European Cooperation in VET: One Process, Many Stops. Developments in Vocational Education and Training Policy 2015-17. Cedefop Reference Series. No 110

Work in 2015-17 signals continuity with earlier national strategies and initiatives. It confirms the recent focus on apprenticeships and other forms of work-based learning, and increasing attention to widening access to VET and qualifications, two areas that have been reinforced by EU-level policy packages. The report also presents measures taken in: VET teacher and trainer professional development, key competence provision, and quality assurance, including actions to make use of information on skills intelligence. Complementing this report, individual country chapters offer more detailed information on national developments. Though their long-standing collaboration, countries aim at achieving common objectives set for 2020. As policy-makers are reflecting on their vision for VET and collaboration beyond 2020, this interim report also discusses these trends from a forward-looking perspective. [The thematic sections and accompanying country chapters were prepared and drafted by: Silke Gadji, George Kostakis, Dmitrijs Kulss, Jelena Letica, Vicky Oraiopoulou, Iraklis Pliakis, Anastasia Pouliou, Eleonora Schmid, Guy Tchibozo and Aristos Theocharous (Cedefop); and Georgios Zisimos, Evgenia Petkova and Mircea Badescu (ETF).]