Cedefops medium-term priorities 2009-11

For 2009-11, Cedefops mission is to support the European Commission, Member States and social partners in developing and implementing European VET policy by:

• carrying out thorough applied research and comparative analyses of VET issues, trends and challenges;
• providing an expert and independent European perspective, developing and encouraging European approaches, principles and tools to improve VET and achieve common aims;
• being a unique forum bringing together diverse VET interests of policy-makers, social partners, researchers and practitioners to encourage mutual learning and debate proposals for policy and research;
• raising awareness and understanding of how VET is evolving, its role in lifelong learning and its contribution to other policies.