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As part of the OECD Conference Programme Advisory Committee, I kindly invite interested colleagues to send their papers until March 1st as input to the 2023 OECD conference "DISRUPTED FUTURES 2023: I...

After its successful launch in 2022, this action continues in 2023 to support joint initiatives that foster cooperation across different regions of the world, aiming to support the relevance, accessib...

Autonomy and public-private partnerships (PPPs) are key ENE thematic areas linked to institutional development, governance, management, and financing CoVES.

In the context of VET, autonomy is the ri...

SUMMARY:

Digital credentials are an emerging phenomenon all over the world, that can capture, recognise and validate a broader range of learning outcomes than traditional certification schemes, savi...

Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) provide training in specific areas for the initial training of young people as well as for continued up-skilling and re-skilling of adults. However, CoVEs are...

EU has published a useful guide arising from a project that addressed teachers' careers to show how the teaching profession can be made more attractive, motivating and fulfilling.  In particular, the...

Within the ETF Network for Excellence, GRETA – Greening Responses to Excellence through Thematic Actions - supports CoVEs in their greening processes.

GRETA promotes knowledge sharing, peer lear...

The objective of this meeting is to agree on the GLAD network 2023 priorities and on the ways of achieving them.

When in 2022, the GLAD (Governance Learning Action Dialogues) network was mainl...

The objective of this meeting is to agree on the GLAD network 2023 priorities and on the ways of achieving them.

When in 2022, the GLAD (Governance Learning Action Dialogues) network was mainly focu...

The objective of this meeting is to agree on the GLAD network 2023 priorities and on the ways of achieving them.

When in 2022, the GLAD (Governance Learning Action Dialogues) network was mainly focu...

The ETF Community of Innovative Educators is growing in terms of members and activities, fostering knowledge exchange on teaching innovation across the ETF Partner Countries and valorising impactf...

DIGI-ENE initiative under ETF Network for Excellence organises a webinar dedicated to Digital Educational content on 16th February 2023 from 12.00 to 15.30 CET. The DIGI ENE focus is digital teaching...

From February 27 – March 1, 2023, the first Arab Career Development Conference for the MENA Region - ACDC2023 will take place in Aswan – Egypt inter alia with the aim to build a regional community.

F...

Dear #GLADNetwork members, 

we are very pleased to share with you our 2022 last edition of the GLADnetwork NEWsletter nr 7/December 2022: https://openspace.etf.europa.eu/resources/gladnetwork-newsle...

Here our last number of the GLADNetwork NEWsletter in 2022. Have a look what has been done in December and what's coming next for the GLADNetwork? 

We take this opportunity to wish you a very succes...

Vocational training continues to show signs of success when it comes to connecting the classroom with the company and responding to the specific needs of each region. The IES Fuentesnuevas has tur...

What are the factors affecting the future of tele- and hybrid work (...) in the post Covid world until 2035? According to preliminary results, 12% of people do teleworking in the EU, work preferences...

The global careers month lasted from 8 November till 13 December 2022: IAG Events (skillsforemployment.org)

One month has passed since we last met in the opening ceremony and a lot has been discusse...

The members of the ETF Forum for Quality Assurance in VET met in Tbilisi on 6-8 December 2022 to discuss quality assurance measures of continuing VET programmes: standards and processes for obtaining...

How can Youth and Civil Society Organisations support better employment, continued education, apprenticeship, and traineeship for young people under the age of 30 in the Western Balkans region?

The...

Day one of the ETF Network for Excellence (ENE)’s third conference entitled, Centres of Vocational Excellence as Engines for Vocational Education and Training Development: Let’s Excel Together wit...

The European Commission has a major commitment to the development of Centres of Vocational Excellence and it has made them a key element of its strategy for raising the quality, effectiveness and attr...

It has long been known that mirror neurons provide the ability to repeat words and actions after another person.

- Do as I do! - says a teacher or trainer, and the student repeats.

However, few pe...

Join us on Friday 9 December for a workshop on "Teaching with Europeana". 

The workshop will be delivered by Isabel Crespo, Europeana Manager. 

We are going to meet at 13:00 - 14:00 CET on ZOOM: ...

Dear colleagues,

We are proud to announce the ETF Skills Lab Network of Experts' first call for joint research proposals.

We are looking for:

new joint research ideas;
pre-existing research t...

In 2021, every minute:

Instagram users share 695,000 stories
Snapchat users create 3.4 million snaps
YouTube users upload 500 hours of content
Twitter users tweet 350,000 times
Email users send...

The excitement was palpable as day two of the ETF Network for Excellence (ENE)’s third conference entitled, Centres of Vocational Excellence as Engines for Vocational Education and Training Developm...

On 28 and 29 November 2022, the ETF hosted a dynamic event, ‘Innovation in Teaching and Learning’ as part of its ‘Creating New Learning (CNL)’ initiative.  The two-day knowledge-sharing eve...

❓ How can we support teachers and trainers' critical digital literacies?

DETECT (acronym stands for Developing Teachers’ Critical Digital Literacies) offers to all teachers all over the globe a se...

“Change processes in schools are influenced by many factors that also involve many different roles and stakeholders. Digital technology is one of the processes of change that most professions have e...

Do not confuse the inner critic with the ability to think critically!

The inner critic is a voice within you that belongs to a parent, to you, or to a generalised member of some community (such as a...

On Friday 2 December the Community Meetup was organised within the ETF Innovation 2022 Week, with the aim to:
🎯 update the members of the ETF Community of Innovative Educators as well as any other...

Training and further career development of employed people is carried out in Kyrgyzstan both through in-service training and off-the-job training on professional development and retraining courses.

A...

When change is inevitable, we still want a miracle.
We call on the spirits. We put the brakes on the inside. Stopping time. Dive into the past.
To avoid facing the obvious, to avoid crashing into a...

ETF Network of Excellence (ENE) is organising its 3d annual conference “CENTRES OF VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AS ENGINES FOR VET DEVELOPMENT: LET’S EXCEL TOGETHER WITHOUT BORDERS”.

Vocational Excellence...

Skills and qualifications signal the knowledge that people possess, enabling them to find decent work as well as explore new study and training opportunities, both at home and abroad. For individuals,...

On the recent 26-27 October 2022 a new important milestone was set in the inspiring SELFIE journey to Azerbaijan with the organization of two days workshop in Baku attended by around one hundred parti...

The ETF was glad to actively participate in the COP27 in Sharm El Sheik. 

At the COP27, we made an important key point: there is no green transition without skills! 

Our work on the future of skil...

The Partnership for Innovation in Adult Learning and Education (PIALE) is one of the four partnerships within Creating New Learning (CNL) that will explore different forms of innovation. It is envisag...

The Partnership for Innovation in Adult Learning and Education (PIALE) is one of the four partnerships within Creating New Learning (CNL) that will explore different forms of innovation. It was envisa...

This paper sets out the results of a research project evaluating the results of the British Council 21st Century Schools Programme in the Western Balkans. The Programme was designed to upgrade the dig...

On 16 November about 80 participants from ETF partner countries gathered together during the online event organized by ETF Community of Innovative Educators.

🗣 The webinar presented the results o...

National Qualifications Agency holds an annual international Forum “HUMAN CAPITAL: SECURITY. RECOVERY. EUROPEAN INTEGRATION”. 

Ensuring sustainable economic growth and  rapid integration into the p...

The international forum "HUMAN CAPITAL: SECURITY, RECOVERY, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION" (Ukraine) is designed to promote the coordinated activities of the legislative and executive authorities, employers, p...

On Thursday 27 October 2022, the ETF launched the fourth of six thematic webinars as part of its initiative, ETF Network for Excellence (ENE) and GRETA – Greening Responses to Excellence Through The...

On Wednesday 23rd November, vocational teachers, trainers and managers will come together to help develop a common understanding of ‘Centres of Vocational Excellence’ in Vocational Education and T...

Introduction

The Community Meetup on the 2nd December will be organised within the ETF Innovation 2022 Week, with the aim to update the members of the ETF Community of Innovative Educators as well a...

The European Training Foundation (ETF) together with the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) is exploring the topic of resilience in education, training and lifelong learning. The aim is t...