The EQAVET network
Transnational cooperation in the field of quality assurance and development (cooperation by exchanging models and methods, development of general criteria and principles for quality in VET) was laid down as a central aim of the Copenhagen Declaration already in 2002.
The EQARF Recommendation of 18 June 2009 foresees the establishment of a EQARF network chaired by the Commission in order to foster the implementation of the EQARF Recommendation in the member states. The new network EQAVET established in 2010 (www.eqavet.eu) replaced the network ENQA-VET which existed from 2005-2009 and which was based on the voluntary commitment of the member states.
Within EQAVET the member states, the social partners and the European Commission enter into an exchange in order to improve quality assurance and development in European VET systems. This happens through:
- supporting member states in the development of effective approaches in order to foster the implementation of the Recommendation;
- developing a quality culture, which should be strengthened at European level with the help of national reference points and other network members;
- supporting member states and the European Commission in monitoring and implementing the Recommendation against the background of the Council conclusions on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020);
- supporting the quality dimension in the implementation of EQF and ECVET.
