Joint Céreq/Bibb conference in Brussels

To raise the European Commission's awareness of the expertise of Céreq and BIBB (German Federal Institute for Vocational Training) in the field of training and employment and on their ability to work together as a European studies network, Céreq and its German counterpart will hold a conference in Brussels on 7 February 2017. The seminar will focus on "Transitions in VET and Work, the European Perspective".This day is also intended to stimulate debate on the recent European Commission initiative "A New Skill Agenda for Europe" by involving representatives of the European social partners and other actors.

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Impact of sustainable development on occupations and training programmes

Céreq has concluded a two-year cycle devoted to analysis of the links between training and employment in the light of changes in the energy sector and environmental considerations. This analysis has aimed to give context to the changes taking place in the world of work and to the links between changes in jobs and changes in education and training systems.

The last seminar, which took place in Marseille on 21 June 2016, was attended by Italian researchers from ISFOL (Institut pour le Développement de la formation professionnelle des travailleurs/Institute for the Development of Workers' Vocational Training, http://www.isfol.it/en), who presented a study on identifying environmentally innovative occupational profiles as well as their statistical surveys on the education-to-work transition of young people leaving environmental education/training programmes in Italy.

Céreq and ISFOL have been working together for many years on establishing a European network of research centres in the area of education, training and employment. Sustainable development is one of the areas of investigation intended to impart fresh momentum to this collaboration.

Women in management project

Céreq is taking part in the Woman in Management Project led by LEST on access to and pursuit of management occupations for women in the early stages of their careers. Four countries are involved in the study: France, the UK, Switzerland and Sweden. The aim is to identify what facilitates or, conversely, hinders access to and pursuit of management occupations. The comparative approach that will be adopted is intended to identify the levers that most favour equality at work between men and women in the various institutional and societal configurations. This project, coordinated by Vanessa di Paola at LEST, will run for 48 months.

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Digital (r)evolution and its effects on labour

As part of the 11^th annual meeting of its network, which was held in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland, on 18 August, the European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring (EN RLMM) focused on innovative approaches to labour market monitoring in regions and localities across Europe. Aline Valette-Wursthen, executive officer at Céreq, gave a presentation on the effects of digitalisation on skills entitled: "Digitalisation of Jobs and Continuous VET in France: Preliminary Results of a New Survey".

NQF-IN project

Matteo Sgarzi and Josiane Paddeu attended the third meeting of the NQF-IN project held in Split, Croatia on 29 and 30 September 2016. The aim was to further the work on developing models for including non-formal VET qualifications in national qualifications frameworks. The participants at the Split meeting represented the project's partner institutions from Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland, Scotland and Poland

Producing the country reports according to an agreed methodology furthers the main aim of the project, which is to support decision makers in EU member states as well as European institutions (European Commission, Cedefop, European Training Foundation) in developing policies to include qualifications attained outside of the school and higher education systems in NQFs.

Tita project

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Varia

Quantity and quality of young employment in the evolving crisis