The European Training Foundation's (ETF) Network for Excellence (ENE), kickstarted at the end of 2020. ENE has been well received, consolidated, expanded and (2021-2023) by international Vocational Education and Training (VET) communities working towards excellence. ENE is currently composed of 265 Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) from more than 40 countries around the world. Up to now, ENE is a unique international platform addressing Vocational Excellence for sharing CoVEs practices, peer-to-peer learning among practitioners, building synergies to forge partnerships among its members
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The European Training Foundation's (ETF) Network for Excellence (ENE), kickstarted at the end of 2020. ENE has been well received, consolidated, expanded and (2021-2023) by international Vocational Education and Training (VET) communities working towards excellence. ENE is currently composed of 265 Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) from more than 40 countries around the world. Up to now, ENE is a unique international platform addressing Vocational Excellence for sharing CoVEs practices, peer-to-peer learning among practitioners, building synergies to forge partnerships among its members (etc.). ENE aims to share knowledge and experience to help CoVEs to develop and improve through international policy learning and, perhaps, transform the ETF experience of policy dialogue and advice in some countries.
The ETF's Network for Excellence (ENE) is inspired by the European Commission-led initiative in EU countries. This approach fits within both the new EU Skills Agenda and the Osnabruck Declaration (2020). ENE also contributes to the international dimension of the Erasmus+ programme and responds to ETF experience in working together with Partner Countries (PCs) to further VET Excellence as a key driver in support of VET and Lifelong Learning (LLL), providing relevant skills in the labour market. CoVE experience might also play a key role in rethinking institutional network set-ups. ENE thematic approaches build on ten core themes shaping Vocational Excellence and CoVE operations. Among other services, ENE offers a self-assessment tool (ENESAT) to support CoVEs network members' self-evaluation of excellence, in order to develop, improve and/or transmit excellence to other parts of the VET system.
This article will examine this unique experience and provide learnings to support discussions and implications for further policy development at international level.
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