SEEVET-NetRegional network of
VET institutions in SEE countries
DUŠKO RAJKOVIĆ,CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
MONTENEGRO
CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (VET CENTRE MONTENEGRO)
Founded in 2003 by the Governement of Montenegro-Ministry of Education and Sport and social partners: Employment Agency, Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Montenegro
The basic goal of the VET Centre has been: - development of vocational and adult education, - preparation of occupational standards, curricula and training
programmes for adults, - training of teachers and principals of educational institutions,- quality assurance in educational institutions,- preparation of textbooks, etc.
Main responsibilities of the VET Centre:
To monitor and analyze educational system development, To work on improvement of education, To perform technical affairs in the preparation of: curricula,
occupational standards, and catalogues of knowledge, standards of teaching materials, equipment and textbooks
To perform different kinds of research To perform advisory activities in institutions of vocational and adult
education To conduct training of teachers and principals, To propose measures for development and introduction of new
technologies and their implementations, To organize external check of students’ knowledge and exams for
proving acquired knowledge and skills of adults, To coordinate its work with the Bureau for Educational Services
and other national and foreign institutions
The VET Centre has been divided into five organizational units:
Department for Curricula and Occupational Standards,
Department for Adult Education Department for Evaluation Department for Textbooks Department for General Affairs and Director of the
VET Centre
Legal basis for the functioning of the VET Centre
General Law on Education, Law on Vocational Education, Law on Adult Education Law on National Vocational Qualifications, Strategy of Vocational Education and by-laws which
regulate different segments from the field of vocational and adult education
International cooperation:
GIZ ETF KulturKontakt Austria British Council Dvv international Lux Development BIBB OECD EU (IPA projects)
SEEVET-Net Conference of VET Institutions in Tirana,September 2008
Supported by: ERISEE, ETF and CARDS Twinning project for Central Europe
Goal: initiating the process of establishing the regional network of VET institutions in SEE
Representatives of the VET centres/agencies: Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, BiH, Serbia and Montenegro, and guests from Netherlands, Italy and EU
Goal: defining objectives and interests for forming the Regional VET network, priorities and manners of cooperation among VET institutions, as well as participating in joint projects
Sarajevo Meeting 10-11 September 2009
Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
National VET Agency of Albania
European Training Foundation
Exchange of information and experience from the neighbouring countries which face similar problems in terms of the lack of qualified workforce in certain sectors
Mutual learning: NQF, LLL and VET, improvement of social partnership in the VET sector
SEEVET-Net Advantages
The election of the SEEVET-Net Chairman: Duško Rajković elected, the director of the VET Centre Montenegro
Planned activities :- Signing of the Cooperation Agreement
(besides Montenegro, the following countries are willing to sign the Agreement: Albania, BiH, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova and Serbia
- Drafting Rules of the Procedure of the SEEVET-Net
Meeting in Netherlands, 28 September 2010ERISEE and Centre for Educational Policy
In December 2010, the VET Centre sent the Draft Rules of the Procedure and the Cooperation Agreement to the countries interested in networking
CEP gathered all the feedback which were considered at the meeting of the ERISEE Steering Committee in the March 2011
Signing of the Cooperation Agreement has been planned for the 11-12 July in Moldova
Representatives of BiH, Croatia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, EC, ETF, CEP, KulturKontakt, OECD and TFBHC
Discussion on the existing proposals for creating clusters in vocational education
Two clusters created: - Modernizing VET – improvement of performance, quality and
attractiveness of the VET system, proposed by the Romanian Ministry of Education
- NQF Development, proposed by the Croatian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Regional Cooperation Council:Regional Workshop related to Clusters of Knowledge,Sarajevo, 14-15 December 2010
Meeting in Romania within the cluster: Modernizing VET – Improvement of performance,
quality and attractiveness of the VET system The main goal of the Kick off meeting was to agree upon the
cluster’s objectives and timeline and to decide on cluster’s outputs The event was an opportunity for starting the dialogue among EU
member states and SEE partner countries in the field of education and training, in particular in view of creating a platform for mutual learning, disseminating examples of good practice, increasing quality and performance, bridging the shortage of expertise in particular policy areas and supporting reforms in national education and training systems overall.
The key output of the Cluster will be a Compendium of Good Practices in Improving performance, quality and attractiveness of VET which will facilitate the creation of knowledge, the support for policy development, and inputs for policy in action and policy evaluation.
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