Cedefop Annual Report, 2013

Accountability and dissemination of its work are important elements of Cedefop's policy to provide assurance to stakeholders for resources used and results achieved. For a centre of expertise and policy advice like Cedefop, the impact of which is hard to gauge for the common European citizen, legitimacy of public expenditure is important, and is even more important in time of crisis and budget constraint. Cedefop's annual report is intended as a presentational and accountability tool which can help stakeholders and the general public to understand Cedefop's priorities and specific objectives, analyse main output and outcomes from its work, present information on each project in a standard format, and monitor and review project implementation. Following a foreword by James Calleja and Christian Lettmayr, this report provides details on the following: (1) Key achievements in 2013; and (2) Monitoring performance and assessing implementation of the 2013 work programme by medium-term priority, activity, and project. The following annexes are included: (1) Cedefop Governing Board; (2) Cedefop Organisation Chart; (3) Human Resources; (4) Cedefop Staff by Area; (5) Budget Implementation 2013; (6) Activity-Based Budget 2013; (7) Performance Indicators Cedefop 2013; (8) Major Publications 2013; (9) Major Conferences 2013; (10) Europass Statistics 2013; (11) Study Visits Statistics 2012/13; and (12) ReferNet--Cedefop's Network for VET.