National VET Team

What is National VET Team?

National VET Team, a group of national experts from Vocational Education and Training sector, is an EU Commission initiative that started in 2021 with the purpose to:

• Promote and enhance progress toward the application of EU VET tools and principles in projects funded by the Erasmus+ programme.
• Support the development and internationalisation of VET sector through engagement with VET management, practitioners, researchers, Erasmus+ coordinators and beneficiaries.
• Collaborate with other National VET Teams and share the best international practice in VET.
• Provide advice and support to EU funded projects supported by the Erasmus+ programme.

Membership

Members of the VET Team are educators, practitioners, Erasmus+ project coordinators, quality assurance experts, mobility experts, and national authority representatives who have understanding, experience and an interest in VET mobility.

How to get involved

To get involved and find information about this year’s themes and activities please contact Mila Popovic at mpopovic@leargas.ie

Call for Expressions of Interest for the National VET Team of Experts 

Léargas is seeking expressions of interest to become experts on the National VET Team. 

To be appointed to the VET Team Expert panel you must:

• be resident in Ireland.
• have tangible experience with working with EU VET tools on learning mobility, quality assurance, use of learning outcomes and/or recognition in VET, graduate tracking, apprenticeship schemes, etc.
• be well embedded in the VET environment and cooperate closely with National Authorities and bodies committed in the field of VET and qualifications or
• hold one of the following positions (or a combination thereof): VET researchers, VET practitioners, Erasmus+ Coordinators, VET experts, VET quality assurance experts, VET mobility experts, Qualifications experts or Education statistics experts.

Expressions of interest must be submitted by Friday, 6 September 2024.

For further details on the application process, please visit this link.

VET Team Activities 2024

Click here to read about the various activities carried out by the National VET Team throughout 2024.