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Towards organisations as learning workplaces - Moving beyond certified, institutionalised continuing vocational education and training

This policy brief highlights the need to transform adult skills development by expanding beyond traditional continuing vocational education and training (CVET) to include workplaces and digital environments.

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Publication date
1 March 2025
Author
Cedefop
Industrial Ecosystem
  • Cross-sectoral

Description

The brief emphasises the importance of workplaces as lifelong learning spaces and the role of policies in enabling learning through work. It draws on case studies from Ireland, Spain, and Finland, exploring sectoral approaches to workforce skills development. Key themes include sectoral governance, SME support, and intelligence-based skills planning. The findings offer actionable insights for policies that encourage employers to take a more active role in workforce skills development, shifting from periodic training to continuous, workplace-integrated learning.

Towards organisations as learning workplaces - Moving beyond certified, institutionalised continuing vocational education and training

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  • 21 JULY 2025
Towards organisations as learning workplaces - Moving beyond certified, institutionalised continuing vocational education and training