The labour market has never been static. It has always been moved by economic winds and technology. People in the labour force have continually adapted to its changing needs. Today the challenge is not change, but its speed. The telephone took 75 years to have 50 million users; after 20 years th...
The European Union’s (EU’s) economic recovery has strengthened; unemployment is down and employment up. But the economic downturn has accelerated long-term trends of globalisation and digitalisation that demand new skills. Forecasts of a smaller available workforce due to demographic trends are ...
Anticipating and being at the leading edge of developments is at the heart of Cedefop’s modus operandi. While the EU’s course beyond 2020 will be decided once a new Commission has taken the helm, one issue remains crucial: investing in people’s skills. The EU’s multifaceted challenges require im...
Cedefop supports European policy with its resources. A new online source of reference on VET policies, practices and tools to support social inclusion and labour market integration will be launched in 2020. It will support policy implementation and policy learning between countries by addressing...
European and national qualifications frameworks are making it clearer how different qualifications, levels and types of learning relate to each other....