On 8th May 2013 the European Agency of Development in Special Needs Education launched the European study called “Vocational Educational and Training: What works, why it works and how it works for young learners with disabilities and/or special education needs”. The study is a result of a 3-year project researching Vocational Education and … [Read more...]

Musa Jallow (SAKKI), a Member of the OBESSU’s Working Group on Vocational Education and Training (VET) took part in the General Assembly of VSK - Vlaamse Scholierenkoepel which was held on 20th and 21st April near Ghent, Belgium. … [Read more...]

The development of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Europe is nowadays a recurring topic in European debates. Institutions, policymakers and other stakeholders are investing many efforts to share their visions and discuss the best direction towards which European VET should progress. Youth unemployment, high rates of youths Not in … [Read more...]

The first YOUVET training is now over, but the work started during YOUVET will continue now that the participants take their new skills and action plans to their home organisations and start implementing the Claim your Voice! Stand up for VET! – campaign at national level. YOUVET was organised from 11th February to 12th March 2013. … [Read more...]

The training, started on 11th February, has gathered around twenty active school students from all around Europe online during the past three weeks. During the first three weeks the participants have discussed, debated and learned about different European VET policies and stakeholders, apprenticeship systems, investments in VET, participation, … [Read more...]

The European-wide Youth Guarantee took a step forward, as on the 28th February, the European Council reached a political agreement on the Youth Guarantee Recommendation presented by the European Commission in December 2012. … [Read more...]

CEDEFOP (the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) summarised the Vocational Education and Training (VET ) policies from the past two years into a publication called “Trends in VET policies in Europe 2010-2012 ”. This publication examines the progress made in European policies towards the objectives of The Bruges … [Read more...]

OBESSU has extended the call for participants for the YOUVET - training for YOUng campaigners on VET. YOUVET – YOUng campaigners for VET is a training course that will provide the participants with campaigning tools and ideas as well as with knowledge about the European dimension of youth and Vocational Education and Training (VET) policies. … [Read more...]

OBESSU has opened the call for participants for the YOUvet - training for YOUng campaigners on VET. YOUvet – YOUng campaigners for VET is a training course that will provide the participants with campaigning tools and ideas as well as with knowledge about the European dimension of youth and Vocational Education and Training (VET) policies. The … [Read more...]

During the weekend of 1-2 of December, OBESSU’s Working Group on Vocational Education and Training met in Rome, Italy to discuss about two big topics: the upcoming training for young campaigners for VET and Claim Your Voice campaign plans for 2013! … [Read more...]