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Over 500 skills champions from across Europe, including members of the #CedefopVideoAward winning team, gathered in Brussels on 23 February to celebrate their achievements and discuss ways young people can contribute to the green and digital transitions.
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Read the report and find out about their key success factors and best practice
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The European Commission opened a new set of calls for proposals under the 2023-2024 Work Programmes of the Digital Europe Programme to strengthen digital capacities across EU.
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Meet the Champions of Excellence event brought together 400 young people from across Europe to get inspired on VET opportunities for their future careers.
Accepted into the UNESCO global network of learning cities in 2019, Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city with around 1.8 million residents, is not only known for its size but also for being one of the nation's most environmentally friendly cities.
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On 23 February, DG NEAR hosted the ETF Green Skills Award winners Ms Fatin Zeid Sleem and Mr Fayssal Nader Nabih, bestowed by the European Training Foundation.
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During their fifth meeting on 20 February in Brussels, the National Coordinators of the European Year of Skills (“Year”) shared preliminary achievements and reflected on questions for the future.
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"The future of Europe is young people", declared EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, as he inaugurated the Meet the Champions of Excellence event in Brussels today.
In 2021, The city of Clermont-Ferrand, known as the capital of short film and located in a volcanic region in the centre of France, was honored with the UNESCO Learning Cities Award for remarkable advancements in providing lifelong learning.
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The European Training Foundation (ETF) is launching a call for examples of good practice on the role of skills in achieving the green transition. Our aim is to collect inspirational and innovative ideas of how education and employment can contribute to greener and fairer economies and societies.