Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes
November 2011Rethinking Education is a Communication from the Commission presenting the challenges and the priorities for national and EU policies in the field of education, where great importance is...
View ArticleThe Bruges Communiqué
December 2010The Bruges Communiqué is a package of objectives and actions to increase the quality of vocational training in Europe by making it more accessible and relevant to the needs of the labour...
View ArticleThe Bordeaux Communiqué
November 2008The Bordeaux Communique (November 2008) takes stock of the progress achieved, defines priorities for 2008-2010 and introduces the new objective of strengthening the links between VET and...
View ArticleThe Helsinki Communiqué
December 2006The Helsinki Communique (December 2006) reviews the priorities and strategies of the Copenhagen Process on Enhanced European Cooperation in Vocational Education and Training and sets...
View ArticleThe Copenhagen Declaration
November 2002The priorities and principles for the Process on Enhanced European Cooperation in Vocational Education and Training were first set out in the Copenhagen Declaration (November 2002). This...
View ArticleThe Maastricht Communiqué
December 2004The Maastricht Communique (December 2004) expands upon the Copenhagen declaration and includes national level priorities.
View ArticleZooming in on 2010 (Cedefop publication)
June 2007This report is one part of Cedefop’s support to the Copenhagen process, underpinning support to policy-makers on challenges and the way ahead with statistical data and research findings.
View ArticleVocational education and training – key to the future: Cedefop synthesis of...
November 2009Drawing on the Maastricht Study to assess progress in VET, this synthesis report aims to help policy-makers situate the Maastricht Communique in context.
View ArticleEducation benchmarks 2020
May 2009This document provides for a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training up until 2020. It also sets out indicators and reference levels for monitoring the progress...
View ArticleEducation benchmarks 2010
May 2003This document proposed a set of indicators and reference levels for monitoring the progress in the field of education and training up until 2010.
View ArticleA coherent framework of indicators and benchmarks
February 2007The coherent framework of indicators and benchmarks for monitoring progress towards the Lisbon objectives in education and training proposes 20 core indicators which are coherent with...
View ArticleCouncil conclusions on a coherent framework of indicators and benchmarks
May 2007The Council conclusions on a coherent framework of indicators and benchmarks identify 16 of the 20 suggested indicators for full exploitation or development work.
View ArticleProgress Report
February 2010The European Commission’s progress report produced by DG Education and Culture and its partners takes annual stock of progress made in attaining the Lisbon objectives in education and...
View ArticleThe Riga Declaration on e-Skills: A call to action on digital skills and job...
March 2015 Riga, 13 March 2015: Representatives from governments, industry, academia, NGOs, and other key stakeholders across Europe have joined forces with the European Commission to push for further...
View ArticleOsnabruck declaration 2020: on vocational education and training as an...
November 2020The COVID-19 pandemic as well as digitalisation and climate change have a major impact on our economies, employment, and societies. Vocational education and training (VET) are rightly...
View ArticleCouncil Recommendation of 24 November 2020 on vocational education and...
December 2020The Recommendation defines key principles for ensuring that vocational education and training is agile in that it adapts swiftly to labour market needs and provides quality learning...
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