Study on quality assurance in continuous VET and on future development of EQAVET
This study (commissioned by the European Commission) maps the quality assurance instruments in continuous VET (CVET) in ten selected European Member States and compares these with the European Quality Assurance reference framework in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET).
This study (commissioned by the European Commission) maps the quality assurance instruments in continuous VET (CVET) in ten selected European Member States and compares these with the European Quality Assurance reference framework in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET).
The study describes how 10 selected countries (Austria, Belgium-fr, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, and UK-England) carry out quality assurance on system and provider level in CVET.
The study is based on a review of 33 specific quality assurance measures or instruments. In addition, in those countries where there are no system-level quality assurance measures (i.e. most of the countries covered), processes to ensure quality (even if not necessarily designated as quality assurance) were partially reviewed.
Main authors of the report are Daniela Ulicna and Anette Curth (ICF). 3s staff members conducted country reports and country case studies (Sonja Lengauer for Austria and Lubomir Valenta for the Czech Republic).