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This Declaration arrives at a critical juncture as Europe faces mounting #skillsshortages while navigating green and digital transitions, and it also represents the continuation of decades of successful European cooperation in VET, the progress of which @cedefop.europa.eu will continue to monitor.

🎓 What’s driving change in #VET across Europe? 📍The new joint Cedefop– @etfeuropa.bsky.social policy brief tracks VET policy developments between 2021–2025 across the EU-27, Norway, Iceland, and five EU candidate countries. 👉 Learn more: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/stra... #Cedefop50

Let's talk about learning for a greener future! ☘️ Join Cedefop's virtual get-together, an 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗘𝗨𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸, taking place on 𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲. 📍Learn more and join us: cedefop.europa.eu/en/events/lear…

Happy #EuropeDay,  join us at @cedefop.europa.eu in celebrating our commitment to a strong, united and skilled Europe, where everyone can learn, grow and succeed in work and life. Here’s to a future of unity, skills and prosperity – for all. #Cedefop50 www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/skil...

To mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we are kicking off a campaign with @osha.europa.eu. 📢 📍Learn how #digitalisation + #AI lead to emerging skills gaps, and opportunities/risks related to occupational safety and health (#OSH). 🔗We start here: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/digi...

❓How can #skills be visible and valued? ❓How can #learning acquired outside formal education be acknowledged? 💡Validation is the answer! Learn about Cedefop's info-hub for the validation of learning: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/unlo... #Cedefop50 #Validation #Learning #Qualifications #Skills

The joint "Cedefop- @oecd-ocde.bsky.social symposium: New fields for apprenticeship", held in Paris, explored how #apprenticeships are evolving and expanding into emerging fields, keeping track with changing industries and the world of #work. 📌Read more: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events/20...

New headline out! 🚀 Cedefop has launched the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 (#𝗘𝗩𝗧𝗦), designed to provide insights into the opportunities, experiences, and barriers shaping VET teachers' continuing professional development. 📌Learn more: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/empo...

We are hiring! 📣 Cedefop invites you to apply for the position of the Finance and Budget Assistant. 🪙 Maybe you are the person joining our team in sunny Thessaloniki. 👀🇪🇺🇬🇷 🔗Learn more about the requirements, duties, and how to apply: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/about-ced... #JobFairy

🚀 How is Artificial Intelligence transforming jobs and skills in Europe? Tune in for the #DigitalSkillsTalks, featuring our expert Konstantinos Pouliakas, and Giulia Carsaniga @ec.europa.eu for an episode all about #AI! 🗓️ 3 April 2025, 9:00 CEST 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4iFTSsV

She can code. She can teach. She can innovate. She can shape 🇪🇺Europe. Only 41% of science & engineering jobs in the EU are held by women. With #UnionOfSkills, we aim to bring 1 million girls & women into #STEM by 2028. #CommissionerOfThePeople

📌Check out our latest headline, which officially closes our month-long #IWD2025 campaign highlighting the gender gap in vocational education and training (#VET). In this piece we shed light on successful policies and campaigns from several 🇪🇺 MS. 🔗: cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/bridgi…

New publication out! 📣 Let's get VET #digital #digital #digital. 🛜 📌 Get the publication here: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publicati...

Calling on the #BrusselsBubble! 📢 Join the conversation on skills intelligence! 📊 Europe’s #skillsrevolution depends on sound and trusted #skillsintelligence. 🔗 Register now: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events/ex... #SkillsIntelligence #LabourMarketTrends #Upskilling #DataDrivenPolicies #EUEconomy

New headline out, national qualifications frameworks (#NQFs) in the spotlight! 🎓 Thanks to recent data from the @etf.europa.eu, Cedefop’s #NQFtool now features eight out of ten NQFs of 🇪🇺 neighbouring countries. Read more: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/nati...

Let's zoom in on gender (in)equality, from classrooms to workplaces. 🔎👀 *Cedefop calculations based on Eurostat data (UOE data collection on formal education/LFS/AES). *VET: vocational education and training; IVET: initial VET. #AccelerateAction #GenderEquality #VET #STEM #IWD2025

On this #InternationalWomensDay, read more about the gender gap in vocational education and training (#VET), and what we are doing about it. 🌹💫 📍https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/closing-gender-gap-vocational-education-and-training-path-inclusive-growth #IWD2025 #Equality #AccelerateAction

Look who came around to congratulate @cedefop.europa.eu to its 50th birthday! And more than that: we discussed possible joint projects, utilising Cedefop’s rich #VET Expertise and Labour Market and #SkillsIntelligence. Hope to see you, Commissioner Tzitzikostas, soon again in #Thessaloniki!

The #EU faces multiple #transition challenges, skills and #LabourShortages, #SkillsMismatch, etc. — two things will be mission critical: #VET and labour-market #activation of yet underrepresented groups, the biggest of which are #women. #GenderEquality will be the key! #InternationalWomensDay

Marking #InternationalWomensDay with Action! 🌹 This year, we’re launching a month-long awareness campaign to spotlight gender equality in vocational education and training (#VET). Why? 📍 Gender equality is the key to unlocking VET’s full potential—creating an inclusive, future-ready workforce.

Our Konstantinos Pouliakas emphasizing the importance of a robust #SkillAnticipationInfrastructure - tracking growth in employment across sectors, analyzing #SkillNeeds in the future. Cedefop a pioneer in this regard with #SkillsOVATE - we have analyzed millions of OJAs. #EUSocialForum

Super presentation from Commission Executive VP @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social at the #EUSocialForum in Brussels today. For the #UnionofSkills, we will need: labour market and #SkillsIntelligence and knowledge of #VET ecosystems. Check out @cedefop.europa.eu’s rich evidence: cedefop.europa.eu/en

Great to meet EU Commission Executive Vice President @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social in Brussels today, together with my colleagues from @cedefop.europa.eu's Sister Agencies, invited by Director General Mario Nava. Thanks for discussing policy priorities with us. See you tomorrow at the #EUSocialForum!

New headline out! 📣💫 📍As the times are changing, both European and national efforts have sought to enhance the #flexibility of #education and #training systems and promote #lifelonglearning. Head to our website to learn more: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/maki...

Said farewell to two wonderful @cedefop.europa.eu colleagues today: Jesus Bustamante and Loukas Zahilas (the latter pictured with his lovely wife). It‘s been an honour working with you. You will be dearly missed. Bon voyage!

This month, we celebrated 50 years of shaping #EUskills & #learning and 30 years in #Thessaloniki! And we’re just getting started. The #EUcompetitiveness compass & #UnionOfSkills show how vital @cedefop.europa.eu's work remains. Highlights: youtu.be/PkbEd6lEcEw

It's #VETFrontlines time! 💫 ❓What's new in the world of vocational education and training (#VET) in Slovenia 🇸🇮, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Poland 🇵🇱, and Latvia 🇱🇻? Thank you once again to our #ReferNet partners!

#Apprenticeship enters new territories. It has to if we want the twin #transition to succeed. Join us in Paris. Stay tuned.

Just opened this conference. We delve into the findings of a @cedefop.europa.eu project on "Ensuring Transparency and Transferability of #learningoutcomes", discussing policy scenarios for lifelong and life-wide learning towards 2040. Stay tuned!

#CedefopHistoryDive, for the BlueSky community! Scroll through, and follow the thread, to learn more about Cedefop's history and development. 💫