Cedefop Press Releases

Below there is a selection of press releases of Cedefop on activities, projects and studies from the fields of VET, CVET and professional development, VET research and policies, as well as qualification schemes. All press releases of Cedefop can be found here.

 

2025

• 2025-02-10: Cedefop celebrates 50 years of shaping learning and skills for Europe and 30 Years in Greese

 

2024

• 2024-02-08: Cedefop-EESC forum on skills: EU must anticipate trends to keep up, not just adapt to change

 

2023

• 2023-07-07: Big skills for small companies
• 2023-06-16: Digital transition a game-changer for apprenticeships
• 2023-03-15: Ever closer European cooperation on VET

 

2022

• 2022-12-19: The future of vocational education and training is learner-centred
• 2022-12-14: Empowering teachers and trainers to manage change
• 2022-07-25: Are microcredentials becoming a big deal?
• 2022-05-30: Vocational education and training as a life jacket for NEETs
• 2022-04-15: Green transition: vocational education and training can provide the skills needed for greening European jobs 
• 2022-03-18: Adult learning: high esteem but low participation
• 2022-01-10: A fresh look at guidance practitioner professionalism

 

2021

• 2021-11-23: A new perspective on learning at the workplace
• 2021-09-22: Understanding and comparing EU countries’ VET qualifications
• 2021-09-14: Cedefop opinion survey: A more learner-centred approach to adult learning may encourage more to participate
• 2021-04-13: Next-generation skills intelligence to drive recovery in Europe
• 2021-01-14: Comprehensive learning support systems: empowering people to cope with change

 

2020

• 2020-09-30: How national qualifications frameworks bring education and training systems closer to end users
• 2020-07-29: Online working and learning in the coronavirus era
• 2020-07-13: Apprenticeships for adults bring good jobs for people, skills for businesses
• 2020-07-01: Planning the next steps for vocational education and training in Europe
• 2020-03-11: Towards better skills systems – Cedefop’s 2020 European skills index release

 

2019

• 2019-12-10: Cedefop launches vocational education and training in Europe database
• 2019-10-07: An enhanced role for apprenticeship in a changing world of work
• 2019-06-24: National qualifications frameworks gaining momentum across Europe
• 2019-04-11: Vocational education and training systems in Europe at a glance
• 2019-03-29: Millions of online job vacancies used to map employer needs in European countries
• 2019-03-19: Lifelong skills development helps people who disconnect

 

2018

• 2018-09-26: How effective is your country's skills system? Cedefop's new European skills index has the answers
• 2018-06-08: Technology impacts future job trends
• 2018-03-05: Qualification frameworks in Europe: a never-ending success story

 

2017

• 2017-10-23: Vocational education and training in Europe beyond 2020
• 2017-07-03: Vocational education and training: bridging refugee and employer needs
• 2017-05-18: Cedefop launches online toolkit for tackling early leaving
• 2017-02-08: As NQFs are taking shape, their benefits become visible across the EU
• 2017-01-26: Building the right workforce for the future

2016

• 2016-07-22: Professional development of teachers and trainers in VET: a warranty of quality
• 2016-06-06: Moving to learn - a new mobility scoreboard for Europe
• 2016-03-02: Many qualifications frameworks in Europe now operational 

2015

• 2015-12-10: Maximising skills for jobs and jobs for skills in the era of the robots
• 2015-10-15: Vocational training counteracts and helps prevent early leaving from education and training
• 2015-10-05: Europe needs better jobs for better-matched skills – Cedefop survey
• 2015-03-31: Quality certification for credibility and trust
• 2015-03-27: Green skills compatible with high employment
• 2015-03-24. Skill mismatch rise risk after the economic crisis