Event agenda

Arrivals & Opening evening

Welcome to Paris, and to the EVBB Annual Conference 2026. Take today to settle in and enjoy the city, our General Assembly (members only) follows this afternoon, and non-members are warmly welcomed at this evening's Networking Gala.

EVBB General Assembly (members only)

A short members assembly to open the conference.

Networking Gala

The conference opens not with a plenary but with people. Drinks, food and open networking, because the partnerships that matter often start here. Prepare your dresses, suit and tie, it will be memorable !

Registration and Welcome coffee

Welcome to Paris

EVBB and our host partners open the day and set the one question everyone will leave able to answer: what does the new Strategy actually mean for you?

The Strategy, First hand

The European Commission presents the new EU VET Strategy to the sector for the first time. The vision, the priorities to 2030, and what changes on the ground.

What it means across Europe

European agencies and national delegations respond, with an honest read on the opportunities and the harder parts.

Coffee & Networking

From strategy to national action

How are Member States turning the Strategy into national policy? A panel with national ministries and directors, opening with the French perspective.

Lunch & Networking

Engineering the transition

A leading national provider on what implementation really takes, from certification to pedagogy to supporting the learners who need it most.

The VET Voice

The session you will not find at other policy events. Learners, practitioners, a VET school and a social partner take the stage together, on what makes vocational training attractive, inclusive and future ready. Candid, personal and grounded.

National systems in dialogue

Providers from across Europe compare how they are responding, from labour market foresight to wellbeing at work.

Coffee & Networking

Beyond funding: turning money into change

Funding is not the finish line. How to move from single projects to lasting change across your institution and your network.

Funding that delivers

A practical panel on accessing and making the most of EU funding: Erasmus+, the Competitiveness Fund, COVE and national budgets, with ETF, UNESCO-UNEVOC, OECD and social partners.

Closing and the road ahead

Where we go from here, and how to stay part of it.

Study visits: Inside VET in the Paris region

No policy conversation is complete without seeing it in action. Morning visits to two VET and skills campuses, including a Campus des Métiers et Qualifications, to meet the teams and learners behind the numbers.

Cultural Programme (optional): Paris, one more morning

An cultural morning for those extending their stay. Choose between Notre-Dame de Paris and the Château de Versailles. Outside the official programme, details to follow (included in the fee).