EQAVET - European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training

EQAVET supports quality assurance in Vocational Education and Training across Europe. Through a continuous improvement cycle, it helps systems and providers enhance education and training.

It provides a flexible framework based on a quality assurance and improvement cycle-planning, implementation, evaluation/assessment, and review/revision-along with various descriptors and indicators for both VET systems and VET provider levels. 

National implementation  

The implementation of the 2020 Council Recommendation is supported by National Quality Assurance Reference Points (NRPs), which bring together relevant key stakeholders at the national and regional levels to: 

• Implement and further develop the EQAVET Framework
• Inform and mobilise a wide range of stakeholders, including Centres of Vocational Excellence, to contribute to the implementation of the EQAVET Framework
• Support self-evaluation as one way to measure success and identify areas for improvement, including the digital readiness of VET systems and institutions
• Participate actively in the EQAVET Network
• Provide updated descriptions of the national quality assurance arrangements based on EQAVET
• Engage in EU level peer review to enhance the transparency and consistency of quality assurance arrangements, and to reinforce trust between Member States 

NRPs, working alongside national representatives from ministries and other responsible bodies, are central to the European EQAVET Network. Through collaborative efforts, the Network produces case studies and guidance on various approaches to developing and improving VET quality assurance. Each year, the EQAVET Network organizes support activities, including an annual meeting, for those interested in VET quality assurance at the European level.

EQAVET meetings 

The EQAVET work programme 2024/2026 includes the following meetings: