Torino Process 2012 Western Balkans and Turkey

The Torino Process was launched by the European Training Foundation (ETF) in 2010 and is a biannual participatory analytical review of the status and progress of vocational education and training (VET) in the ETF partner countries. The aims are to acquire current knowledge about policies and their outcomes in a country, and to strengthen ownership, participation and the evidence base of policy formation.

The report provides an overview of the region based on the national reports, including a review of trends since the initial 2010 Torino Process regional report. The regional report follows the analytical framework of the national reports and in doing so is organised in line with the following building blocks: vision and state of the art in [vocational education and training] VET; external efficiency in terms of addressing demographic, economic and labour market needs; external efficiency in terms of addressing social demands for VET and promoting social inclusion; internal quality and efficiency of initial and continuing VET delivery; and governance and financing of the initial and continuing VET system and institutional capacities for change. The analysis finds that there is on-going progress in the region towards improved VET systems in policy formulation and implementation. It also finds that this policy progress is being made in a challenging context due to structural adjustments in national labour markets, either because of the transition to more market-oriented economies or as a result of recovery from the global financial crisis. In all countries, VET has grown in importance as a policy area. However, there is still a gap between policy progress and implementation.

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