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The information network on Vocational Education and Training in Belgium

ReferNet.be

The information network on Vocational Education and Training in Belgium

Shaping Learning and Skills for Europe

This new publication from Cedefop presents a renewed vision for VET's future, addressing key challenges like adult learning, skill mismatches, and integrating VET with policy objectives. It advocates for a broader VET and Skills development (VET-S) approach. Key insights and recommendations: - Embed lifelong and lifewide learning into all systems, […]

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Wallonia trains its workforce in AI

Since 2024, thanks to the training vouchers scheme, employees and self-employed individuals have been able to access a growing number of training opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI) in Wallonia. This allows them to develop new skills in this fast-evolving field while continuing to work. Managed jointly by the Public Service of […]

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Cedefop Seminar - Youth in education, youth in employment

18th Cedefop Brussels seminar organised in cooperation with the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU Cedefop, in partnership with the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU, is hosting the 18th edition of the Cedefop Brussels-based seminar. These seminars, grounded in Cedefop’s research and held in cooperation […]

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Ready to kick-start your career in an international environment? 

Cedefop, the EU agency shaping learning and skills for Europe, based in vibrant Thessaloniki, Greece, is looking for trainees!They’re offering 10-month paid traineeships starting 1 October 2025 — a chance to gain hands-on experience, build real skills, grow your network, and make your mark in Europe. 🕐 Apply by Thursday, 5 June 2025, at […]

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Cedefop 50th Anniversary Conference – Shaping Learning and Skills for Europe

Cedefop 50th Anniversary Conference – Shaping Learning and Skills for Europe is bringing together high-level policymakers, education and training experts, and social partners to take the pulse of VET, skills and learning in Europe and transform them into a strategic lever for Europe’s long-term competitiveness and resilience. 🗓️ 27 May […]

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Implementing European priorities in VET: Belgium

Making national VET agile, flexible, innovative, attractive, inclusive and quality-assured This thematic perspective provides an overview of specific themes in Belgium within a common European format, allowing for comparison across countries. It complements the general information on Belgium's vocational education and training (VET) policies and systems available in the VET […]

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Embedded vocational orientation in school curricula

As from September 2024, the “Rahmenplan Berufliche Orientierung” (framework plan for vocational orientation), is in force in all schools in the German-speaking Community (BE-DE), giving learners the opportunity to get to know the working world at an early stage. In recent years, surveys in BE-DE have highlighted a lack of […]

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PédaGobox: optimised activities for hybrid training

Since June 2024, Bruxelles Formation, the public vocational training service for adults in the Brussels region, has been making its PédaGobox, a toolbox for innovation and the expansion of training practices, available to French-speaking vocational training stakeholders. Faced with successive lockdowns during the pandemic, Bruxelles Formation’s training centres had to adapt […]

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Vocational education and training - Policy briefs 2023

This VET policy briefs, prepared by Cedefop, provide an overview of vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in Flanders and the French-speaking part of Belgium, from 2020 to early 2023. Two VET policy briefs, produced by Cedefop, focus on Belgium and offers an overview of vocational education and training […]

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Analysis of the impact of the green economic transition in the Brussels-Capital Region

"What green jobs will there be in the future, and what qualifications will be needed to qualify for them? There are currently around 66,000 green jobs in the Brussels Region in the six sectors of the Shifting Economy. And this is just the beginning: an increase of 184% could be […]

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Addressing skills gaps to enhance employability

In Brussels, all newly registered job seekers on unemployment support are now benefitting from the Language and Digital Skills Assessment for informed employment counselling and training opportunities. As Cedefop’s Belgium Refernet partners report, marking the European Union’s Belgian Presidency, in the first quarter of 2023, Brussels had 116,000 individuals actively seeking employment […]

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Event - Salon de la Formation à Bruxelles

Une nouvelle édition du Salon de la Formation aura lieu les mardi 26 et mercredi 27 mars à Tour & Taxis à Bruxelles. Bruxelles Formation et ses Partenaires vous invitent à découvrir les métiers et les formations qui mènent à l’emploi. Lors de ces deux journées, des professionnels aideront le […]

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