Achieving the Lisbon goal: the contribution of VET

‘Education and Training 2010’ is a long-term project governed by the European Commission which aims to contribute to the Lisbon Strategy in the area of education and training. The goal of the project is to see Europe recognised by 2010 as the world leader in terms of the quality of its education and training systems. This report, prepared for the Maastricht conference in 2004, focuses on the contribution vocational education and training (VET) has made towards achieving the goals set out in the Lisbon strategy, which aims to ‘create a drive towards a more dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in Europe that will deliver sustainable growth, generate more and better jobs and create greater social cohesion’. In order to analyse the contribution made by VET, and how this contribution can be strengthened, research for this report was focused upon three main themes: to identify progress of the national VET systems towards the Lisbon objectives and priority benchmarks; to report on innovation in teaching and learning; and to provide a clear view of progress towards building ‘competences’ for a European labour market. The report concludes with a lengthy analysis and draws conclusions in regard to four major areas: the potential of VET; the current state of play with VET; indicators and data for VET; and the quest to optimise VET in Europe.

Selected documents relating to ‘Education and Training 2010’ are indexed from TD/TNC 80.530 to TD/TNC 80.541. Show less