European Social Fund Announcement

The European Commission has adopted its proposals for a renewed European Social Fund, the 'European Social Fund Plus' (ESF+), and a strengthened and more effective European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Both are geared to invest in people: ensuring they are equipped with the right skills needed to deal with challenges and changes on the labour market, following up on the European Pillar of Social Rights.

Policy Brief on Higher VET and the role of quality assurance is now available

The policy brief is based on the dicussions at took place at the EQAVET peer learning activity on the topic of Higher VET and the role of quality assurance. All material is now available here 

Mapping of VET graduate tracking measures in EU Member States – Final report

The Final report conducted by the EU Commission on Mapping of VET graduate tracking measures in EU Member States in now available now here
 

Save the date: 10 years of the European Qualifications Framework, 15-16 March 2018, Brussels

The European Conference celebrating 10 years of the European Qualifications Framework, will take place in Brussels on 15 and 16 March 2018

OBESSU newsletter February 2018

The February 2018 issue of OBESSU newsletter is now out.

EQAVET Secretariat policy note on Strengthening the role of EQAVET national reference points is now available online

19 EQAVET National Reference Points (NRPs) participated in the Erasmus+ Programme key activity 3 in 2016. The call provided funding for the activities of NRPs to support the implementation of the tasks assigned to them by the EQAVET Recommendation.

Council Recommendation on graduate tracking

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Council Recommendation on graduate tracking. Explanatory memorandum and the context of the proposal is available at:
Opens in new windowhttps://ec.europa.eu/education/sites/education/files/graduate-com-2017-249_en.pdf

European Guidelines on Quality Assurance in Higher VET

The final version of the European Guidelines on Quality Assurance in Higher VET is now available.

2017 EQAVET-NRPs Compendium is now available online

The final version of the 2017 EQAVET-NRPs Compendium is now available online.

The European Commission has launched the full version of the European classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications (ESCO)

The European Commission has launched the first full version of the European classification of Skills, Competences, Occupations and Qualifications (ESCO)