Self-Assessment Tool for Centres of Vocational Excellence

Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) which can be indi­vi­du­al VET insti­tu­ti­ons, clusters, or networks sharing common standards are cha­rac­te­ri­sed by an excep­tio­nal­ly high quality of per­for­mance in their acti­vi­ties in VET. The range of different con­stel­la­ti­ons of CoVEs is broad in many senses – long standing or newly estab­lished, tied to different sectors, active in regional networks or even in national VET systems.

The ETF (European Training Foundation) has on behalf of the European Commission initiated a project to develop a new International Self-Assessment Tool for Centres of Vocational Excellence (ISATCOVE). ISATCOVE will offer a framework of criteria and indi­ca­tors, illu­stra­ted by good practice, that defines the levels of voca­tio­nal excel­lence that are being achieved by CoVEs and other excellent VET providers. The digital tool is supposed to help VET providers to reflect on their own level of deve­lo­p­ment in relation to this inter­na­tio­nal framework that draws upon the acti­vi­ties and achie­ve­ments of CoVEs. Centres will be able to share good practices and make com­pa­ri­sons against chosen types of providers. Furthermore, they will be able to set targets and monitor their progress. Based on the developed framework, VET providers from Albania, Finland, Latvia and Italy take part in testing the pilot version.

3s is con­sor­ti­um partner in the project, which is coor­di­na­ted by Civitta International (EE) and imple­men­ted together with other thematic experts. 3s is mainly respon­si­ble for the design and writing of the self-assess­ment framework and con­tri­bu­tes to con­sul­ta­ti­on, training and piloting activities.