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Updated Handbook for Sustainable Quality in Vocational Education and Training
Over the past three years, within the framework of the EQAVET project, the National Reference Points (NRPs) from Slovenia, Croatia, Finland and Estonia have jointly developed Transnational Peer Review as a modern approach to quality assurance and quality improvement in Vocational Education and Training (VET). The collaboration was based on the exchange of good practices, …
Croatian Peer Review on ‘Quality Assurance in Adult Education: Self-assessment and external evaluation’ – Flash Report
The focus of the Peer Review This Peer Review took place in Zagreb on 9-10 April, 2026. It was hosted by the Croatian Agency for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education (www.asoo.hr) which acts as the Croatian EQAVET National Reference Point (NRP). Seven EQAVET Network members from Finland, Germany, Hungary and Slovenia acted as …
Representatives of the Ministry of Education, the National Examinations Centre, the Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Vocational Education and Training, and the National Education Institute Slovenia sit around a long conference table and take part in a discussion during a study visit in Barcelona. Working materials, laptops, and refreshments are placed on the table. The visit focused on identifying good practices in Catalonia related to quality assurance in education.
The primary objective of the Peer Review was to obtain expert feedback in order to strengthening the role of quality assurance in promoting inclusive upper secondary VET in Slovenia. The Peer Review focused on the role of quality assurance in advancing inclusive upper secondary VET in Slovenia. More specifically, peers discussed how the national monitoring …
Mechatronics Students from Celje Take 2nd Place at the World Robotics Championship!
Mentor Matej Veber (first from the left) with students from the Secondary School of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Media at the Celje School Centre, who travelled to RoboCUP in Brazil. PHOTO: Celje School Centre Archive At the RoboCup 2025 World Championship, held from July 15 to 21, 2025, in Salvador, Brazil, the Slovenian team Mechatronics …
On Saturday, 13 September 2025, the largest European event in the field of vocational education and training, EuroSkills Herning 2025, concluded in Herning, Denmark. Over the course of a week, nearly 600 young professionals from 33 countries competed in 38 different skill categories. In his address, Ben Blackledge, Chair of the WorldSkills Europe Board, emphasized …
EQAVET National Reference Point in Slovenia at the MOS fair
The EQAVET National Reference Point in Slovenia, operating within the Institute of RS for Vocational Education and Training (CPI), is participating in this year’s MOS Fair, taking place from September 18 to 21, 2025, in Celje. We warmly invite you to visit us at the stand of the CPI, where we are presenting the European …
The concept of quality assurance and of improving quality assurance processes is becoming increasingly important throughout Europe, for vocational and professional education providers and school authorities alike. EQAVET (European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training) is a European network that involves all European Union Member States, including Slovenia. The network’s mission is to support …
EQAVETNRP SLO 2023 Type of project Erasmus+ Programme (ERASMUS) Support to the European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET) National Reference Points (NRPs) – ERASMUS-2021-EQAVET-IBA Action Grant ERASMUS-EDU-2023-EQAVET-IBA; Support to the European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education (EQAVET) and Training National Reference Points (NRPs); GrantAgreement, Project 101124247-EQAVETNRP SLO 2023; project is financed by …
PEER REVIEW OF THE QUALITY OF THE SLOVENIAN SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM – part of the EQAVET NRP SLO 2021–2023 project
In November 2020 the Council of the European Union published the Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience, which called on the EQAVET network to develop a specific methodology for peer reviews of quality assurance between Member States. The purpose of the peer reviews is to support the …
Establishing a comprehensive, functional and operational internal quality assurance system with a well-developed evaluation culture at schools is a complex and protracted process – one that requires particular knowledge on the part of staff as well as a commitment to the idea itself. In the 2006/07 academic year, legislation was introduced laying down new compulsory …
With the completion of the EPoS online self-evaluation, schools have obtained important information about the quality of their institutions. In order to support the further use of EPoS results in the process of self-evaluation (and subsequent planning and introduction of improvements) at each school, we started the “Schools Networking for Quality” initiative within the framework of a special task within the regular activity of the Ministry of Education.
PEER REVIEW OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE SLOVENIAN SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM – within the framework of the EQAVET NRP SLO 2021 – 2023 project
In November 2020, the Council of the European Union published in the Official Journal of the European Union a Council Recommendation on Vocational Education and Training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social justice and resilience, calling on EQAVET to develop a specific methodology for reciprocal peer reviews between Member States. The purpose of said peer reviews is to support the improvement and transparency of arrangements in relation to the quality assurance of Member States’ vocational education and training systems.
The last training as part of the EQAVETNRP SLO 2021 project is behind us
On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, the EQAVET team and I visited the adult education organization B&B Education Center.
EQAVET Belgium-fr Peer Review on ‘How to better answer to the training and competence needs of the labour market’
The fourth EQAVET Peer Review in 2023 took place on 23-24 March in Brussels, hosted by the Erasmus National Agency AEF-Europe.
Cedefop spreads the word with education and training glossary
Cedefop spreads the word with education and training glossary.
Start of the EPoS 2023 campaign – electronically supported self-evaluation
The EPoS e-self-evaluation campaign of teachers and schools has started. It will last from January 23, 2023 to April 7, 2023. We also conducted the first training for school applicants. There are as many as 46 of them in this year’s EPoS 2023 campaign. The introductory training was attended by 105 principals, quality team leaders …
International systemic peer review in Croatia
On December 1 and 2, 2022, a collegial assessment at the system level took place in the Croatian capital.
The first international peer review in the EQAVETNRP SLO 2021 project took place in Slovakia
The first international peer review in the EQAVETNRP SLO 2021 project took place in Slovakia between November 21 and November 23, 2022. We discussed the “New system for confirming the results of non-formal education and non-formal learning in Slovakia and its process quality assurance “.
International peer review at the SCHOOL CENTER ROGAŠKA SLATINA
As part of the EQAVETNRP SLO 2021 project, an international peer review took place on October 19 and 20, 2022 at the Rogaška Slatina School Center. The peer review took place in a combined form. The female assessor from Croatia and the assessor from Estonia participated live. There were also observer from Croatia present live …
Conference on Quality 2022
106 participants took part in the meeting live and remotely, namely directors of school centers, principals, presidents and members of quality committees at secondary vocational schools, individuals from grammar schools and representatives of the national level. Guest lecturers Zoran Lekić and Guus van Beek contributed an important part of the conference. Mr. Zoran Lekić comes …
A new EQAVET community newsletter is out. Overview of the main news: Annual Network Meeting 2022 Second EQAVET Peer Review Quality assurance and micro-credentials Council of the EU adopts Recommendation on approach to micro-credentials How Vocational Education and Training is central to the green transition New initiative to help vulnerable young people to support young …
EQAVET was present with promotional activities at the SloveniaSkills 2022 competition
Between September 14 and 18, 2022, the 7th SloveniaSkills 2022 national competition for young professionals in professional skills took place at the International Craft Fair in Celje (MOS), under the auspices of the Center for Vocational Education of the Republic of Slovenia. In addition to the competition, many interesting activities took place at CPI’s stand, …
THE TRANSNATIONAL PEER REVIEW TRAINING
The Transnational Peer Review training is Joint Activity with Croatia, Finland, Slovenia and Estonia in the project EQAVET.