Internationalization in VET in Europe

ACTE IVETA Panel: The Internationalization of Technical and Vocational Education and Training

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Mari Kontturi, IVETA vice president Europe

European strategies

- Strategies and frameworks defined by European Union (EU)

- Europe 2020 strategy: education and training one of the key issues in developing Europe

- ET 2020 (Education and Training): countries working together and learning from eachother

- Need to increase mobility

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European tools

- Common tools have been developed in EU- European Credit transfer system for Vocational

Education and training (ECVET)- European Qualifications Framework (EQF)- Europass documents- European Quality Assurance reference for

Vocational Education and Training (EQARF)- Erasmus+ funding instrument, 14 billion euro in

2014-2020

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Case Finland

-internationalization is an essential part of VET

-internationalization included in the strategies of Finnish VET providers

-increasing mobility of students and staff (not only teachers)

-benchlearning

-influencing EU policy level, implementing EU tools

-cooperation outside EU countries

-ECVET

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Internationalization in a VET college

Internationalization

Student mobility

Staff mobility

Partnerships

development

Skills competitions

Projects

Internationalization at

home

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Benefits

Luovi

StaffStudents

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Mari Kontturi/Anne Tornberg

• part of studies • skills and competencies for working life• motivation• skills for life

• motivation • commitment• well being• skills and

competencies

• implementing strategy • innovation• new methods and ways of

working• skills and competencies• funding• brand, coverage• networking, partnerships

Thank you

Mari Kontturi

Manager of International Affairs

Luovi Vocational College

mari.kontturi(at)luovi.fi

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Mari Kontturi, IVETA vice president Europe