Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training
In cooperation with the Ministries of Education of the Western Balkans Six, the Commission launched the Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training on 7 March 2012. Its objectives are to support the transition for the candidate countries and to better prepare the potential candidates in the region for their eventual participation in European Union policies and programmes on education and training. The Ministerial Platform meetings, which convene the Ministers responsible for education in the region and their main staff, decide on spin-off activities and follow-up measures to be taken.
In 2017 and 2018 the Platform on Education and Training (DG EAC) and Steering Platform on Research and Innovation (DG R&I) were organised jointly (back to back). In 2020, a joint Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platforms on Education and Training & Research and Innovation brought together key stakeholders from the European Union and the Western Balkan region in an online exchange forum. During the meeting, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, presents her vision and new narrative for the Western Balkans: the ‘Western Balkans Agenda on Innovation, Research, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport’, a comprehensive, long-term cooperation strategy of the EU and the Western Balkans.
News
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On 27 and 28 June 2022, the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platforms on Culture, Research and Innovation, Education and Training took place in Tirana, Albania, with the participation of...
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[Event Announcement] Commission kick-starts work to make 2022 the European Year of Youth
Following the announcement made by President von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the Union address, the Commission has adopted its formal proposal to make 2022 the European Year of Youth. Europe needs ...
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Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting related to Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
On 31 March The European Commission, DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture organised a meeting of its Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting to discuss on Culture policies, Creative Programme as well...
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Events
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Education and Innovation Summit
Education is key to strengthen Europe's innovation potential Education is central for developing, disseminating and valorising knowledge and innovation, for building innovative pedagogies, as well ...
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ICERI2022, the 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation will be held in Seville (Spain) on the 7th, 8th and 9th of November, 2022. ICERI is one of the largest international...
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Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting related to Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
On 31 March The European Commission, DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture organises a meeting of its Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting to discuss on Culture policies, Creative Programme as well...
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Calls
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The Youth Department of the Council of Europe invites non-governmental youth organisations, networks and other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe...
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Annual Award of The Prof. Dr. Marijan Hanzekovic Trust for 2022
The Prof. Dr. Marijan Hanžeković Trust announces its competition for the award of the annual prize for 2022. Papers, in Croatian or in English, must be submitted by June 1, 2022 at the latest. The...
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The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is looking for new colleagues!
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Documents
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GreenComp - The European Sustainability Competence Framework
The development of a European sustainability competence framework is one of the policy actions set out in the European Green Deal as a catalyst to promote learning on environmental sustainability in the...
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This open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA’s TIMSS 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective...
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Erasmus+ 2021-2027 (Factsheet)
Enriching lives, opening minds through the EU programme for education, training, youth and sport Erasmus+ mobility has positive effects on educational, social, personal and professional development...
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Links
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Photo Gallery: Visit of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner, to Albania
Visit of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, to Albania on occasion of the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Steering Platforms ...
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Eurydice network - knowledge for education policies
Since 1980, the Eurydice network has been one of the strategic mechanisms established by the European Commission and Member States to support European cooperation in the field of education. Since 2014...
Projects
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VET mobility scheme for the Western Balkans
The general objective is to contribute to the improvement and modernisation of VET systems in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro, as well as reinforcing the links between VET and the Labour market, by the...
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VET for Western Balkans – V4WB
The main objective of the VET for Western Balkan project is to initiate and support processes that will make the participating Western Balkan countries take important and secure steps on their way to ...
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Developing the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo* and Montenegro.
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