The 4th Meeting of the South Eastern Europe Regional VET Network (SEEVET-Net) | ERI SEE

Vocational Education and Training (VET) contributes significantly to the creation of jobs, economic growth and social development, as well as to personal development and social inclusion. It constitutes an important part of lifelong learning and plays a vital role in enabling young people to acquire skills and competences relevant for labour market requirements. SEE countries have identified VET development as a very important factor for economic and social development and considerable actions have been foreseen with the national IPA and ENPI planning documents. In order to fulfill the potential of their VET systems, the countries in SEE are undergoing fundamental changes, as a result of numerous international, regional and national initiatives.

In its Work Programme for 2011 ERI SEE has identified the development of mutual policy learning practices through enhanced institutional cooperation in Vocational Education and Training in South East Europe as one of its objectives. Building on the previous initiatives in the region carried out under the ERI SEE umbrella in cooperation with different partners, the 4th Meeting of the SEEVET-Net which will be held on July 11-12, 2011 in Chisinau, Moldova has three main goals:

• to create the SEE Regional VET Network between the vocational education and training institutions acting in SEECP region through signing the Cooperation Agreement;
• to operationalise the Cooperation Agreement through brainstorming and discussion on developing a work plan for 2012/13;
• to provide an opportunity for VET institutions acting in the SEECP region to exchange information and their experience.

The meeting will be jointly organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova, the National VET Centre of Montenegro, the Director of which is Chair of SEEVET-Net and the Centre for Education Policy/ERI SEE Interim Agency.