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16 new Centres of Vocational Excellence are starting their activities in March 2025. Over their 4 years duration, they will perform a set of ambitious and innovative activities generating a long-term impact in vocational education and training.

From 10-13 February 2024, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, became a hub of innovation and collaboration as vocational education and training (VET) professionals gathered for the first-ever VET Winter Camp—an initiative under the Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs).

As industries evolve at an unprecedented pace, the demand for digital and sustainable skills is greater than ever. Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) are at the forefront of this transformation, equipping learners with the expertise needed to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

The Commission and the European cross-industry social partners have signed a new Pact for European Social Dialogue which will strengthen the role of social partners in shaping labour market, employment, and social policies in a time of global transformation.

The Commission has presented the Union of Skills, a strategy to boost high quality education and skills development and to plug labour gaps in the EU and increase EU’s competitiveness

The report explores flexible retirement instruments in the 27 EU countries and in Norway. It assesses the take-up of these instruments and their potential impact on labour market dynamics, redistribution, fiscal sustainability and quality of life.

Public Employment Services are one of the main actors to help integrate displaced people from Ukraine in the labour market. To facilitate sharing of information and experience, the European Network of Public Employment Services is regularly collecting information from PES.

A call for proposals to support EU-level social NGO Networks is open between 5 February – 8 April (17:00:00 CET) 2025. It aims to set up 4-year framework partnership agreements with EU-level networks.

The main purpose of the new list is to improve the quality of the risk assessment of hazardous medicinal products (HMPs). It aims at further strengthening the safety of workers due to the exposure to HMPs.