Cedefop’s work contributes to the ongoing EU debates on apprenticeship quality, three years after the adoption of the Council Recommendation on the European Framework for quality and effective apprenticeship. 

See Cedefop's latest publications on the analysis of apprenticeship schemes against the Framework criteria, the need for comparable statistics on apprenticeship participation and the importance of having a clear identity and purpose for apprenticeship.

Cedefop also announce that the call for papers(link is external) for the 2021 joint Cedefop-OECD symposium on Apprenticeships for greener economies and societies is now open. Deadline for abstract submissions: 3 May.