COVID brought the world on its knees and put everything on hold. However, it did not prevent Life Foster (https://www.lifefoster.eu/) partners from going on serving their trainees and sticking to their training schedule. From March to date, tens of thousands of...
As unemployment spikes amid pandemic, youth is particularly affected. More than others, young workers need support to pull through the crisis. Within the “A bridge to Jobs” initiative, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit has recognised the...
Set up in 2017, the European community of learning providers includes Cedefop and six EU-level VET associations (EVBB, EfVET, EVTA, EUCEN, EUproVET and EURASHE). It aims to help the VET provider community prepare for future challenges and increase the impact of...
The second European Vocational Skills Week organised by GD Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion from 20th through 24th November 2017 ended with an overwhelmingly big success. Renowned political and sector stakeholders as well as speakers from the VET field and...
On 21st of November 2017, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in a solemn ceremony at the EU Commission – Directorate-General for Employment – to bring the 6 European educational umbrella associations closer together. As president of the EVBB and vice... 
