Do you work with teachers or instructors of practical vocational training? Do you have people who want to teach or support vocational training, but lack pedagogical training? Submit a project application to finance the improvement of their qualifications through a grant from the Operational Programme Knowledge Development Education to improve their qualifications.

A conference organised by IBE entitled Validation in the Integrated Qualifications System − from assumptions to practice took place on October 16. The conference was attended by representatives of the Ministry of National Education, awarding bodies and sectoral organisations, as well as many others. The speakers and participants discussed their experiences relating to validation.

More than 700 events in 45 countries - this is what the next edition of the European Vocational Skills Week will look like, to promote and improve the perception of vocational education and training in Europe.

CEDEFOP has presented a new tool - the European Skills Index (ESI), which aims to monitor and compare activities relating to the development of skills undertaken by individual EU countries.