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Citation
(1999), "The European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 23 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/jeit.1999.00323cab.013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
The European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training
The European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Keywords Co-operation, Europe, Labour market, Vocational training
The European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (EFVET), as its name suggests, is a Europe-wide association of providers of technical and vocational training. It was set up several years ago to provide a number of services, principal among which is to champion and enrich training through transnational co-operation.
EFVET has created a network which now stretches far beyond the boundaries of the European Union (one of its associate members is the Electrical Power College in Beijing, China) and provides a forum in which to stimulate the setting up of joint projects and to represent the views of its members.
The main event of the year is the EFVET annual conference and recent themes have included "Quality and innovation through partnership", "The European labour market and vocational education" and "Raising the profile and status of technical and vocational education in Europe".
The European Forum is run by a steering group with members from over half the EU Member States and the central office has now moved from Carlow in Ireland to Brussels. EFVET is always happy to welcome new members and enquiries should be addressed to: EFVET Central Office, 60 rue de la Concorde, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: 32 2+540 9743; Fax: 32 2+514 1172; E-mail: efvet.central@skynet.be