1. ETF QA Forum Mounir BAATI
EQAVET Annual Network Meeting June, 2019 Bucharest, Romania

2. THE FORUM IN SUMMARY
ETF forum established in November 2017 It is a transnational collaboration initiative between national institutions with VET and/or VET quality assurance mandates in ETF’s partner countries (16 from SEMED and SEET). The aim of the Forum is to support member countries to modernise and improve quality assurance in VET by providing the context and means for peer learning through multinational co-operation. The Forum is inspired by the EQAVET Network, which serves as an instrument to guide the work of the ETF Forum.
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3. FORUM activities: mapping of indicators
Aim: collect information on the understanding, coverage, usage and data collection characteristics of EQAVET indicators (and proxies).
Four modules:
The first module focuses on the understanding, the relevance, the usage and the coverage
Modules 2, 3 and 4 look at the a) coverage of quality assurance indicators within the national contexts; and b) characteristics of data collection (method, regularity, target group, institutions responsible, analysis, publication).
We have finalised 3 modules and we expect to finalise the mapping and discuss the main findings during our annual meeting (8-10 October).
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4. FORUM activities: participation to the EQAVET meeting
Aim:
Give the members an opportunity to meet and learn with / from experts / national stakeholders from EU Member States and EU institutions;
Deepened their understanding of EU policy in the field of VET quality assurance, the EQAVET Network and the EU Quality Assurance Reference Framework;
Engaged in debate on learner involvement in VET quality assurance ;
Following the meeting the participants provided ‘snapshots’ of the state of play of this topic in their countries by answering to these questions:
How relevant is the topic?
Are learners considered to be key VET stakeholders? How are they engaged in quality assurance policy and practice?
Which of the practices to strengthen the engagement of learners heard about were most interesting and why?
Was there one (or more) innovative practice that could be promoted and, if yes, what actions to take?
The answers to these questions formed our report on our participation to the meeting.
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5. FORUM activities: peer visit, Tunisia, april 2019
The ETF organised a peer visit based on a “Peer Visit Guidance and Training Manual - Working Paper” developed by ARQA-VET in collaboration with the ETF quality assurance team.
The Manual provides guidance and a training concept for the implementation of Peer Visits as well as a ‘toolbox’ of instruments.
The Certification Process of the Pedagogical Training of VET Trainers was the policy area at the centre of the Peer Visit.
In terms of preparation:
The hosting institution prepared an information note on the policy area, and compiled a detailed National Context Report (NCR).
The peers have to read the NCR and consider the special assessment questions presented by the host institution for review and feedback.
They conducted research into the policy area: quality assurance related to the certification of VET trainers in their own countries and prepared short notes on the latter.
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6. FORUM activities: peer visit, Tunisia, april 2019
Assessment questions: Question 1: Design Please give feedback on the strengths and shortcomings of the quality assurance measures related to the design of the certification process. Please provide related examples of practice from the peer group, particularly on motivating stakeholders to engage in the development of quality assurance measures. Question 2: Plans for the implementation and evaluation phases Please give feedback on the strengths and shortcomings of the quality assurance measures related to the implementation and evaluation phases of the certification process. Please provide related examples of practice from the peer group.
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7. FORUM activities: upcoming events
Forum annual meeting, Torino, October 2019
Peer visit: country to be identified (Q1-2020)
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8. Thanks Mounir BAATI Mba@tef.Europa.eu
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