Links

Last successful access to all links: Sept. 15, 2016

• DG EAC - The home page of Education and Training
• Vocational Education and Training (VET) - The home page of DG EAC for VET
• The Copenhagen process - Launched in 2002, the Copenhagen process aims to improve the performance, quality and attractiveness of vocational education and training (VET) through enhanced cooperation at European level. The process is based on mutually agreed priorities that are reviewed periodically.
• The Copenhagen declaration - The document starting the Copenhagen process in 2002, or “where it all begun”…
• The Maastricht Communiqué - The second step along the EQF way (2004)
• The Helsinki Communiqué - The third step along the EQF way and the ECVET (2006)
• The Bordeaux Communiqué - The fourth step along the EQF way (2008), highlighting the importance of creating better links between VET and the labour market
• The Bruges Communiqué - The fifth step along the EQF way (2010), pointing out the relevance of adaptability of training programmes to labour market evolutions, of transnational mobility, and of key competences
• The EQF as a part of a general strategy for Quality - A page explaining the EQF in the broader framework of the EQAVET, the EU framework for Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training
• Learning Opportunities and Qualifications in Europe - The reference site of the European Commission on qualifications, recognition, learning opportunities
• How does the EQF work? - Sub-page of number 1. describing the EQF
• EQF descriptors - Sub-page of number 1. describing indicators for each EQF level, in terms of knowledge, skills, competences
• EQF brochure (English version) - A short and effective document explaining the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning
• EQF documentation - A huge repository of all official documents relating to the EQF
• Qualifications at level 5: progressing in a career or to higher education - A comprehensive analysis of EQF 5 programmes by the CEDEFOP
• The hidden potential of level 5 qualifications - In this briefing note, the CEDEFOP pinpoints the relevance and appeal, but also the challenges offered  by EQF level 5 qualifications
• Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes - 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 attributed to Vocational Education and Training
• Handbook for VET providers - A document guiding VET providers through a quality journey, based on the PDCA (plan-do-check-act/review) cycle, which underlies any quality management system (QMS)
• On the way to 2020 - A thorough report on a set of 33 indicators to quantify some key aspects of VET and lifelong learning
• Overview of national qualifications framework developments in Europe - The state of play of national qualification frameowrks in 2015
• Matching skills and jobs in Europe - Insights from an interesting Cedefop’s European skills and jobs survey
• Skill shortages and gaps in European enterprises - A balance between vocational education and training and the labour market
• Tackling unemployment while addressing skill mismatch - A study reviewing recent policies and practices aiming to tackle unemployment through addressing skill mismatch in the EU-28 Member States
• Skills, qualifications and jobs in the EU: the making of a perfect match? - The European Skills and Jobs survey
• Skills, Innovation and training: partners in change - Vocational education and training is contributing to innovation and training is becoming more innovative: a briefing note
• European sectoral trends: the next decade - A insight into future trends in skill demand and supply across the European Union
• Professional development for VET teachers and trainers - Committed and competent teachers and trainers are crucial to ensuring the quality and labour market relevance of learning, both in VET schools/centres and in companies, and whether in classrooms, in workshops, in labs and simulated learning environments, or at the workplace
• About the triple helix concept and model - A Wikipedia description
• The original article (Etkowitz & Leydersdorff, 1995)
• Other explanations of the concept and model - I
• Other explanations of the concept and model - II
• Other explanations of the concept and model - III
• Triple, quadruple, quintuple helix (Carayannis, Bath &Campbell, 2012)
• Triple- and quadruple-helix and the Smart Specialization Strategy
• Quadruple helix and Open innovation 2.0