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Pact for Skills: launch of large-scale skills partnership for long-term care
Today, long-term care service providers, social partners and education and training providers, with the support of the European Commission, have set up a large-scale skills partnership for the long-term care sector.
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Commission calls for massive investment in digital education and skills
The Commission adopted two proposals for a Council Recommendation to address the digital divide by improving digital skills teaching and ensuring universal access to inclusive and high-quality digital education and training. The proposals go with the “European Digital Skills Certificate” pilot project, that will facilitate the recognition of certification of digital skills across the EU.
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PESPod episode 17: PES staff management in the new normal
Europe’s Public Employment Services (PES) are operating in a ‘new normal’ of hybrid working and blended, online and on-site, services. Listen to the latest episode of PESPod – the podcast of the European PES Network – to hear what this is meaning for the way that PES are adapting their approaches to not only service delivery, but the way they support and train their staff.
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Skills for you! Join the European Year of Skills Festival on 9 May
On 9 May 2023, the European Commission will celebrate the official start of the European Year of Skills. From our Brussels hub in the Cité des Métiers, the place to search for information to build one’s professional future, we will connect with skills events across Europe.
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Strengthening social dialogue: first-stage consultation of social partners on European Works Councils Directive
Today, the Commission launches the first-stage consultation of European social partners on a possible revision of the European Works Councils Directive.
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Belgium-fr hosted the thirteenth EQAVET Peer Review on meeting labour market needs in terms of trainings and skills
The Peer Review looked at how Belgium-fr can better work with and coordinate their stakeholders and processes to better answer to the training and skills needs of the labour market
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Annual report on intra-EU labour mobility 2022 published
The European Commission has published the 2022 annual report on intra-EU labour mobility. The report identifies trends in free movement of workers and their family members, based on the latest available data (2021/2020).
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PES Network Conference addresses the skills revolution
The conference "Empowering the Workforce, Bridging the Skills Gap" reflected on the rapidly changing skills requirements of the European labour market and the "skills ecosystem" that is emerging in response.
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Peer Review in Austria analysed the advantages and challenges faced by Vocational Education and Training schools
The Peer Review analysed the shift from the former quality management system for VET schools (QIBB) to the joint Quality Management System (QMS) in Austria.
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New case study available on the ’Quality Initiatives of Intermediary Institutions‘ study by DEQA-VET
A new case study is available on the virtual library, providing information on a recent study in Germany on the role of intermediate institutions and their quality initiatives.