The event aimed at sharing the best practices implemented by regions for apprenticeship and youth policies. Regional representatives were the main speakers as well as the target group of the event to bring a regional perspective on the topic to the European institutions.

Mr Felix Rohn (DG Education Audiovisual Culture) emphasised that the Alliance for Apprenticeship establishes common guiding principles. He set out some of the things that the alliance has done during 2014: the ET2020 working group on VET, an apprenticeship call, a conference organised by Cedefop, the European Business Forum on VET 2014 and continuous monitoring by Cedefop.

Apprenticeships and similar work-based schemes have proven to make it easier for young people to move from education to work. But not all countries have highly-developed apprenticeship schemes, and many wish to benefit from others’ experience.

L' European alliance for learning (EafA) and Cedefop, along with the European Commission, organised a special event aiming to help establish such partnerships.

The CERTITUDE project team has gathered around the comments of the Group of experts in Brussels, from 13 to 15 November 2013, to analyze the feedback and recommendations. This work led to the finalisation of the version of the device's certification of academic tutors that will undergo tests at the end of the year 2013.