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On 4 May, 11:00 CEST, EAfA will hold a webinar on the topic of apprenticeships in the care sector and social economy. The webinar will explore how apprenticeships can contribute to the care sector in the EU and help address its challenges, as well as ways in which social economy actors can contribute. More information about the webinar will be shared on the EAfA website soon.

Over the past few months, the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) has been busy organising a wide range of interesting events and activities for you. Read on to learn more about what is to come in the next few months.

EAfA is launching a new integrated online submission portal designed to deliver a user-friendly experience to pledgers and EAfA supporters. The portal will be used by stakeholders to submit their pledge forms, by current members to update their existing pledges, and by EAfA supporters to sign up for the newsletter. The revised pledge form will be launched on EU Survey in April. EAfA members will be contacted in due time with an invitation to refresh their commitment to EAfA by renewing their existing pledge.

Dear Alliance members and supporters, Over the past few months, the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) has been busy organising a wide range of interesting events and activities for you. Read on to learn more about what is to come in the next few months.

The beginning of 2023 has included important developments for several EQAVET National Reference Points (NRPs). The Netherlands has prepared and published three case studies which analyse VET graduate tracking and how graduate tracking can improve the quality of VET programmes in the Netherlands. Additionally, the NRP has also launched a developmental programme for leaders in Dutch Vocational Education. The German NRP has published the English version of the ‘Quality Initiatives of Intermediary Institutions’ study. The Polish NRP organised a webinar on career counselling and the Integrated Skills Strategy 2023 (‘ZSU 2030’). The Slovak NRP organised a learning mobility meeting in Croatia, which gathered Slovak and Croatian NRPs in order to discuss the implementation of graduate tracking measures with other stakeholders. Furthermore, Greece launched the piloting of QA methodology for IVET programmes in the framework of the implementation of the ’Towards an Enhanced Post Covid VET- EPOS VET‘ proposal. Finally, the NRPs from Croatia, Estonia (HAKA), Finland, and Slovenia, are organising a webinar on the benefits and mutual learning in transnational peer reviews that will take place on 21 April 2023.

On 9 May 2023, we will hear from people who benefited from skills training courses and obtained better jobs.

Ahead of new free trade negotiations in the sugar sector, social partners are advocating for the same requirements for imported and EU products in order to guarantee fair competition.

Las autoridades españolas han celebrado actos en todo el país para anunciar los nuevos programas de cohesión 2021-2027, que entre otros incluye el Fondo Social Europeo Plus (FSE+).

In a new Real Economy episode, Euronews travelled to France to find out more on the new occupational exposure limit to asbestos.

Las autoridades Españolas han celebrado actos en todo el país para anunciar los nuevos programas de cohesión 2021-2027, que entre otros incluye el Fondo Social Europeo Plus (FSE+).

The Lithuanian ‘Active and needed’ project launched in 2018 with the support from the European Social Fund aims to tackle unemployment among people with disabilities.