QUANTUM -QUAlity Networks: fine-TUning Monitoring systems for better performances in VET

Aim

The main aim of the project is to promote the relevance and effectiveness of vocational education and training (VET) and its contribution to employment in Europe.

The intent of the project is to create and test a new monitoring system based on feedback loops and graduate tracing in order to strengthen quality assurance through quality networks in Slovakia, Austria, Italy and Portugal.

Peer review in VET method will be used during the implementation of the project, fostering the cooperation between stakeholders in VET and providing an opportunity for mutual learning and professional growth.

Specific aims

To create a common graduate tracing system for VET, in order to have a clearer picture of VET graduates and improve the availability of comparable data on employment of VET graduates, as highlighted in the Council Recommendation on the tracing of graduates;
To create an appropriate framework for cooperation that will be beneficial to all participants and enable mutual learning;
To encourage the use of common practices, in particular in the field of adaptation of the peer review in VET method and EQAVET indicators.

Partnership

Promoter:

SIOV – State Vocational Education Institute (Slovakia)

Website: www.siov.sk

Contact: Barbora Jakubíková

Partners:

CECOA - Centro de Formação Profissional para o Comércio e Afins (Portugal)

Website: www.cecoa.pt

Contact: Xénia de Carvalho

Chamber of Labor of Salzburg (Austria)

Website: https://sbg.arbeiterkammer.at/index.html

Contact: Sabine Stadler