What this fractured rural landscape reveals, above all, is a huge lack of listening. There is a lack of real spaces for dialogue to allow residents—especially young people—to express their needs, ideas, and visions.
Micro-certifications are more than just a passing fad: they are a structuring tool for addressing the challenges of employability, inclusion, and skills adaptation. For rural training providers, they represent a unique opportunity to innovate, promote local expertise, and strengthen their role in the social and professional transformation of local communities.
What this fractured rural landscape reveals, above all, is a huge lack of listening. There is a lack of real spaces for dialogue to allow residents—especially young people—to express their needs, ideas, and visions.
Micro-certifications are more than just a passing fad: they are a structuring tool for addressing the challenges of employability, inclusion, and skills adaptation. For rural training providers, they represent a unique opportunity to innovate, promote local expertise, and strengthen their role in the social and professional transformation of local communities.
The coordination of the European Year of Skills at Union level follows a transversal approach with a view to creating synergies between the different Union programs in the field of skills.
The MFRs will contribute to the event with the organization of a “brainstroming lab” workshop on the theme “youth, rurality, vocational training for a green and sustainable Europe”. The workshop will be held on June 15 at 11:45 a.m.