The EU priorities for VET to 2020
"At a time when 40 % of Europe’s employers can’t find people with the right skills to fill their vacancies, vocational skills have become one of the best ways to mould one’s career. VET should become a first choice for the young and allow adults to continuously upskill and reskill in line with the needs of the labour market.”
Marianne Thyssen
Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
The EU priorities for VET to 2020
In the Riga Conclusions (June 2015), the EU, candidate countries, EEA countries, EU social partners, the Commission and European VET providers agreed on a set of deliverables for the period 2015-2020:
• Promote work-based learning in all its forms, with special attention paid to apprenticeships, by involving social partners, companies, chambers and VET providers, as well as by stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Further develop quality assurance mechanisms in VET in line with the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework (EQAVET) recommendation and, as part of quality assurance systems, establish continuous information and feedback loops in initial and continuing VET systems based on learning outcomes.
• Enhance access to VET and qualifications for all through more flexible and permeable systems, notably by offering efficient and integrated guidance services and making the validation of non-formal and informal learning available.
• Further strengthen key competences in VET curricula and provide more effective opportunities to acquire or develop those skills through initial or continuing VET.
• Introduce systematic approaches to, and opportunities for, initial and continuous professional development of VET teachers, trainers and mentors in both school- and work-based settings.
In the Riga Conclusions (June 2015), the EU, candidate countries, EEA countries, EU social partners, the Commission and European VET providers agreed on a set of deliverables for the period 2015-2020:
• Promote work-based learning in all its forms, with special attention paid to apprenticeships, by involving social partners, companies, chambers and VET providers, as well as by stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Further develop quality assurance mechanisms in VET in line with the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework (EQAVET) recommendation and, as part of quality assurance systems, establish continuous information and feedback loops in initial and continuing VET systems based on learning outcomes.
• Enhance access to VET and qualifications for all through more flexible and permeable systems, notably by offering efficient and integrated guidance services and making the validation of non-formal and informal learning available.
• Further strengthen key competences in VET curricula and provide more effective opportunities to acquire or develop those skills through initial or continuing VET.
• Introduce systematic approaches to, and opportunities for, initial and continuous professional development of VET teachers, trainers and mentors in both school- and work-based settings.
A quick guide to EU action on vocational education and training (VET)
The document is available in all EU languages
© Copyright 2018
Project Ref. No. 597848-EPP-1-2018-1-BG-EPPKA3-VET-JQ
CULINART: Designing a Joint VET Qualification in Culinary Arts and Pilot Pathways for Continuing Training is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.
The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.