In an important development aimed at strengthening democratic values and practices in vocational education and training (VET) systems, the Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Education (CDEDU) has adopted new guidance on the integration of competences for democratic culture (CDC) in VET.

Accuracy within a tolerance of millionths of a millimetre is sometimes necessary in order to meet the high quality demands for precision optics components such as prisms and lenses.

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has partnered with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to implement the Dual TVET training program that combines apprenticeship within companies and vocational education.