중동부유럽

Abstract

One of the priorities of the 2015 Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) is to promote competitiveness to generate jobs and economic growth in the EU. This requires encouraging entrepreneurial mindsets and stimulating the innovative capacity of industry and service sectors. Vocational education and training (VET) policy is part of this process. VET provides people with the skills and competences they need to be able to succeed in the labour market. VET also provides enterprises with the skills base they need to be competitive. In Europe’'s joint endeavour to overcome the effects of the economic crisis, VET has thus moved centre stage.