It is important to understand its needs and characteristics in relation to the digital transformation that is affecting all areas of our lives, from the education field to the access to the labour market. The VET sector, as the bridge between the education and training world and the world of work, can play an important role in facilitating the digital transformation process both to the learners and to the future workers.
In order to support the digital transformation process of VET (including work-based learning modalities), we are working on the following lines of research:
- Emerging trends and technologies in VET, from the practitioners’ side.
- Enablers of digital transformation of VET.
- VET systems Case studies
- Full development (fine-tune of the current available version) of the SELFIE WBL tool, as a resource for VET institutions and training companies.
Related publications

SELFIE WBL scoping study
A potential role in linking companies and regional innovation with VET schools | November 2023

SELFIE resources
Previous publications | European Education Area
Latest events
Tools for the digital transformation of education and VET | ILO - CINTEFOR
Presentation of ongoing work on digital transformation of VET
Meeting of directors general of Vocational Training
Presentation on the Contribution of VET to the Open Strategic Autonomy of the EU at the Director-General of VET Conference
The European challenge for lifelong competence development
Participation in the Conference on Automatic Mutual Recognition of VET Qualifications, Spanish Presidency of the European Council
Forum on Vocational Excellence 2023
Presentation of SELFIE WBL
Cedefop/OECD symposium on 'Apprenticeships and the digital transition'
Presentation of the work carried out on VET digital transformation