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🚀 EfVET Conference 2026 – Projects Matchmaking

Are you attending the EfVET Conference? JOIN the projects matchmaking session to meet potential partners and shape project proposals together.

✍️ An interactive onsite session to design and develop project proposals with the right partners divided into different funding programs and type of calls (KA1 / KA2 / Horizon / more).

📅 Thursday 22 October, 11:45–14:00

💡 An initial online workshop (1h30) between 28 Sep and 2 Oct from 15h to 16h30 (CEST) will take place to introduce the matchmaking session, and to explore the participants profiles and proposals opportunities

👉 Register before September 18: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/3hYe4Cbmpw
*Dedicated to participants of the EfVET Conference ONLY.

📢 EfVET Annual Conference 2026 - Speaker Spotlight: Taavi Tuisk 🎤

Our speaker spotlight series continues with Taavi Tuisk, EfVET Board Member, who will be moderating the panel discussion themed "Global citizenship education in class and beyond: how to educate VET learners for global citizenship?"

💡 call for learners who are ready to live in an world, aware of the responsibilities they hold as people and . With the European Commission naming as a core skill for learners, this session dives into how , , and can embed , solidarity and democratic participation into everyday VET training.

🌟 Taavi will guide the conversation on how to integrate citizenship education into existing curricula, and what frameworks and innovative practices can help classrooms grow more connected to .
📅 Parallel Session: "Global citizenship education in class and beyond: how to educate VET learners for global citizenship? " | Thursday, 22 October

Taavi brings over 15 years of experience in VET communications, currently as Public Relations Manager at Kuressaare Ametikool in Estonia, alongside his role on the executive board of the Eesti Kutseõppe Edendamise Ühing/ Estonian Association for the Development of Vocational Education. It's this hands-on connection to VET communications, internationalisation and civic engagement that makes him well-placed to lead this discussion. 🌍

💫 Don't miss it! Secure your spot now.
🎟️ Tickets & Programme: https://conference.efvet.org/p/ #/

🌍 Participate in the biggest VET Youth Forum in Europe! 🌍

Calling all VET students and Training Centres! 📢

From October 21–23, 2026, Brussels will host the third edition of the EfVET Youth Forum, bringing together Vocational Education and Training ( ) students from across Europe to meet, exchange ideas, and collaborate on this year's theme: Global Citizenship Empowered by VET.

✨ What to expect: 🏛️ Visit to European Institutions, 🎓 Workshops & parallel sessions for students, teachers and trainers, 🏆 A themed competition, with pitches presented live to the EfVET Conference 2026 audience, 🥇 Awards presented by a high-level European Commission representative, 🚶 A chance to explore the city of Brussels.

📌 Open to students enrolled in VET courses, aged 18–26, with a good (B2) level of English.

📅 Applications close September 4th, 2026 (17:00 CET)

👉 Read the call for the Youth Forum 2026: https://efvet-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/webmaster_efvet_org/IQBoa1zhmP4vQ6bHs7JgW-0NAQsK8Bcn_UC42vzNyGpTktg?e=rGidGO
👉 Apply now: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=CZ_yvIZupEKrODodfG-prcWRSnzYLrNJtnsqRhU4zq1UN0ZKTzZCMkxMREY2U1czTVRITEE2MEg1MC4u

⏳ 500+ participants. 70+ sessions. 30+ speakers: One conference.

Here's why the EfVET 2026 Conference belongs on your calendar this October 👇

🤝 NETWORK
Meet and exchange with 500+ professionals from across the VET ecosystem — expand your perspective and become an active part of one of the largest VET communities.

📚 LEARN
Choose from 70+ policy and practice discussions, roundtables, project matchmaking and workshops sessions. Three days, tailored to what matters to you.

🎤 ENGAGE
Hear from 30+ speakers shaping VET policy, practice and innovation. Listen, reflect, and bring your own perspective to the table.

And that's just the start. One global annual conference, plenty of reasons to join.

📍 21–23 October, Brussels
🎟️ Tickets: https://conference.efvet.org/

Don't wait — come be part of the conversation!

📢 Call for Articles | VET Pulse – The EfVET Magazine, Issue 38 (September 2026)

We are inviting contributions for the next issue of VET Pulse – The EfVET Magazine, exploring the theme "Global VET: Skills for a Changing World."

🌍 As face technological acceleration, green and digital transitions, migration dynamics and shifting global value chains, this issue looks at how the sector is responding - from Europe and beyond.

🌟 We welcome articles on:
🔹 VET providers, networks and policymakers adapting to global transformations
🔹 Connecting local skills ecosystems with international cooperation
🔹 Practices from Europe and beyond that inspire the future of VET
🔹 Building more inclusive, sustainable and globally connected VET systems

This theme resonates strongly with our upcoming EfVET Annual Conference 2026 in Brussels (21–23 October) - "Global Citizenship Empowered by VET" - making this the perfect moment to share your perspective with the wider VET community.

Have a story to tell about VET's global dimension? We want to hear it.

📝 Submission guidelines: https://efvet-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/webmaster_efvet_org/IQAVoFw1x5IFSLLNamREqFRyAQjqwVzR6CGchUl-wZH6MQw?e=EPmj7q
📅 Deadline: 20 August 2026
📩 Send your article to [email protected]

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🎟️ 85 DAYS TO GO

The EfVET Conference 2026 is coming to Brussels!

💡 Global Citizenship Empowered by VET
🗓️ 21–23 October 2026

500+ TVET stakeholders from Europe and beyond - professionals, EU institutions, education experts, industry leaders, policymakers and researchers - gathering for three days of collaboration, dialogue and advocacy on TVET.

In a fast-changing world shaped by technological acceleration, geopolitical uncertainty and growing interdependence, the 2026 theme highlights the role of VET in equipping learners not only with professional competences, but also with the values, agency and resilience needed to act as active global citizens. Placing global citizenship at the centre of the Conference reflects EfVET’s vision of vocational education and training beyond employability, with a strong role to play in the human development of learners and citizens.

🎫 Full Conference & One-Day tickets now available
📅 Choose Thursday, Friday (with Gala Dinner), or the full experience

Don't wait until the last minute - book your ticket today!

👉 https://conference.efvet.org/

📢 EfVET Annual Conference 2026 - Third Speaker Spotlight: Arja Flinkman 🎤

Our speaker spotlight series continues with Arja Flinkman, EfVET Vice President for Policy, Research and Publications, who will be moderating the session themed "Leadership in a fast-changing world: how to be up to the task with innovation?"

Education and training providers face real pressure: lack of funding, struggles with activities’ sustainability in the long-term, staff management and increased diversity of needs and approaches in classrooms. Arja will guide a conversation exploring how VET leaders keep their institutions thriving and forward-looking amid social, political and cultural transformation, with an eye on global development, citizenship and intercultural approaches.

As CEO of South Savo Education, Arja steers a vocational college through many of the same realities this session will unpack, and her career brings a well-rounded leadership perspective: from strategic and financial direction, to international affairs leadership and education development. It's this breadth of experience, across governance, finance and international cooperation, that makes her the right voice to help fellow VET leaders navigate what's ahead. 🌍

💫 Don't miss it! Secure your spot now.
🎟️ Tickets & Programme: https://conference.efvet.org/