience

      		 

           Germany

      • Master craftsman certificate loses currency
      • Modules bridge knowledge gaps
      • Partners keep their word

      		 

           Ireland

      • Early identification of skills needs
      • Employers call for more training for the employed
      • Training authority reviews labour needs

      		 

           Italy

      • Meeting the Lisbon goals - a report on the state of the art
      • Transfer between the various systems guaranteed in all the regions and autonomous provinces

      		 

           Luxembourg

      • Vocational training reform underway

      		 

           The Netherlands

      • Labour market passport, based on the European CV
      • Make lifelong learning a reality

      		 

           Norway

      • New journal on vocational training
      • Reorganisation brings new social partner cooperation

      		 

           Poland

      • Training of vocational examiners
      • Vocational counselling and career information

      		 

           Portugal

      • Further training for higher education graduates
      • National action plan for Employment
      • Training and qualification of human resources in public administration

      		 

           Slovakia

      • Secondary VET schools not happy to be a B

      		 

           Spain

      • Nation-wide educational debate

      		 

           United Kingdom

      • Employers the key to the future of further education
      • Enterprise education for all
      • 14-19 reform - final report published
      • International strategy for education
      • Learning without lessons