1. Item 7.3 2016 release of the Europe 2020 education indicators
Eurostat F3
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 1-2 June 2017

2. Europe 2020 education headline indicators
Two education headline indicators
Early leavers from education and training
Tertiary educational attainment (age group 30-34)
Annual averages based on EU-LFS quarterly data
2016 estimates published on 9 February 2017
Based on Q4/2015 – Q3/2016
Relevant Working Groups consulted (LAMAS, ETS)
2016 final results published on 25 April 2017
Press release (26 April)
Update (LFS revisions)
12 October 2017 (with LFS Q2 release)

3. Changes in 2017 (1)
Renaming the benchmark indicator 'lifelong learning' (LLL) to 'adult participation in learning' (AL):
Why?
Alignment to terminology used in policy documents
Benchmark indicator refers to 25-64
In general LFS data on participation in ET are for people aged at least 15 and thus do not represent the entire life
Where?
Online database
Explanatory texts (metadata)
CircaBC
Dedicated section on Eurostat's website
Statistics Explained (implementation ongoing)

4. Changes in 2017 (2)
New tables on employment rates of recent graduates (ET2020) by regions (NUTS2) and degree of urbanisation
Online since February 2017
all LFS based education indicators are available by
NUTS2
Degree of urbanisation
Country of birth
Citizenship
LFS based education indicators
Educational attainment
Early leavers
Adult participation in learning
NEETS
Recent graduates

5. The ETS WG is invited to take note of:
The 2016 release of Europe 2020 headline indicators as well as other education data based on EU-LFS
The renaming of the indicator 'lifelong learning' (LLL) to 'adult participation in learning' (AL)
The new tables on employment rates of recent graduates