EU Level – Page 3 – Malta Union of Teachers

March 2, 2016 at 3:20 pm

ETUCE: Investment in education: the role of teacher trade unions in the European Semester on education and training – 1st training seminar in Malta

On 29 February and 1 March, ETUCE held the first training seminar of the project “Investment in education: Strengthening the involvement of teacher trade unions in the European Semester on education and training” in Malta. The project objective is to provide specific knowledge to teacher unions to be more involved at national level in the […]

February 22, 2016 at 4:00 pm

ETUCE: Financing education: key to promote more inclusive and equal societies

During the forthcoming Education Council of Wednesday, 24 February 2016, the Ministers of Education of Europe are expected to adopt the Draft Council Resolution on promoting socio-economic development and inclusiveness in the EU through education: the contribution of education and training to the European Semester 2016. The Draft Resolution highlights the urgent need for investment […]

January 15, 2016 at 10:30 am

MUT appeals with Maltese MEPs to exclude education from TiSA

The MUT wrote to the Maltese MEPs on the votes on the European Parliament’s recommendations on TiSA (Trade in Service Agreement), which are scheduled to take place in the International Trade Committee (INTA) on 18th January 2016 and in plenary on 2nd February 2016. The European Parliament’s recommendations on TiSA are not legally binding, however […]

December 7, 2015 at 12:00 pm

CEDEFOP vacancy for Expert in VET Policies

CEDEFOP is currently looking for an Expert in Vocational Education and Training Policies – ref: Cedefop/2015/05/CA. Closing date for submission of applications is 11 January 2016, at 15.00 Greek time (CET+1). More information here.

December 1, 2015 at 3:10 pm

2015 Joint Report under the ET 2020

The Directorate for General Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission informed the MUT that on 23 November 2015, Council and Commission have adopted the 2015 Joint Report under the ET 2020 strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training. The Report will be published in the Official Journal in all EU […]

October 12, 2015 at 10:18 am

CEDEFOP on Malta: Qualifying for success

CEDEFOP has just published a report on Malta’s performance and forecasts on job growth and the labour market, which it states is challenged by educational attainment. It stated that the outlook for Malta’s labour market over the next decade is reasonably good, but skills need to improve to sustain it. Read the full report here.

September 29, 2015 at 4:00 pm

ETUCE statement on Refugees & Education

In its meeting on 18 September 2015, the ETUCE Bureau adopted the statement “Refugees & Education: Human rights for all,” demanding European governments to urgently provide access to education to all refugee children, young people and adults. The statement also encourages the teacher unions to play an active role in ensuring the provision of quality […]

July 10, 2015 at 11:30 am

RIGA Conclusions – new set of VET deliverables for 2015-2020 adopted by EU

The ministers of EU and EU-candidate countries responsible for vocational education and training (VET), the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Commission and the EU-level cross-sectoral social partners, including ETUC, endorsed the Riga Conclusions on 22 June in Riga. The final text can be found via the website of the Latvian […]