European Forum of technical and Vocational Education and Training

EU Legislative Interests

EfVET has been very active in its policy advocacy work for vocational education in this few years and was a strong contacts with the European Commission and other European Institutions. in 2014 and 2015 EfVET was or be involved in the policy implementation of DG-EAC, DG- Employer, Social Affairs and Inclusion and other institutions' initiatives where it introduced a strong civil society perspective by providing the point of view of EfVET members. EfVET has had regular contact with the Vocational Training and Adult education unit in DG- EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND INCLUSION. Informal meetings were happening throughout the year, and regular exchanges about plans and opinions took place. Furthermore EfVET participates in the Working Groups on: - Advisory Group EQF - European Quality Assurance Reference Framework (EQARF) - Launched the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAFA) - ET2020 on Innovation and Digitalisation - European Social Funding (ESF) - CEDEFOP - Pact for Skills - VET & Green Transition - Working Group 2020 Innovation and Digitalisation Also, via the European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL),ALL DIGITAL, the relationship with other units in DG- EAC and DG-EMPL has been reinforced and EfVET has been very active in the stakeholder initiatives. EfVET also participated in the LLL week and in the EC Education Forum in Brussels Also, EfVET was invited along with the other five Association members of VET4EU2 group to participate in the Meeting of the Ministers in charge of Vocational Education and Training (VET), the European Social Partners and the European Commission which was held 21-22 June 2015 in Riga, organised under the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in cooperation with the European Commission Also, we a part of the VET Skills week in Brussels, Vienna, Finland and onlines.

Communication Activities

We currently have <370 members in 47 countries in Europe, 200 learning providers, over 1500 VET institutions and more than 2 million learners, and we know as well that most of our members and partners acting as multipliers. In 2022, a new EfVET Communication Strategic Plan was written and adopted and the new visual identity put in place. Therefore the following dissemination activities and methods have been successfully implemented: - The communication tools The communication tools (conference folders, newsletter and leaflet and roll-ups) have been renewed in 2018 according to EfVET's new visual identity. EfVET international conference materials as roll-ups and conference folders are used at every EfVET project meeting, EfVET Thematic Teams, conference, as the Lifelong Learning Week. EfVET has two leaflets that are distributed at the events and conferences the staff attends. - EfVET website The EfVET website builds a valuable source of information on VET education policy developments Europe wide. It gives an update about the currently political news, projects and news. we had around 1 500 unique visitors per week in 2024. - Social Media Involvement in order to serve all the interested parties with fast information flow, EfVET is present on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo. - The EfVET Newsletter and Media Releases the quarterly EfVET electronic newsletter has 1500 subscribers, and it goes to EfVET members, VET educators, policy markers, mangers in VET, learners and stakeholders in all European countries and beyond. EfVET annual conference EfVET Webinar series EfVET Award for Excellence EfVET Thematic Teams EfVET Magazine EfVET Study Visits EfVET events serve both the membership, boarder Vocational Education Training community and policy makers and build a platform for exchange, discussion, networking, dissemination of project results and creative development of new ideas.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

EfVET is a member of the LLL Platform (Lifelong Learning Platform) EfVET signed MoU with World Federation Colleges & Polytechnics EfVET is a member of the ALL DIGITAL EfVET signed MoU with EVBB and EVTA EfVET is a member of the WFCP EfVET signed MoU with UNESCO-UNEVOC

Organisation Members

EfVET members list: https://www.efvet.org/our-members/

Additional Information

the budget will be closed by the end of January