Comparing Vocational Education and Training Qualifications

The purpose of the contract coor­di­na­ted by 3s is to faci­li­ta­te the deve­lo­p­ment of metho­do­lo­gies for com­pa­ri­son of national VET qualifications.

Building on previous work (Cedefop 2017), the purpose is to scale up and streng­then these com­pa­ra­ti­ve metho­do­lo­gies so as to promote mutual learning between countries and faci­li­ta­te streng­thening of relevance and quality of VET qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons at national level.

The Framework Contract comprises the following assignments:

Work Assignment 1 – Exploring and testing a reference point for VET com­pa­ri­son (started in December 2017)
Work Assignment 2 – Exploring, gathering and analysing national qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons data
Work Assignment 3 – Exploring, gathering and analysing data on the match/mismatch between qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons and labour market requirements
Work Assignment 4 – Methodological synthesis

The Framework Contract is coor­di­na­ted by 3s and carried out in coope­ra­ti­on with Ockham IPS (NL) as well as national experts from various countries.


Project: Comparing Vocational Education and Training Qualifications: towards a European Comparative Methodology

Contact: Karin Luomi-Messerer

Mail to karin.luomi-messerer@3s.co.at

Client: Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)

Duration: 2017-2021

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