
George Zisimos
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Senior Expert on EU Education & Training Policies. Head of Unit in an EU Agency responsible for Policy Advice. Personal opinions only. Τρέχω, μαγειρεύω, γράφω.
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03-05-2014 19:26:28
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Great to see #skills & human capital development integrated in the discussions of Danube Region Strategy annual forum in #Vienna. Skills is an essential element for prosperity. Danube can be an excellent model of cooperation that connects EU countries & regions & accession countries. European Training Foundation 🇪🇺

Centres of vocational excellence in Africa are gaining ground. Thriving examples are well established. Full room today in #Morocco to launch seminar by Enabel & European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 that offers platform to stake stock of developments #AFRICA & best practices of CoVEs.EU Social 🇪🇺


Great work ongoing. Qualifications as agents for regional cooperation and development. European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 Eduarda Castel EU Social 🇪🇺 Dr. Pilvi Torsti


Novak Djokovic, what a great champion! Incredible athlete! #Respect Novak Djokovic

What a great discussion on display. Here is a thought from Dr. Pilvi Torsti of European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 “Centres of vocational excellence put in practice today in a very organic way those changes that policy makers have been trying to achieve for decades when reforming VET systems”. EU Social 🇪🇺


Full room in our European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 workshops today at the #Lyon Excellence Forum where we unfolded our experience in internationalisation of centres of vocational excellence both in how to boost entrepreneurial capacity & how to use tools for further improvement of CoVEs. EU Social 🇪🇺


The moment we announce the 1st Winter Camp on Vocational Excellence in Nova Gorica in Slovenia on 10-13 February 2025. Another great deliverable to support internationalisation of centres of excellence under a project funded by European Commission & operated by European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 EU Social 🇪🇺

Listening individual stories of young people is a very useful practice. They are courageous testimonies of problems and obstacles they face … Often dismissed in policy debates. Living war & fragility was such a story at the International Youth Forum linked to work of European Training Foundation 🇪🇺


Quality exchange @ the group of intern. organizations working in vocational education & training. Focus on trends in VET including internationalization & strive for excellence. 👍 for policy oriented synergies. European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 International Labour Organization OECD Education @BMBF_Bund UNESCO EU UNESCO-UNEVOC #education #skills #training EU_Cedefop


Great interventions @ the GIVE EU-funded project conference. Practice shows that vocational excellence not only can be inclusive but the whole skills ecosystem benefit to be inclusive. EU Social 🇪🇺 Manuela Geleng European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 COMETA EfVET UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 International Labour Organization EU_Cedefop



Visit to a vocational centre of excellence in #Chisinau specialising on construction. Impressive! The school functions as centre for development of curricula for other schools in #Moldova . As always the happy faces of students say a lot! European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 EU Social 🇪🇺 Chiara Riondino


Full room for the presentation of European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 on the Rapid Education Diagnosis in Moldova. Findings on Inequality, financing & governance factors of the education & training system as part of @eu_near funded project on Supporting Education Reforms & Skills in Eastern Partnership.


A great panel of speakers at 30th anniversary of European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 . Li Andersson of the European Parliament Mario Nava from European Commission cesare onestini of European Council @MBousquetEU lay out the way forward for the next years. A more global ETF contributing to the Union of skills is key.


Arrived to #Tashkent today with European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 colleagues for the High level group meeting with deputy ministers from the Central Asia region responsible for education & employment. EU funded project DARYA well on it’s way. Already had a great meeting at the EU in UZBEKISTAN


We start our session on Building sustainable systems with a dialogue on stage between European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 & The EBRD & Asian Development Bank here in Tashkent under EU funded project DARYA. Here is our maths formula: sustainable impact=(financial investment+human capital investment)X Partnerships


It feels like the last day in the office European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 for 2024 😊☺️ Happy holidays to everyone! @


Looking forward to this panel discussion tomorrow at EDUCA fair. European Training Foundation 🇪🇺 #Ukraine️ #Finland


Opening of the @POLAND25EU meeting of the Directors general for vocational education & training. Centres of vocational excellence is the main topic of discussion as engines to drive reforms in VET. Strong international partnerships are needed.EU Social 🇪🇺 EU_Cedefop & ETF on board.
