This event was organised by SwissCore and Norcore, together with Movetia, the Swiss Exchange and Mobility Agency, and HK-dir, the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills. The higher or continuing VET sector in Europe is often mentioned when we discuss how to adapt the education and training offer to mend the skills gap created by the green transition or by demographic changes in society. By its flexible nature, these schools are close to the employers, and cater both to new students as well as to people who work, and who seek reskilling and upskilling opportunities. However, we do know that higher VET in Europe is a very heterogenous sector, and that it can be difficult to carry out joint projects and mobilities across national borders. In Erasmus+, they struggle in many countries to find their place within the larger categories of vocational education and higher education, as they may ... Read more

    This year’s Annual Event focused on the importance of the development of chips for Europe’s digital transformation and economic competitiveness.The event provided a platform to discuss the role of research, innovation, and education in making Europe a leader in semiconductor development, offers the opportunity for exchanges between Swiss and EU actors – and with our audience in Brussels. The collaboration between European actors such as the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology CSEM, CEA-Leti, the Paul Scherrer Institute, and VDL Enabling Technologies Group is the focus of the keynote speech and the panel discussion. How can research, innovation, and education contribute – and how can Switzerland and the EU leverage their win-win collaboration to drive semiconductor development in Europe forward?You can find: