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In 1997 the Council of Europe’s Legislative Reform Programme (LRP) and the European Training Foundation (ETF) agreed to undertake a joint survey on tertiary professional and vocational education in central and eastern Europe. The aim of this study is to explore the educational opportunities provided beyond secondary education in central and eastern European countries which emerged both in efforts to upgrade and raise the quality of vocational education and to establish alternatives to university programs. The study aims to provide an overview of: (1) the patterns of tertiary/postcompulsory education that actually emerged, the enrolment figures, institutional structures, the educational programs, and the ways the programs aim to prepare for subsequent work; and (2) the steering of tertiary/postcompulsory education: the legislation; the role of government in the coordination and supervision of the system; the internal administration; the cooperation between the educational institutions and the world of work; and the modes of assessment of tertiary/postcompulsory education institutions and programs. The survey questions centred around nine themes: (1) statistical information; (2) legal basis and supervision; (3) administration, funding and staff; (4) entry requirements and admission; (5) curricula, teaching and learning, examinations; (6) qualifications or credentials and their professional and academic value; (7) links to the unemployment system; (8) implementation of the reforms since the early 1990s; and (9) recent reform debates and expected future developments.