The Council of Ministers adopted the "Integrated Skills Strategy 2030 (detailed part)" (Zintegrowana Strategia Umiejętności. Część szczegółowa) by resolution No. 195/2020 of December 28, 2020. Integrated Skills Strategy 2030 has the status of a public policy and in accordance with the provisions of the amended Act of 15 July 2020 on the principles of development policy, it defines the basic conditions, goals and directions of the country's development in the social, economic and spatial dimensions of a given field or area, which result directly from the country's medium-term development strategy, i.e. the Strategy for Responsible Development.

The ministers in charge of vocational education and training (VET) in the EU Member States, candidate countries and EEA countries, the European social partners and the European Commission endorsed on 30 November the ‘Osnabrück declaration on VET as an enabler of recovery and just transitions to digital and green economies’.

The proposed regulation is a response to the request of the Minister of Development, Labour and Technology regarding the introduction of new professions to the education system

The 18th ReferNet annual plenary meeting took place virtually on 2-3-4 December 2020.

Forecasts on the skills needs for individual European Union countries, including Poland, were published on the Cedefop website. The forecast is for the period of 2019-2030.

The skills that a person develops in the course of life depend on many factors. One of them is the functioning of the education and learning system in a given country. Education, training and labour market policies should respond to the needs of each country's economies and societies.

Cedefop announced the results of the #CedefopPhotoAward 2020 competition. The winners were students of vocational schools from Poland, Greece, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

We invite you to an international conference devoted to the analysis of practices and systemic solutions relating to the development and assessment of students' transversal key competences in vocational education systems in 6 European countries: Austria, France, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Slovakia.

Eurofound has published the results of the fourth edition of the flagship European Company Survey (ECS) conducted jointly with Cedefop since 2004.

Drafting of the Act amending the act on the principles of recognition of professional qualifications acquired in the European Union Member States is in progress. The Draft is currently at the stage of the government legislative process.