Sue BirdEuropean Commission,

Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and InclusionUnit E3 - Vocational training, Apprenticeships and Adult learning

The European Vocational Skills Week 2019

”Healthy Social Media” Final Conference27 March 2019

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EUROPEAN VOCATIONAL SKILLS WEEK Raising the attractiveness of VET

VET ModernisationStructural reforms

ImageShowcasing Excellence and

opportunities

How the Week unfolds:

EU level: 14-18 October, Helsinki Finland

Around Europe: national, regional and local events from April/May to DecemberAwards

Ambassadors

The Week in Helsinki –how is it shaping up?

Tuesday 15 OctoberØ DGVTØ EAfA and digitalisationØ Youth and parents

Friday 18 OctoberØ Closing ceremony and

celebration

Thursday 17 OctoberØ VET for ALL - parallels Ø VET in the worldØ Awards celebration

Wednesday 16 OctoberØ Researchers, Erasmus+ Ø VET for ALL – Skills for LifeØ Ambassadors, Open Minds

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VET Excellence awardsThe categories

Company and learners awardsØ EAfA - ApprenticeØ EAfA - CompanyØ Training at work –

Company and LearnerØ Skills competitions

VET innovators awardsØ Innovative VET providerØ Teacher and trainerØ VET researcherØ Entrepreneurship Education

European funding for excellenceØ ESF projectØ Erasmus+ project

European Agencies awardsØ Cedefop photo competitionØ European Training

Foundation

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Ambassadors - Role models inspiring VET pathways

The Ambassadors are spreading the word about vocational skills.Each of our Ambassadors are part of the huge number of people across Europe who have taken part in vocational education or training.

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GEO MAP of events around Europe

Open doors, skillsdemonstrations, conferences, Employers’ days, press articles etc. 7

Share your story

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2018 Vocational Skills WeekKey figures

Ø 1.852 events in 45 countries

Ø 160 Employers’ days around Europe

Ø 2,4 million people reached through the events

Ø Over 32 million reach on social media through

#EUVocationalSkills and #DiscoverYourTalent

Ø 9.402 people voted for the VET Excellence Awards

Ø 437.543 views of promotional video

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The ambitionfor 2019!

Finland – 14-18 October

Local events:2.000 (+103% on 2016)

Outreach to people: 2.500.000 (+213% on 2016)

• Promote the organisation of the Week events at national, regional and local level

• Share your story on the Webpage of the Week

• Apply for the Awards or encourage your members to apply for them

• Create a social media buzz about the Week!

We need you …to engage in:

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