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Quality Assurance (QA) in VET
Building Sustainable European
Cooperation
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European Co-operation on QA in VET
Policy aims
Europe’s Education and Training System, a
world quality reference by 2010
•Increase employability
•Better matching between supply and demand
•Better access to training (LLL)
Increase coherence and consistency of policies
and practices
Transparency/mutual trust/mobility
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European Co-operation on QA in VET
Policy Context
'Promoting co-operation in quality assurance with
particular focus on exchange of models and methods,
as well as common criteria and principles for quality in
vocational education and training‘ (‘Copenhagen’)
‘Consolidating priorities of the Copenhagen process and
facilitating the implementation of concrete results’
(‘Maastricht’)
Assessment and Review by the end of 2006 (Finland)
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European Co-operation on QA in VET
A Common Quality Assurance Framework
• a cross reading instrument based
commonly agreed criteria and indicators
on
• a systemic framework giving key references
for making choices to approach quality
assurance
• It can apply to both systems and provider
levels
• allows for the identification of best practice of
current provision across Member States
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European Co-operation on QA in VET
A European Network
Aims
• Provide a mechanism for regular exchange, debate,
follow-up and consensus building across countries
• Foster practical initiatives within and across countries
based on achievements of European cooperation
• Promote transfer of ‘good practices’ and innovation
• Relay monitoring, follow-up and appraisal across
levels
• Allow for effective cross fertilisation between
initiatives and tools developed in VET and HE
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The European Network on QA in VET
Work Programme 2006-2007 : Aims
•Promote the use of the CQAF
•Foster cooperative,
voluntary networks
inclusive
and
at all levels
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The European Network on QA in VET
Work Programme 2006-2007: Priorities (1)
Involve all relevant stakeholders in all levels
and steps of QA cycle
Promote quality of learning in enterprises
Strengthen institutional frameworks governing
the relations between internal assessment,
external monitoring and accreditation
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The European Network on QA in VET
Work Programme 2006-2007: Priorities (2)
Develop
instruments
to
increase
responsiveness of VET systems, sectors and
stakeholders
Foster the use/fine-tune the existing set of
indicators for comparisons purposes
Increase synergies between VET and HE
Develop, finalise and implement quality
assurance guidelines and manuals for
teachers
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The European Network on QA in VET
Work Programme 2006-2007: Initiatives
• Peer learning visits
• Devising common principles, guidelines and
criteria: thematic clusters
• Link with the LdV Programme
• Information/Awareness raising strategy
• Studies
• Strengthening the links with HE, EQF and
ECTS
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The European Network on QA in VET
Striving towards sustainability
• Maintain dialogue at different levels
• Promote concrete initiatives
• Promote shared ownership of a QA culture in VET
• Bring together European and National inititiaves
• Provide concrete answers to common problems
• Make it easy to identify quality of VET provision
within and across countries
• Increase mutual trust in VET provision
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European Co-operation on QA in VET
Further information:
http://communities.trainingvillage.gr/quality
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