1. Collaborating for impact
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2. Dr Bryan Maguire Director, Quality Assurance
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Dr Bryan Maguire
Director, Quality Assurance

3. Collaborating for Impact
EQAVET Recommendation
Continually enhance national quality assurance systems by facilitating co-operation and mutual learning, testing and developing guidance material, providing information on quality developments in VET
Actively participating in the framework network, contributing to policy development, increasing transparency of VET
Through National Reference Points, communicating, disseminating, co-operating…building

4. Collaborating for impact
At system level- DES, SOLAS, QQI: compatible
At practitioner level- communications with networks, associations until…
IQAVET, 2016: Erasmus+ grant
Programme of work- 4 national thematic seminars, deepening a culture of self-evaluation and review, embedding EQAVET principles and indicators
Establishing a volunteer steering group through ETBI- building from an established nucleus
Consolidating progress, working towards inclusive network of QA practitioners

5. Why a European dimension?
Nationally- QA, improvement, enhancement- cycle
National engagement, emerging provider architecture
Europe wide: shared points of reference across post secondary education and training
Experience and tools to stimulate and support discussion nationally
Common culture in education and training
External reference points, examples, case studies, promises, hot on the heels of domestic re-structuring
Build resilience, share influences- collaborate for impact!