This book contains 15 papers examining European approaches to the theme of key qualifications. The following papers are included: "Key Qualifications Revisited: An Introduction" (Pekka Kamarainen); "Exploring Key Qualifications: Context, Theory, and Practice in Europe" (Pekka Kamarainen); "Rethinking Key Qualifications: Towards a New Framework" (Pekka Kamarainen); "Regulation and Deregulation: The Development and Modernisation of the German Dual System" (Gunter Kutscha); "Qualifications, Competences, and Learning Environments for the Future: Analyses of the Development of Three Parallel Approaches" (Tim Oates, Pier Giovanni Bresciani, Bruno Clematide); "A Dutch Approach to Promoting Key Qualifications: Reflections on 'Core Problems' as a Support for Curriculum Development" (Jeroen Onstenk, Alan Brown); "Changing Perspectives on the Impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Their Role in the Context of Education and Training" (Graham Attwell, Nick Boreham, Pekka Kamarainen, Norma Lammont); "Rethinking the Role of Assessment of Non-formal Learning" (Jens Bjornavold, Alan Brown); "Developing a Regional Dialogue on Vocational Education and Training" (Ludger Deitmer, Peter Gerds); "Interpretation of the Relevance of Work Experience for Future-Oriented Educational Strategies" (Toni Griffiths, Fernando Marhuenda); "Bringing Work-Related Learning Back to Authentic Work Contexts" (Peter Dehnbostel); "Transforming Vocational Curricula with Work Process Knowledge" (Nick Boreham); "Learning in a Social and Systemic Context--The Learning Organisation" (Barry Nyhan, Michael Kelleher); "The Social Shaping of Work and Technology as a Guiding Principle for Vocational Education and Training" (Gerald Heidegger, Graham Attwell); and "Promoting Learning in and for Organisational Contexts The Development of Key Qualifications/Key Competences" (Barry Nyhan). Individual papers contain references. (MN)