UNESCO will revise the 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education, as recommended by the Belém Framework for Action. UNESCO’s General Conference agreed in 2013 to prepare this revision “in consultation with the Member States and other stakeholders through various cost-effective measures”.
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Early findings of a Europe-wide Cedefop study of the effect of vocational education and training (VET) on the dropout rate reveal that this effect is largely positive. In countries where vocational pathways account for a large share of education and training, rates of early school leaving are below the EU target for 2020 (10%). Conversely, in countries where VET lags behind, the dropout rate is higher than 10%; in some cases, significantly so.
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Tuesday, 10 June, 2014
The first issue of Cedefop’s new magazine is out! Skillset and Match is packed with exclusive interviews, guest messages, features, news from EU Member States and information on new publications. The magazine aspires to reach a wide spectrum of people, from policy-makers in the public and private sectors to employers, employee representatives, teachers, students and parents.
Highlights of the first issue:
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Friday, 23 May, 2014
We are happy to inform you that the finally revised E-Book of the triennial ESREA research conference 2013 - Changing Configurations of Adult Education in Transitional Times - is now available here on CR&DALL (see below) as well as online at this link.
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Thursday, 22 May, 2014
In vocational training, but also for general economic growth needed for employment, European policies are catalysts for innovation, according to Cedefop Director James Calleja.
Mr Calleja was a key panellist during the 3rd international conference on industrial technologies research and innovation, held in Athens from 9 to 11 April. The conference attracted over 1 000 delegates from 50 countries as well as 150 speakers in plenary and workshop sessions.
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Tuesday, 29 April, 2014
Many of you were at the event in Newbattle Abbey College that launched the draft statement of ambition. You will also be aware that I advised you earlier this year that the cabinet secretary wanted to launch the final paper in Adult Learners’ Week.
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Monday, 28 April, 2014
Partnerships between education and training and social partners are not an option but inevitable to prevent skills mismatch and having people not in employment, education or training (NEETs), argued Cedefop Director James Calleja at the Greek EU Presidency’s flagship conference on vocational education and training (VET).
The conference, held on 26 March in Athens, gave participating Member States an opportunity to get acquainted with successful VET policies and practices which tackle skills mismatches, focusing on how work-based learning can meet contemporary challenges.
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Saturday, 26 April, 2014
At the University of Geneva we are looking to dialogue with researchers who are working in the field of Needs Analysis and/or Design in the process of developing University Continuing Education programmes.
We are focusing on the very first step of constructing a new programme. We are concerned with the analysis of demand that is necessary before starting to build a new programme to make sure it fits and answers the needs of professionals and society.
We welcome your thoughts.
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Monday, 14 April, 2014
More than one quarter of adults in the ACT don’t have the skills they need to cope with the demands of everyday life[1].
You are invited to A Learning Agenda, a workshop exploring solutions to this issue.
In the ACT, 31% of adults are functionally illiterate. While they can read and write some, they do not have the skills to follow a recipe, or accurately read a medicine label.
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Friday, 11 April, 2014
An Australian Learning Communities Network, Regional Conference will be held in Townsville, Queensland on 8 May 2014 with the theme, Communities learning together. The details of the programme are attached and can be found at this link.
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Thursday, 10 April, 2014
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