1st European Vocational Skills Week
1st European Vocational Skills Week. Author: DG EMPL (Flickr). 2016.

The 1st European Vocational Skills Week took place from 5 to 9 December 2016, with events in Brussels and hundreds of activities in member countries, EFTA and EU candidate countries organized at the level national, regional and local. To take advantage of this energy and enthusiasm, the European Commission now organizes a second week. It will be from 20 to 24 November 2017 and there are now more than 500 registered events.

Before and during the Second European Vocational Skills Week, activities and events will be displayed to show excellence in education and vocational training in Europe. During the main week, a series of activities will also be held in Brussels, such as press conferences, conferences, workshops and awards ceremonies .

All people and organizations involved in vocational training are invited to organize an activity within the framework of this campaign: students, parents, companies, education and training providers, adult learning organizations, cameras and others Professional organizations, researchers, professional counselors, public authorities and society in general. You can register your proposal through this link.

The tag of the event on social networks will be #EUVocationalSkills.