CENTRES OF VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Implementing vocational excellence approaches features prominently in the overall EU policy agenda for skills and for Vocational Education and Training (VET). The European Skills Agenda, the European Education Area, the 2020 Council Recommendation on VET [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32020H1202%2801%29 ], as well as the Osnabruck Declaration [https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/osnabrueck_declaration_eu2020.pdf ], all include very clear references to Vocational Excellence as a driving force for reforms in the VET sector.
The initiative on Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) aims to respond to this policy priority supporting reforms in the VET sector, ensuring high quality skills and competences that lead to quality employment and career-long opportunities, meeting the needs of an innovative, inclusive and sustainable economy(See brochure on VET skills for today and for the future). The CoVE initiative also supports the implementation of the European Green Deal, the Communication on attracting Skills and Talent and the new Industrial and SME Strategies, as skills are key to their success, as well as the Communication on skills and talent mobility adopted in 2023247 ,the Action Plan on labour and skills shortages, and the Council Recommendation 'Europe on the Move'.
CoVEs operate in a given local context, creating skills ecosystems for innovation, regional development and
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