Dr. Zoica Elena Vladut is deputy director in the National Centre for VET Development (NCVETD) in Romania, agency of the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports where she works for 13 years. She supports the development of the initial VET in Romania, including VET qualifications and curriculum, quality assurance and vocational offer forecasts and works for the implementation of Education and Training 2020 strategic framework for European Cooperation (“ET 2020”) in Romania, in close cooperation with other agencies, stakeholders and networks at national and European levels. She is responsible for coordinating the developing of initial VET-qualifications system, national curricula of initial VET qualifications and their implementation as well as EQF/NQF and ECVET implementation. During 2003-2009, she worked as deputy director of the project implementation units in the VET reform and modernization programmes financed through Phare funds in Romania, and as expert for the field of services for a number of bilateral and international projects.

She is co-author in the field of curriculum development, learning outcomes and VET reform and has contributed to a number of European and international conferences and symposiums.

She holds a PhD in Human Resources Development in the field of Tourism from the Academy for Economic Studies in Bucarest –Romania.