Skillset and match
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 25: Skills shortages in small- and medium-sized enterprises
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are micro-, small- and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) threatened by a skills shortage or is it their in-built limitations that prevent their access t...
Episode 24: Skills and careers for young people
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an episode recorded live during the #CedefopVideoAward presentation event at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival on 8 March, vocati...
Episode 23: How microcredentials empower you to work
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Microcredentials are all the rage in the world of education right now. But what exactly are they and do they deserve all the fuss created around them?...
Episode 22: How the European Parliament can promote the skills revolution
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an interview during their visit to Cedefop, MEPs Dennis Radtke, Loucas Fourlas and Stelios Kympouropoulos, all members of the European Parliament’...
Episode 21: Tackling the skill gaps
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can skills intelligence be turned into policy to tackle skill gaps in view of the green and digital transitions? Cécile Hanoune, Head of Unit Cli...
Episode 20: Women in the green energy sector: an untapped resource
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Annabel Wildschut, Research Officer at the European Institute for Gender Equality – EIGE, and Cedefop expert Joanna Napierala discuss the intricacie...
Episode 19: Digital apprenticeships: education and industry in dialogue
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why aren’t apprenticeships offered in high-tech industries such as video gaming? What are the advantages and disadvantages of virtual reality in ed...
Episode 18: Linking apprenticeships to digitalisation
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The wave of digitalisation that has swept the world of work in the last few years has been affecting all forms of education, changing what learners ar...
Episode 17: Training teachers for a green and digital future
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is teachers’ and trainers’ professional development commensurate with their key role in the educational process? What are the factors that slow it...
Episode 16: European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas on the European Year of Skills
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an exclusive interview, European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas shares his views on skills, on what the Commission does to promote th...
Episode 15: Cedefop's European skills and jobs survey
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With 2023 being the European Year of Skills, we look at the findings of Cedefop’s 2nd European skills and jobs survey. Carried out at the height of ...
Episode 14: Joining forces to foster labour mobility in the European Year of Skills
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cedefop Executive Director Jürgen Siebel and his counterpart of the European Labour Authority (ELA) Cosmin Boiangiu discuss about how the two Agencie...
Episode 13: Nobel laureate economist Sir Christopher Pissarides on work in the digital era
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an exclusive wide-ranging interview to Cedefop's Skillset and match podcast, Nobel laureate economist, Sir Christopher Pissarides, shares his optim...
Episode 12: Cedefop expert Jens Bjørnåvold on a career dedicated to vocational education and training
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As he approaches retirement after 26 years of serving European vocational education and training (VET), award-winning Cedefop expert Jens Bjørnåvold...
Episode 11: A futurist's view of society, education and the world of work
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fabienne Goux-Baudiment has dedicated her academic and professional life to the scientific study of future trends and the probabilistic foresight of t...
Episode 10: First Global Careers Month
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cedefop's Cynthia Harrison Villalba and the European Training Foundation's (ETF) Florian Kadletz speak about the first ever Global Careers M...
Episode 9: Cedefop's new European vocational education and training policy dashboard
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
European vocational education and training policy sets the targets that must be met so that all Europeans can have better access to and benefits from ...
Episode 8: Cedefop and the ETF working together for VET and human development
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How two European Union decentralised Agencies join forces to promote vocational education and training (VET), skills and human development in the EU a...
Episode 7: Work at Cedefop and life in Thessaloniki
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three generations of Cedefop people share their experience of living in Thessaloniki, an ancient city with more than 2,000 years of uninterrupted urba...
Episode 6: Microcredentials – are they here to stay?
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are microcredentials an effective response to the economy's current challenges? Are they really gaining currency in the labour market and what pitfall...
Episode 5: Young #CedefopPhotoAward winners on their learning and work experiences
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
2022 is the European Year of Youth and we talk to past #CedefopPhotoAward winners from four European countries about their learning and employment exp...
Episode 4: Jobs for refugees in the face of the Ukrainian crisis
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What could be done so that refugees can relocate and find employment within the European Union based on their skills and what are the difficulties and...
Episode 3: Skills for the green economy
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How will the European Green Deal affect the way we live, learn and work? What will be the impact of the green transition on skills and the labour mark...
Episode 2: Cedefop Executive Director Jürgen Siebel
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a wide-ranging interview, Cedefop Executive Director Jürgen Siebel talks about moving from the private sector to a public organisation, his vision...
Episode 1: European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Cedefop's 'Skillset and match' podcast! In Episode 1, Rosy Voudouri talks to European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmi...