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Wallonia

Belgium: Wallonia launches one-stop lifelong guidance portal

Since 20 November 2025, Wallonia has offered a portal dedicated to lifelong guidance (OTLAV, Orientation Tout au Long de la Vie) via cdmetiers.be, the collective website of the Walloon career centres (Cités des Métiers). Developed through a multi-partner initiative, the portal serves as a single-entry point for both citizens and guidance […]

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Event - Journée Portes Ouvertes IFAPME 2024

Cher.e lecteur.trice, Notre partenaire ReferNet, l'IFAPME organise une journée portes ouvertes. Notez donc le mercredi 26 juin 2024 dans votre agenda : Journée Portes Ouvertes dans les Centres de formation du Réseau IFAPME. Avec son catalogue de formations, son Réseau et son expertise, l’IFAPME donne la possibilité de se former à […]

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Painters-Euro-Qualif - developing and maintaining the skills of heritage restoration painters

Strengthening skills relevance in cooperation with relevant partners is a central theme in the current European Year of Skills. It is precisely the aim of the Erasmus+ project Painters-Euro-Qualif: four European partners, amongst which the Walloon training centre IFAPME, are developing a common professional competence standard for the heritage restoration […]

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Ukrainian refugees on the Brussels and Walloon labour markets: one year later

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, more than 8 million Ukrainians fled the war in the following year. EU countries immediately decided to welcome these refugees. Belgium, as all EU Member States, took several measures to help them: they were granted temporary protection, including access to training and the […]

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Wallonia boosts dual training in construction sector

Following the severe flooding that hit the Walloon Region in July 2021 with 209 out of its 262 communes affected, the distribution of the budget allocated to the Walloon recovery plan had to be modified: EUR 737.706.000 are now granted to support the rebuilding and resilience of disaster-affected areas. Although […]

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