Lore Schmid

After her studies at Vienna university, Eleonora worked as a teacher in vocational education and training (VET). In 1989, after a year in the UK, she moved to the Austrian Ministry of Education where she worked with in-service teacher training and international cooperation in VET (incl. Council of Europe, OECD, UNEVOC, Cedefop study visits, ETF). Seconded to Cedefop from 2000 to 2004, she reported on VET systems and developments. After a year back at the Austrian Ministry, where her subunit focused on EU VET policy issues, she returned to Cedefop. She is involved in reviewing VET policy (Copenhagen process) and supports the director on general VET-related issues.