Gaziantep University Eu Research Centre (GABAM) adheres to the Skillman network as an associate. GABAM, located in the largest trade and industrial center in the west of Southeastern Turkey has a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research specially on energy, material, construction, engineering and information/communication technology. The university, besides enrolling over 25,000 undergraduates and…
On 24th October 2018 the new Call for Proposals 2019 has been published on the Official Journal of the European Union. Funds available for Erasmus+ are expected to increase by 10% compared to 2018. Any public or private body active in the fields of education, training, youth and sport may apply for funding under the 2019 call…
The webinars planned during the International online forum have already reached over 130 enrolments from 34 countries all over the world: France, Belgium, Spain, Romania, Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, UK, Czech republic, Slovenia, Latvia, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Turkey, Jordan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, India, USA,…
On 24th October 2018 the new Call for Proposals 2019 has been published on the Official Journal of the European Union. Funds available for Erasmus+ are expected to increase by 10% compared to 2018. Any public or private body active in the fields of education, training, youth and sport may apply for funding under the…
SELFIE is an initiative of the European Commission. The tool has been developed in close cooperation with a team of experts from schools, education ministries and research institutes across Europe. Partner institutions include the European Training Foundation, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and UNESCO’s Institute for Information Technologies in Education.…
The glossary is a source for terms and definitions which are used in the field of vocational education and training. Emphasis is placed on its usage in the context of the German dual system. The VET Glossary is a work in progress and updated and expanded on an ongoing basis. Source: BIBB / VET Glossary
You find at this link information on the German VET system – on its success factors, its structure and components as well as on challenges and future topics for the further development of the system. Source: BIBB / The German VET system
Source: BIBB – VET Glossary
The 10 of October, 2018 Giovanni Crisoná visited the international fair: ‘journée de la recherche Ingégnerie & Architecture‘ organised by the ‘Haute École d’Ingénerie et d’Architecture’ in Fribourg, Switzerland to understand better the state of the art in the technological research in Fribourg and to discuss about ongoing and further collaborations among skillman.eu and Hes…
Skillman.eu Network launches the yearly online SKILLMAN.EU INTERNATIONAL FORUM 2018 on “Curriculum design, Sectorial skills development and Ethical issues on Advanced Manufacturing sector”. The Forum will be held on November 29th and 30th 2018. The SKILLMAN.EU INTERNATIONAL FORUM is organised as an online discussion board where experts from around the world can share information and…
The second edition of the ‘Kenya Skills Show’ will take place on February 8-10th, 2019 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (K.I.C.C) in Nairobi. The event, hosted by the Permanent Working Group (PWG) on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), in collaboration with Vision 2030 Secretariat and TVET Authority (TVETA) and funded by the…
Giovanni Crisonà Slillman.eu alliance presented at the 2nd ‘GERMAN-ITALIAN INNOVATION CONFERENCE Investing in Italian Innovation: Smart Policies for a Digital Europe’. The event, held the 20th and 21st November 2018, aims at presenting the Italian policy framework to attract investors, supporting the ITA Foreign Investment Unit throughout the whole…
The Skillman Network participates in the call for organising events as part of the ‘EU Cluster Weeks 2018-2019‘ that will will take place between 20th November 2018 and 30th April 2019. This initiative, launched by the European Commission, aims at promoting cluster events under the ‘EU Cluster Weeks’ brand with the intention to boost industrial…
The venue took place October 15-16, 2018 in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin, Germany where Giovanni Crisonà represented Skillman at the speed-networking session discussing the future projects and the innovative cooperation with various potential partner organisations like the Hub Innovazione Trentino, Siemens AG, the General Council of Chambers of Commerce Catalonia, the New Business…
The Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Economy of Luxembourg discussed his view at the workshop on the EU 2030 High-Tech Skills Vision where the Skillman.eu position was presented in front of a highly specialised audience of experts from academy, industry and social parts. The occasion for the very relevant debate was given by the…
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Presentation at the International Skillman Conference 2017 – San Sebastian
SKILLMAN.EU NETWORK IN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ORGANISATION OF THE WORLD CONGRESS OF COLLEGES AND POLYTECHNIQUES 2020 Tknika, one of the Skillman.eu founders will host the 2020 World Congress of Colleges and Polytechnics, the hallmark activity of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics. The proposal for “Europe 2020” in Donostia, San Sebastian was accepted…
The Skillman.eu network submitted a project proposal for Open robotics on June, 22. The proposal was presented to the call for training of the Tuscany Region in the supply chain ‘Information communication technologies (ICT)’ and was addressed to temporary business or purpose associations for inactive and unemployed persons. The purpose of this call is to…
Skillman was selected by CEDEFOP, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, as an example of Sectoral Cooperation on Skills and was invited to the workshop on Skill anticipation methods and practices that took place the 14th and 15th of June in Thessaloniki (Greece). The event aimed at presenting three methods of skill…
Tiziana Chiappelli, as representative of the Skillman.eu network, participated in the third ‘Policy learning Forum on Defining, writing and using learning outcomes’ to introduce and disseminate the solutions adopted by the network in relation to curricular design and learning outcomes. In the event, held the last 21 and 22 June at Cedefop’s premises in Thessaloniki,…
On the 8th of June, Cedefop released the results of its new Skills Forecast up to 2030. On this occasion, a high-level event took place in Brussels at the Résidence Palace to discuss key sectoral and occupational trends, job openings across countries and their impact on new skills needed by 2030. Emerging issues and future…
Automation is leading to job growth in certain industries where machines take on repetitive tasks, freeing humans for more creative duties. Many jobs in the big industries like auto-part manufacturers are taken over by robots, machines or artificial intelligences. Many sceptics see this development as a danger for human jobs in these sectors. The contrary…
The members of skillman.eu Network are fully committed to continue their active involvement in the skills foresight exercises started in 2015. Actually this year three innovative new projects have been submitted thanks to the Network joined by more than 280 organisations and the direct engagement of several of its members. Three new projects have been…
QAPCO – Qatar Petrochemical Company, one of the world’s largest and most successful producers of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) joins the Skillman.eu network. Dr. Mabrouk Ouederni, Product Development & Innovation Manager met Giovanni Crisonà, Director of CSCS and partner of the Skillman.eu network in the TVET international experts meeting held in Doha (Qtar) the last 17-19…
What is SELFIE about? Self-reflection Are schools exploiting the opportunities digital technologies offer? Can they transform digital technologies into better teaching and learning? To help school communities to understand where they stand in their use of digital technologies, the European Commission has developed, in collaboration with an international team of experts, an online easy-to-use self-reflection…
Giovanni Crisonà has been included in the list of ambassadors set up and managed by Cedefop – European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training. Ambassadors can make their good practice visible and accessible and contribute to further improve the Toolkit for tackling early leaving, a useful source for policy-makers and practitioners, working in a…
Last year, Giovanni Crisonà as a skillman representative, was interviewed by Eurofound on the impact of game-changing technologies in the manufacturing industries (notably on work, skills and working conditions). Expert interviews were part of a nearly year long study that Technopolis Group conducted in assignment of Eurofound. The results of that study have been published…
This publication is a product of the joint survey, among key constituents and partners, conducted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Cedefop, the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The survey addressed ministries of labour and education, and trade unions and employer organisations in 61 countries on systems,…
This publication analyses Cedefop’s European skills and jobs survey, a new data set covering about 49 000 EU-28 adult employees. Compiling different data insights, the report highlights that skill mismatch is a complex, multidimensional and dynamic phenomenon. It calls on policy-makers to adopt a different mindset for tackling skill mismatch, focused on sustainable activation, continuous…
To facilitate mutual learning on effective skills anticipation and skill matching and the exchange of good practices across EU Member States, Cedefop launched in 2016 a new thematic activity – ‘Governance of EU skills anticipation and matching systems: in-depth country reviews’. The aim of the initiative is to provide close support to EU Member States…
Anticipating future skills needs (Video) Source: Anticipating future skills needs (Video) Skills for Employment The skills anticipation lifecycle that skillman.eu adopts, incorporates as one of its key components for the identification of skills needs[1], the ILO skills anticipation system[2] and it’s also ispired by the five methodological guides[3] to anticipating and matching skills and jobs,…
CSCS participated in the meeting of the Caronte project, held the past 31 of January, 2018 in Finland at DIMECC (Digital, Internet, Materials and Engineering Co-Creation). The presentation of Giovanni Crisonà (CSCS) on the new priorities for european cooperation on education and training is available here: The meeting has been a good opportunity to identify…
