XIV New Education Forum Strengthening transversal competences 10th of December - Brussels, European Economic and Social Committee Rue Belliard 99-101, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium The New Education Forum has been operating at the European level since 2015. Representatives of cities and regions, academic institutions and companies create a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience and contacts in the field of educational innovation, learning and labour market. Each year, NEF's many months of activities are summarized by a conference in Brussels, to which speakers, who are outstanding experts in their fields and all members of the NEF network are invited. Until now, NEF speakers were several dozen experts from all over Europe. Peter Higgins - University of Edinburgh, Brendan Burns and Jacek Krawczyk - European Economic and Social Committee, Monsterrat Gomendio - OECD, Dana Carmen Bachmann - European Commission, Elen Doherty - General Teaching Council for Scotland, Uwe Combuchen – CEEMET had their speeches during the Forum. This year's conference was opened by: Jerzy Buzek, Member of the European Parliament, who has been the NEF Ambassador since its founding; Jacek Krawczyk, President of the Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee, at whose invitation the conference was held by the EESC, and Tomasz Frankowski, Member of the European Parliament, who expressed his willingness to cooperate with the New Education Forum in the coming years. This year, we focused on young people who want to enter the labour market and often do not. We were looking for solutions, new teaching models and ways of encouraging and mobilizing young people. The New Education Forum in Brussels gave a chance to show innovative educational solutions that strengthen transversal competences. Speakers presented their methods and examples of activities. They represented institutions such as: City of Poznań, Asociacion Amica from Spain, Innovative Education Center…

We’re excited to host our first NEF ADVANCED workshop in October 2019 in Poznań: “Using digital storytelling and games for behaviour change”. NEF ADVANCED is created for NEF’s network and its stakeholders to bring in a professional advice, experience and ideas within the areas identified by NEF as core, meaningful and necessary for further, next stage development of NEF’s stakeholders as well as to address NEF’s stakeholders unique and personalised needs.