On March 28, the announcement of the Minister of National Education on the forecast of the demand for employees in vocational education occupations was published. The forecast is designed to support shaping vocational education for both the national and regional labour markets.

Contestants prepared a short film promoting the Integrated Qualifications System (IQS). The film could be on the following two themes: "My Qualifications in the Labour Market" or "The Integrated Qualification System - I Like It!".

Contest applications for the #CedefopPhotoAward can be submitted until May 31, 2019. The contest is organised by the European Center for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) in cooperation with the European Commission.

Publications from the "Spotlight on VET" series are designed as short brochures describing the key elements and organisation of vocational education and training systems in different countries. The latest Cedefop publication presents a compilation of  information on VET in all EU countries, Norway and Iceland.

Cedefop has published a brochure on the actions taken to improve the situation of people with low qualifications.

Forecasts on the skills needs for individual European Union countries, including Poland, were published on the Cedefop website. The forecast is for the period of 2016-2030.

Council of Ministers on January 25, 2019, adopted a resolution approving the general part of the Integrated Skill Strategy. The Ministry of National Education was responsible for preparing the proposed strategy.

Over one hundred stakeholders took part in diagnostic workshops on the Integrated Skills Strategy, organised in cooperation with OECD, which took place on February 5, 2019.

Cedefop presented a database of instruments used in the EU countries to develop policies in vocational education and training and the labour market. 

Cedefop published an analysis of the results of a public opinion survey on vocational education and training in Poland.  Cedefop European public opinion survey on VET took place in 2016.