European VET instruments

Focusing on ECVET and EQAVET, this study sought to produce a com­pre­hen­si­ve summary of national VET deve­lo­p­ments related to quality assurance and flexible voca­tio­nal pathways (i.e. action taken to pursue the objec­ti­ves agreed in the framework of the Copenhagen Process, as defined in the 2010 Bruges Communiqué and the 2015 Riga con­clu­si­ons), analysing the role that these instru­ments have played.

Furthermore, based on this infor­ma­ti­on, the study drew con­clu­si­ons, made recom­men­da­ti­ons and developed a set of scenarios on how the two instru­ments can further evolve to better con­tri­bu­te to the EU voca­tio­nal training policy in the coming years to support and com­ple­ment national action and to increase the quality and fle­xi­bi­li­ty of their VET systems. It also included to reflect on the links to the other sectors of education and training, in par­ti­cu­lar higher education and hori­zon­tal instru­ments and tools, such as the EQF, ECTS or Europass.

The study was coor­di­na­ted by ICF (BE), in coope­ra­ti­on with 3s.