VET Quality Label for Centres of Excellence

EVTA Policy on Quality Label
Excellence
EVTA believes that the approach to the “Quality label” idea should adopt and develop the concept of “VET Centre of Excellence” as a place were professionally effective, socially relevant, methodologically advanced VET services take systematically place and to explore whatever the reasons that bring peers (VET training associations or centres) stakeholders (decision makers and companies), workers (professionals and teachers) and customers (students) to award a training center as “excellent”. It is a subjective (relative) approach aimed to explore objective (absolute) elements of quality.
Centres of excellence are VET centres under ongoing innovation and with elements of distinction versus the average VET training centre service provisions. To be considered as a Centre of Excellence, they need to keep pace with technological and innovative changes from different points of view, such as:
- innovation of centers’ facilities, structural organisation and acquisition of technologies;
- relationship with the most innovative companies in the field of reference, for trainings and for job placements;
- updating of related job profiles, curriculum and training programmes;
- technological, methodological and pedagogical upgrading of trainer
- Discussion of standards and indicators;
- Identification of candidates within the EVTA and EVBB networks;
- Online survey on VET Centres of Excellence
- Mapping and analysis of excellence elements and check versus standars quality frames;
- Creation of the Catalogue of VET Centres of Excellence for trainers and professionals in the EVTA and EVBB networks.
To be part of the Catalogue, select centers must adhere to the Catalogue’s agreement.
- inclusion in mobility project managed by the EVTA and EVBB networks
- a mapping of the weaknesses of each centre and suggestions and support for improvements
- invitations to participate to programmes and activities organised by EVTA
- updates on programmes and activities made by EVTA for the professionals working in the Centres of Excellence
- submission of research project to enhance and develop the concepts of quality and excellence