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Quality assurance in VET

Quality assurance in VET is a key priority at EU level to promote increased transparency of VET policy developments between Member States, thereby enhancing mutual trust, mobility of workers and learners, and lifelong learning. In cooperation with the European Commission, Cedefop supports the implementation of the EQARF Recommendation at EU, national and sectoral level. [more]

Contact Details: Tina Bertzeletou

Related Themes

Understanding qualifications

News

: Leading industry experts to focus on improving teaching standards at Dublin conference (20/03/2013)
: EU Youth Conference highlights employment as critical to the inclusion of young people in society (14/03/2013)

: ECVET Magazine No 12 (December 2012) and Special Issue No 11 (Annual ECVET Forum 2012) (08/01/2013)
: ECVET magazine No 10_2012 (29/11/2012)
: Using ECVET for Geographical Mobility (2012) (18/10/2012); A revised version of the guide 'Using ECVET for Geographical Mobility' is now available.
: Assuring the quality of vocational qualifications (30/04/2012)
: Public Consultation on Quality Framework for Traineeships (23/04/2012)
: Outcomes: Joint Seminar building synergies between EQAVET, EQF and ECVET - Assuring the quality of VET qualifications (11/04/2012)
: Accrediting training providers, assuring quality (07/12/2011); How does the accreditation of training providers improve the quality of vocational education and training (VET)?
A new publication examines how accreditation systems relate to quality assurance by means of 12 in-depth case studies. Of these, four relate to economic sectors, eight to countries.
: Exploring leadership in vocational education and training (29/11/2011); The success of current reforms in vocational education and training depends largely on the people responsible for transforming policy into practice. Cedefop’s latest working paper argues that we need to better understand how leadership can help implement reforms and secure the quality of vocational education and training.
: Press release - Do citizens benefit from the new European tools in vocational education and training? (24/11/2011); The common European tools for education and training , Europass, European and National Qualification Frameworks, Credit transfer systems and Quality Assurance, will make it easier for citizens to pursue learning throughout their lives, and to have their skills and knowledge recognised across Europe. The question now is how to release the full potential of these tools.
: Outcomes: Joint Seminar building synergies between EQAVET, EQF and ECVET - Assuring the quality of VET qualifications (23/11/2011); The papers and presentations of the joint workshop (14-15 November 2011) are available on line.
: Flexible learning pathways for a better educated European workforce (11/10/2011); To ensure Europe's global competitiveness, the European Union's Member States need to provide their citizens with a wide range of combinable learning options. What are the challenges for policy-makers in charge of developing progression routes in education and training systems?
: Joint seminar on youth employment highlights what EU agencies can do to help (01/07/2011); On 30 June four EU agencies held a joint seminar at the European Parliament on the all too topical issue of youth employment. The agencies, Cedefop, Eurofound, ETF and EU-OSHA, each presented their work, which ranged across several related topics.
: Development of benchmarks on education and training for employability and on learning mobility (27/05/2011)

Events

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: Quality Assurance in VET and Higher Education for improving their permeability (18/04/2013); 17/10/2013 to 18/10/2013 Brussels, ECOSOC, Belgium

Publications

: 3061 DE EN FR 2011 Free of charge (Bookshop Link); Assuring quality in vocational education and training
: 4107 DE EN ES FR 2011 Free of charge (Bookshop Link); Evaluation for improving student outcomes

: 4106 EN FR 2011; Glossary / Glossar / Glossaire
: 5507 EN 2010; Quality assurance in the social care sector
: 5504 EN 2010; Quality in VET in European SMEs
: 4088 EN 2009 Free of charge (Bookshop Link); Quality in VET in European SMEs
: 5168 DE EN FR 2009 Free of charge (Bookshop Link); Fundamentals of a common quality assurance framework (CQAF) for VET in Europe
: 5181 EN FR 2008 Free of charge (Bookshop Link); Assuring the quality of VET systems by defining expected outcomes
: 5167 BG EN FR 2007 Free of charge (Bookshop Link); Indicators for quality in VET. To enhance European cooperation
: 3027 EN 2003 Euro 25; Quality of agricultural products and protection of the environment: training, knowledge dissemination and certification

Further Reading

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Quality Profile: accreditation and certification - Bibliography

Extranets

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Quality Assurance in VET

Selected for you

: Briefing note - Quality: a requirement for generating trust in qualifications (2013)

: Assuring quality in vocational education and training (2011)

: Quality assurance in the social care sector (2010)

: Accreditation and quality assurance in vocational education and training (2009)

Glossary on Quality in education and training
Quality is a shared priority among education stakeholders Europe-wide. Tools for mutual understanding of quality and for cooperation between the 27 EU Member States, are needed. This Glossary is intended to be such a tool.

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