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"Truly effective, synergistic, collaboration is an elusive beast at the best of times and the idea of making it work at scale, for decentralised projects and organisations, is possibly the essential challenge of our times. If we want to work out how to work together more effectively, to build an equitable and abundant world for all, it seems important to recognise, what hinders collaboration, to identify great examples of effective collaboration and to at least attempt to identify if there are any key themes which we can build on and incorporate into our work."

"Special issue dedicated to the ECVET annual Forum "Stay connected to implement ECVET", which was held in Prague on 13-14 June 2013. Main topics: ECVET developments between 2009 and 2013 - key messages and next steps Synthesis of the results from the ECVET pilot projects: ECVET is a tool with different applications National teams of ECVET experts: aims and activities in promoting ECVET at national level NetECVET: working with ECVET on transnational mobility and supporting its implementation in the Member States"

This magazine give an overview on ECVET project status with key added-values of the framework to be known for Wikinomics purposes.

"WHAT? / Which are the new skills and competences? / Recognition of new skills and competences (e.g. of topics to be discussed in this sub-area: key competences, intercultural competences, problem solving skills, creativity, initiative, self responsibility etc. ) HOW? / By what means? / Acquiring the new skills and competences(e.g. of topics to be discussed in this sub-area: collaborative learning, learning environment, social networks, mentoring etc.) WHY? / In what purpose? / Expectations(e.g. of topics to be discussed in this sub-area: Motivation, Communication, Employability, Entrepreneurship etc)"

As reported by Nesta, an innovation charity with a mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life: As technology shapes our world, young people need to be able to shape it too. As skills and work become increasingly technologically mediated, the need for digital skills is paramount with some calculating a potential £2 billion loss to the UK economy from unfilled roles requiring such skills. After several years working with organisations supporting digital making, and with creating with technology set to go mainstream through a forthcoming BBC campaign, this report takes stock of what is happening. Key Findings: 82 per cent of young people say they are interested in digital making. However, half of young people make things with digital technology less than once a week or never. Parents are overwhelmingly supportive of digital making. 89 per cent think it is a worthwhile activity for their children. 73 per cent encourage their children to make things with technology. We identified 130,800 opportunities to experience digital making provided by the organisations surveyed. This is a long way from providing for the interest shown by 82 per cent of our survey, which represents a possible 8.2 million school age children and young people in the UK. Digital making is powered not just by money, but also by volunteers. Two thirds of the organisations identified said they relied on volunteers to do their work. Only half of teachers who teach ICT or computing report being confident in teaching the curriculum.