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ECVET
The European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) aims to: make it easier and more attractive for people to move between different countries and learning environments in Europe make it simpler for people to get validation and recognition of work-related skills and knowledge gained in different systems and countries increase the compatibility between different VET systems across
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Europe improve the employability of VET graduates abroad, and enhance the confidence of employers that each VET qualifiation reflects specific skills and knowledge.
ECVET Highlights of 2019
During 2019 we maintained our focus on raising ECVET’s national profile as a tool for VET mobility projects. We hosted the 2019 National ECVET Meeting, disseminating ECVET updates. Interactive discussions took place around ongoing ECVET activities, the User Group, Future of Programme, ECVET National VET and Adult Education event and ECVET’s Work Plan.
We also held a national ECVET conference ‘Mobility: The Inclusive Experience for Vocational Education and Training’. The event included ideas for using both ECVET and Léargas’ support to make mobility projects increasingly inclusive. SOLAS’s Roisin Doherty, National Director of Further Education and Training Inclusion, also informed the conference about developments in the upcoming Further Education and Training Strategy 2020-2024.
We also continued to support members of ECVET’s Irish community of practice to attend international learning events. These events included: the 24th ECVET Users Group Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. Participants attended a study visit to a Qualifica Centre and were presented with the ‘Advisory Committee on Vocational Training Opinion on the
Future of Vocational Education and Training post-2020’ and the final outcomes of the ‘Study on the Instruments Supporting the European
Union Vocational Education and Training Policy’.
the Annual ECVET Forum, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Forum included 10 workshops, an idea incubator with nine thematic discussion groups and 23 engaging presentations of projects, programmes, tools and services related to ECVET and the future labour market. It was also a productive networking experience for the 137 participants from 29 countries.
‘Tools for VET-Learner Mobility’, a Thematic Seminar in Brussels, bringing together 40 participants from 22 countries. The European Commission presented an EU-level policy update summarising progress with ECVET implementation, and an overview on recent developments in the field of Validation of non-formal and informal learning. Discussions also included comparisons of Learning Agreement templates and recognition of a move towards a digitalised workflow for VET learner mobility.
Léargas also presented on the Irish Credit System and its relation to the ECVET systems and principles, in Tallinn, Estonia, during the international Peer Learning Activity ‘The Benefits of Credit Systems for Curricula, Qualifications and Validation’.
Léargas Support
For more information, get in touch with our Strategic Initiatives Team at strategicinitiatives@leargas.ie.
