For the Erasmus+ project HCEU ‘HealthCareEurope: Fostering transparency and recognition of prior learning within geographical mobility of professionals in the health care sector’ we are inviting interested candidates from Denmark and the Netherlands to apply for the validation of a ‘VQTS’ competence matrix ‘Professional Care’ which combines the professions of ‘Nursing’ and ‘Elder care Nurse’.

For the Erasmus+ project HCEU “HealthCareEurope: Fostering transparency and recognition of prior learning within geographical mobility of professionals in the health care sector” we are inviting interested candidates to apply for the development of a competence profile for the profession “Surgical Nurse”.

For the Erasmus+ project HCEU “HealthCareEurope: Fostering transparency and recognition of prior learning within geographical mobility of professionals in the health care sector” we are inviting interested candidates from Albania and Ukraine to apply for the development of a national organisational profile for the profession “nursing” or “elder care nurse.”

The study report ‚Taking the future into their own hands – Youth work and entrepreneurial learning‘ explores how youth work and non-formal learning can help to foster entrepreneurship.

On behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, 3s investigated the implementation status of the orientation towards learning outcomes within Austrian Vocational Education and Training (VET). The results are now published in a brochure.

The ECVET Magazine No. 28 (June 2017), which provides an update on current developments related to the ‘European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training’, is available for download on the ECVET Secretariat website.

The ERASMUS+ project ‚FutureDRV’ aims at developing a profile on competence, skills and knowledge requirements related to professional driving witin a timeframe up to the year 2030. Please join our online survey and tell us about future trends within professional driving.

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Council Recommendation on tracking graduates in order to encourage and support Member State authorities to improve the quality and availability of information on what graduates go on to do after leaving higher education or vocational training.

The Erasmus+ Project ‘QA HiVETnet’ was initiated to elaborate European Guidelines on Quality Assurance in Higher VET(vocational education and training). These Guidelines as well as the idea of a ‘European Network on Quality Assurance in Higher VET’ were presented at the conference ‘Qualifications We Need, Quality We Want: Promoting quality assurance in higher vocational education and training’ on 16th of May 2017 in Brussels.

In 2017, the European ‘Erasmus’ programme celebrates its 30^th anniversary: on May 9, this was celebrated with a festive event in the ‚Sofiensäle’ hall in Vienna.