The Week 2017

Summary of the week

Building on the success of the first edition in 2016, the second European Vocational Skills Week took place on 20-24 November 2017. Just like last year, the Week in 2017 aimed to raise the profile of vocational education and training (VET) as a smart career choice, increasing employability and leading to high-quality jobs. It brought together a wide range of VET stakeholders from across Europe and focused in particular on VET mobility, opportunities provided by developing skills in particular sectors and promoting business-education partnerships in VET. 

Events in Member states

Over 1500 national events had been organised in the context of the European Vocational Skills Week, a 50% increase on 2016. The interest in the Week across Europe has surpassed expectations. Events had taken place in 45 countries, including all the EU Member States, reaching nearly one million people.

Key figures

 

Ambassadors

The Ambassadors selected for the 2017 campaign were:

Austria                       Eveline Wild

Bulgaria                     Aglika Adamova

Cyprus                       Costas Argyrides

Croatia                       Morana Saračević/Martina Čičko-Karapetrić

Denmark                    Helene Glundholdt

France                       Gérard Mestrallet

Hungary                     Miklós Beothy

Latvia                         Katrina Elizabete Sile

Malta                         Charlene Fenech

Poland                       Paweł Salamon

Portugal                     Ivo Soares

Romania                    Mona Nicolici

Spain                         Ramón Paredes

Sweden                     Pontus Slättman

United Kingdom        Kashif Taj

Pan-European          Simon Bartley

Pan-European          Stephan Howeg

 

The final list of Award Winners

• Thomas Tutzer - Italy
  The Best of Europe Award, Worldskills
• Irena Masandavičiūtė, Edita Aleksandravičienė, Lina Mišeikienė and Svajūnas Pranaitis – Lithuania
  CedefopPhotoAward. Vocational Education and Training: tell your story
• The Palestine’s Polytechnic University
  The ETF Torino Process Award: Entrepreneurship Key Competence Award
• ROC DA VINCI COLLEGE - Netherlands
  Innovative VET Provider Award
• Professor Karen Evans
  UCL Institute of Education VET Research Award
• Dublin Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board for the Skills for Work Programme
  Training at Work Award
• EAfA Awards, European Alliance for Apprenticeships
  • Large companies: Enel
  • SMEs: Schleiff Bauflächentechnik GmbH & Co
  • Micro-enterprises: Drury Joinery Services Ltd
  • Apprentices: Hannah Colston, member of EAN
  • Practitioners in apprenticeships: Teacher: Angeliki Filippidou ,Trainer: Véronique Morelle

 

22 November

 

23 November

 

24 November