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RSSOn 9 February 2022, the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) organised the webinar ‘Apprenticeships and permeability’ to discuss the educational paths linked to apprenticeships, and how apprentices can continue to higher education.
Flemish companies suffered several cyber-attacks in less than two years, which motivated them to look for a long-term solution. That’s why the Cybersecurity4SME project, led by the Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
(Howest) and co-funded by the European Social Fund, aims at improving cyber-defence mechanisms in small and medium-sized enterprises.
The European Union will offer a number of online and offline sessions under the EaSI Technical Assistance for Social Enterprise Finance programme. The Social Finance Analyst Module’s sessions will take place between March – June 2022. Participants are encouraged to follow all the sessions. However, each session can also be attended as a stand-alone one, without having to follow the whole module or block.
We are excited to announce that on 8 February, the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) will publish its first podcast episode. This will be the first of a series of four episodes, each of which will focus on a different topic related to EAfA’s four objectives: supply, quality, image and mobility.
Today, with the support of the Commission, the construction sector launched a skills partnership, under the Pact for Skills.
The latest annual report on ‘PES Capacity’ across Europe highlights how the challenges of the pandemic have led to adjustments in the availability and deployment of resources, the services offered and the strategic objectives of PES. The report also outlines related changes in the institutional set-up of PES.
Today, the European Commission proposes to support 473 former workers of vending machine company Selecta in France who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic with €4 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF).
Recent outputs highlight the key topics on the agenda of the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES Network) in 2022 - including a new position paper on the critical challenge of greening the labour market - and how these build on the valuable work of the network and its members in 2021.
The #MySocialRights Video Competition’s results are out! The winner is Patryk whose video received the most likes and shares on Facebook. The competition aimed to promote social Europe and social rights among young Europeans.
The project, funded by the European Social Fund, is targeted at people from Roma communities – particularly women – who face social prejudice and labour market discrimination. Delivered in 66 employment sites across the country, the project provides training for two roles: child and youth inspector; and social care provider and nurse. By helping people into work, the project also strengthens participants' sense of social inclusion.