Alain Dehaze, head of Adecco group, noted that 85% of jobs that we will do in 2030 are yet to be invented and reskilling and upskilling of workers is indispensable. And that’s when Lifelong learning concept kicks in. How can we all become lifelong learners?

In this episode we will speak with Nina Pulkkinen, a real lifelong learner with 35 years of experience in learning and Anni Karttunen, expert in education and training, about the process of acquiring new skills during a lifetime. We come up with some key success factors on how to learn throughout like and remain relevant at the competitive labour market of today.

Host: Maria Lvova Zolotarevskaya

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Listen to this episode and check on whether you are doing the right thing to be on demand on the job market.Do you want to learn five concrete tips on how to be a perfect job candidate on the competitive labour market of today? Do you want to know what are things you can change in your CV and your educational background that can help you to land on a dream job? We spoke to three successful youngsters and a representative of employers and formulated some very simple steps you could do to become a dream candidate for any employer.

Host: Maria Lvova Zolotarevskaya

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How do you like education in your country to be in the future?

What are the problems you see in the system now?

We asked these questions to three Youth European Ambassadors in the Eastern European countries and we addressed them to a senior policy maker, Lawrence Meredith from the European Commission.

Listen what questions Nency Mkrtchyan from Armenia, Elene Kobaidze from Georgia, and Vikrot-Volodymyr Demko from Ukraine asked to Director for Neighbourhood East of European Commission, Lawrence Meredith, and take note of what the future of education could look like in the Eastern Europe and beyond.

Host: Maria Lvova Zolotarevskaya

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Green enterprises and green entrepreneurs, or ecopreneurs, could become a win-win solution to address current economic challenges and tackle the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. In this episode we talk with Dragana, a real ecopreneur from Serbia, and Anthony, senior expert on entrepreneurship and enterprise skills. We'll try to understand what is needed to set up a green business and succeed. 

Host: Maria Lvova Zolotarevskaya

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The education and training system was one of the most affected during the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. It is estimated, according to UNESCO, that the school closures affected about 70% of the total learners’ population worldwide.

Most of the education providers suddenly had to shift away from the classroom in many parts of the globe, to an online learning environment.

We can’t tell yet whether the adoption of online learning will continue to persist in post-pandemic reality, and how such a shift would impact the education worldwide. But in this episode we’ll try to look at the online learning and we’ll answer the question whether online learning would be the new normal for education and training globally. 

We discussed with Michael Lightfoot, Education expert and Albert Canigueral, Explorer of the future of work and digital platforms

Host: Maria Lvova Zolotarevskaya

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In this episode we discuss the skills that will be needed in the future world of work and how can people be ready for the constantly changing labour market. We also touch upon the new trends in the recruitment processes and how the unemployed people can get bigger chances to get a job. Our guests are Walter Vandervelde, Professor Creativity and Innovation at Erasmus University College Brussels and with Ummuhan Bardak, Labour market expert at ETF.

Host: Maria Lvova Zolotarevskaya

For more information, go to: www.etf.europa.eu

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the biggest disruption for the world of education and learning. Face-to-face classes stopped for more than 1.2 billion students worldwide. At least, 463 million of school learners could not be reached by digital and online learning. The need to be inclusive and give access to education becomes even more important after the crisis. But inclusive learning especially in the post-Covid world, is it a myth or a challenge to be tackled by the countries worldwide? We talk to Poornima Luthra, Teaching Faculty from Copenhagen Business School and Cristina Mereuta, Labour Market Expert from European Training Foundation.

Host: Maria Lvova Zolotarevskaya

For more information, go to: www.etf.europa.eu