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
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Development of benchmarks on education and training for employability and on learning mobility (27/05/2011)
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- Outcomes: Expert Workshop - Quality assurance and accreditation in lifelong learning (08/03/2011)
- The papers and presentations of the expert workshop (24-25 February 2011) are available on line.
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- Priorities for enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training for the period 2011-2020 - Council Conclusions (23/11/2010)
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- Europe 2020 strategy for jobs and growth: the Council adopts guidelines for the member states' employment policies (02/11/2010)
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- Study on the Impact of the Leonardo da Vinci programme on the quality of vocational education and training systems (22/10/2010)
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- Peer Review Manual for Guidance in Adult Education (29/09/2009)
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- Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the establishment of a European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training (06/08/2009)
- The relationship between quality assurance and VET certification in EU Member States (04/08/2009)
- Quality in VET in European SMEs: A review of the food processing, retail and tourism sectors in Germany, Ireland and Greece (04/08/2009)
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- Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Lifelong Learning (23/02/2011)
- 24/02/2011 to 25/02/2011 Berlin, Germany
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- Quality assurance and transparency as interface between Vocational Education and Training, Schools and Higher Education (02/11/2010)
- 06/12/2010 to 06/12/2010 Bruges, Belgium
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- Launch Conference of ECVET and EQARF (29/09/2009)
- 17/11/2009 to 18/11/2009 Brussels, Belgium
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- International Peer Review Conference (13/08/2009)
- 13/08/2009 to 13/08/2009 Lisbon, Portugal
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- International conference: Bringing people to work (14/05/2009)
- 11/06/2009 to 12/06/2009 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- ENQA-VET General Assembly Meeting (23/03/2009)
- 26/03/2009 to 27/03/2009 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Joint Seminar building synergies between EQAVET, EQF and ECVET - Assuring the quality of VET qualifications (08/11/2011)
- 14/11/2011 to 15/11/2011 Bonn, Germany
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- The role of the Social Partners in implementing European tools and principles (27/06/2011)
- 24/11/2011 to 25/11/2011 European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
- 3061 EN 2011 Free of charge ()
- Assuring quality in vocational education and training
- The role of accrediting VET providers
- 4107 EN DE ES FR 2011 Free of charge ()
- Evaluation for improving student outcomes
- Messages for quality assurance policies
- 4106 EN DE FR 2011
- Glossary / Glossar / Glossaire
- Quality in education and training / Qualität in der allgemeinen und beruflichen Bildung / La qualité dans lʼenseignement et la formation
- 5507 EN 2010
- Quality assurance in the social care sector
- The role of training
- 5504 EN 2010
- Quality in VET in European SMEs
- A review of the food processing, retail and tourism sectors in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia
- 5168 EN DE FR 2009 Free of charge ()
- Fundamentals of a common quality assurance framework (CQAF) for VET in Europe
- 5181 EN FR 2008 Free of charge ()
- Assuring the quality of VET systems by defining expected outcomes
- A cross-country analysis in seven Member States
- 5167 EN FR BG 2007 Free of charge ()
- 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
- Synthesis report of a study in five European countries
