Recent Cedefop Publications

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Evaluation for improving student outcomes: messages for quality assurance policies
Migrants, minorities, mismatch? Skill mismatch among migrants and ethnic minorities in Europe 


Vocational education and training at higher qualification levels
Lifelong guidance across Europe: reviewing policy progress and future prospects
Guidance supporting Europe's aspiring entrepreneurs
Vocational education and training for the commom good - the macrosocial benefits of VET
The benefits of vocational education and training
Learning while working: success stories on workplace learning in Europe
Employment-related mobility and migration, and vocational education and training
Changing qualifications: a review of qualifications policies and practices
A bridge to the future: European policy for vocational education and training 2002-10
The right skills for silver workers: an empirical analysis
Skills for green jobs: European synthesis report




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Recent acquisitions of the CEDEFOP library are published monthly under the title VET Alert and can be found here

VET in Europe

This page on the Cedefop website provides information on the national VET systems of EU countries plus Iceland and Norway using a common theme-based structure. The latest country report for Ireland is for 2009. 

Shorter versions of the national reports are produced in hard copy for countries holding the EU-Council Presidency. The report on the Irish VET system which was published in 2004 is available from FÁS library: library@fas.ie

Detailed thematic analyses provide detailed information on single themes relating to the national VET systems. The Irish reports are as follows:

• Initial Vocational Education and Training
• Continuing Vocational Education and Training
• Training VET Teachers and Trainers has been written by Calmar International Ltd
• Accumulating, transferring and validating learning
• Financing: Investment in Human Resources

 A bridge to the future: European poplicy for vocational education and training 2002-10 - Ireland discusses the progress made in priority areas for vocational education and training as agreed in the Copenhagen process. It provides examples of a range of initiatives to illustrate the progress. A synopsis of European national reports with the same title was presented at the Bruges ministerial meeting in December 2010.