How the system works!

EQAVET, ECVET, EQF, EUROPASS, LLG, VNFIL

Sven-Olof Lundin
Director of Education
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate, Gothenburg

Towards an European Area for Skills and

Qualifications

Lisbon process 2000

Copenhagen process 2002

Helsinki Communiqu 2006

Bordeaux Communiqu 2008

Bruges Communiqu 2010

Europe 2020
The five targets for the EU in 2020
. Employment

75 % of the 2064 year-olds to be employed

2. R&D
3 % of the EUs GDP to be invested in R&D
3. Climate change and energy sustainability

Greenhouse gas emissions 20 % (or even 30 %, if the conditions are right) lower than 1990
20 % of energy from renewables
20 5 increase in energy efficiency
4. Education
Reducing the rates of early school leaving below 10 %
at least 40 % of 30-34-year-olds completing third level education
5. Fighiting poverty and social exclusion
at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion

Education 2020
Strategic targets for education:
LLL and mobility to become reality
Increase quality and efficiency in education

Promoting equal opportunities for all, social cohesion and active

citizenship
Enhancing creativity and innovation, including entrepreneurship,
at all levels of education

Priorities Europ 2020

Priorities
1. Smart growth education, research and innovation, digital society
Target R&D at least 3%, employment at least 75%, school drop-outs rates below 10%
Main initiative youth on the move, innovation union, digital agenda for Europe

2. Sustainable growth
Target reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, increase renewables in final consumption to
20%, increase in energy efficiency by 20%
Main initiative resource-efficient Europe, an industrial policy for the globalisation era

3. Inclusive growth

Target 75% employment rate for women and men aged 20-64, reducing school drop-out rates
below 10%, at least 40% of 3034-year-olds completing third level education, 20 million fewer people
in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion

Main initiative - agenda for new skills and jobs, European platform against poverty

Fr lranderesultatet
av yrkesutbildningen
Gets the learning
outcome from VET
visualised and placed in
a relevant level

En kvalitetsskrad
A quality assured
and highly
developed VET

gjort och niv placerat

EQAVET
European quality assurance
in VET

EQF/NQF
to visualise
qualifications

EUROPASS
Description of credits
and qualifications
A part of the
education in
another country
Work abroad

te utomlands

ECVET
Credit system within
VET

ett annat land

What about indicators?

Ten quality indicators has been agreed upon:
1.

Relevance of quality assurance systems for VET providers

2.

Investment in training of teachers and trainers

3.

Participation rate in VET programmes

4.

Completion rate in VET programmes

5.

Placement rate in VET programmes

6.

Utilisation of acquired skills in the workplace

7.

Unemployment rate

8.

Prevalence of vulnerable groups

9.

Mechanisms to identify training needs in the labour market

10. Schemes used to promote better access to VET

Indicators
1. Relevance of quality assurance system for VET
providers

Share of providers applying internal quality assurance system defined by

law/at own initiative

Share of accredited VET providers

Indicators
2 Investment in training of teachers and trainers

Share of teachers and trainers participating in further training

Amounts of funds invested

Indicators
3 Participation rate in VET programmes

Number of participants in VET programmes, according to the type of

programme and individual criteria

Indicators
4 Completion rate in VET programmes

Numbers of persons having succesfully completed/abandoned VET

programmes, according to the type of programme and individual criteria

Indicators
5 Placement rate in VET programmes

Destination of VET learners at a designated point in time after completion of

training, according to the type of programme and individual criteria

Share of employed learners at a designated point in time after completion of

training, according to the type of programme and individual criteria

Indicators
6 Utilisation of acquired skills in the workplace

Information on occupation obtained by individuals after completion of training,

according to the type of training and individual criteria

Satisfaction rate of individuals and employers with acquired

skills/competences

Indicators
7 Unemployment rate

According to individual criteria

Indicators
8 Prevalence of vulnerable groups

Percentage of participants in VET classified as disadvantaged groups (in a

defined region or catchment area) according to age and gender

Success rate of disadvantaged groups according to age and gender

Indicators
9 Mechanisms to identify training needs in the labour
market

Information on mechanisms set up to identify changing demands at different

levels

Evidence of their effectiveness

Indicators
10 Schemes used to promote better access to VET

Information on existing schemes at different levels

Evidence of their effectiveness

What does this mean to Aurora?

What does EQAVET mean for the Aurora network and
it's partners?

In what way is EQAVET usable for the members of the

Aurora network?

Thank you for listening!

of the European Quality

Assurance Reference
Framework for Vocational
Education and Training