On November 26, 2008, in Bordeaux, the twenty-seven European education Ministers signed a communiqué on enhanced cooperation in terms of vocational education and training (VET). The joint challenge for the coming years is to adjust to the labor market's needs. (Ref. 080945)
The challenge of matching
VET to the labor market. Launched in 2002, the
Copenhagen process for enhanced European cooperation in VET, is reviewed every
two years. After Maastricht in 2004, Helsinki in 2006, the representatives of
the EU-27 met in Bordeaux for a new evaluation. After this meeting, the
European Commissioner for Education, Mr. Jan Figel, said: “High-quality VET is
crucial for the long-term sustainability of our economy and society. By
adopting the Bordeaux Communiqué, we ar
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