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Monitoring the implementation of standard setting instruments in the field of [technical and vocational education and training] TVET is part of UNESCO's mandate and is one of the key areas of work outlined in its strategy for TVET. Among these standard-setting instruments is the 2001 Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education [TVE] (UNESCO, 2001). This recommendation formulates principles and norms for TVET and invites Member States to take the necessary steps to adapt their policies to these principles and norms. The Third International Congress on TVET, held in Shanghai, China in May 2012, called for profound transformations in the conceptualization, governance, funding and organization of TVET and delegates agreed on the need to revise and update the 2001 Revised Recommendation concerning TVE to enable the transformation of TVET globally. This special virtual conference, held from 1-14 April 2014, sought to consult diverse stakeholders involved in the development and implementation of TVET systems, policies and programmes. It is part of a larger consultation process to draft a new Revised Recommendation that will be taken to the 2015 UNESCO General Conference for discussion and adoption. The key questions asked were as follows: What should be the scope of a successful international standard-setting instrument in the field of TVET? What, for the purpose of this revised instrument, should be understood by the term 'TVET'? What should be the guiding principles upon which to base the Revised Recommendation? How should the text of the Revised Recommendation be organized so as to be applicable to a diversity of country contexts and to remain current in a constantly changing world?

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