The database Archiv3 co-operation third world archives in Germany includes 11 archives and documentation centres. Third world topics and development cooperation topics are covered in these archives. The database covers a great deal of articles and materials concerning development cooperation. With an extended search option you'll be able to narrow your search criteria.
The European agency that helps policymakers and practitioners of the European Commission, the Member States and social partner organisations across Europe make informed choices about vocational training policy. Cedefop can provide you with the latest information on the present state of and future trends in vocational education and training in the European Union.
Within the website of Cedefop there are direct links to: the
Europass - a guideline to skills and qualifications, as well as mobility within Europe,
ReferNet - the European Network of Reference and Expertise in the field of VET; and
skillsnet - the early identification of skills needed. Skillsnet aims to improve transparency on the European Labour markets, to boost population's skills level, and to avoid a gap between supply and demand (context:
European Qualifications Framework and ECVET - European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training). A most important service of cedefop is its library, documentation and archives service (VET-bib) that provides you with an actual and extensive overview of the European literature on VET.
Céreq is a public body under the aegis of the Ministry for Youth, Education and Research and the Ministry for Social Affairs, Works and Solidarity. As a public centre of expertise at the service of the key players in training and employment, Céreq is involved both at once in the production of statistics, research and the accompaniment of actions. It provides advice and proposals intended to clarify choices in the area of training policy at regional, national or international level.
Website by the Ohio State University, the 'inventors' of DACUM (Develop a curriculum) and SCID (Systematic Curriculum and Instructional Development), two most relevant working tools for VET and curriculum experts. It includes an explanation of the DACUM process, a list of DACUM charts (although the charts themselves are not available online), and explanations to the SCID model which is complementary to DACUM. Learning Guide and Learning Sample from SCID are available online.
EADI - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes - is an independent and non-profit making international non-governmental organisation. It is an active network of 170 organisations with 14 working groups addressing key issues in Development Research, Training and Information. The network is managed from a small central secretariat in Bonn, Germany.
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edvance promotes transparency between the stakeholders involved in the field of vocational education and training via vehicles such as effective information and knowledge management.
This Portal of the EU contains all relevant policies and processes referring to Education and Training, such as the Maastricht Conference, the Lisbon Strategy, the Bologna and Copenhagen Process, strategies for Lifelong Learning, etc. Many Links to European Networks can be directly accessed through this portal as well.
The sub-link to the European Qualifications Framework informs about one key priority of the European Commission aiming at establishing one of the principal European mechanisms to facilitate European citizen's mobility for work and study.
This website is a forum to promote and disseminate research on the Economics of Education in Europe. It is provided by the European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE), an EU Think Tank sponsored by the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission.
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Education Policy and Data Centre (EPDC) offers you a data base of education and related statistics for developing and transitioning countries. The data base contains a big amount of reliable data, including:
- sub-national data for 82 countries;
- household survey data for 89 countries;
- administrative sources for 46 countries;
- national data up to 2005 for 209 countries
This data base is very valuable. It provides analytic tools that can also be used in an interactive way to extract the data you need in an appropriate form (graphs, country profiles, education projection tools, etc.). On the EPDC website you can also find a bunch of policy reports based on the data base.
The European Training Foundation is one of the agency European Union's agencies. Its mission is to contribute to the vocational education and training reform in Central and Eastern Europe, in the New Independent States and Mongolia, and the Mediterranean Non-Member States. The Site contains general information about the Foundation, an explanation of its tendering procedure, information on its programs and the VET situation in the respective countries, as well as useful download section where many of its documents can be found, e.g. a
Glossary on Labour Market Terms and Standard and Curriculum Development Terms providing definitions and explanations in English, and equivalent terms in German, French, and Russian. The glossary is cross-referenced.
The European Vocational Training Association supports its members in challenges of growth, competitiveness and social cohesion in the field of Life-Long Learning. Its secretariat is situated in Brussels and works on behalf of 18 national training institutions, 2000 training centres, 50'000 trainers and 1 million trainees per year.
CINTERFOR (Centro Interamericano de Investigación y Documentación sobre Formación Profesional) is a technical unit of the International Labour Organization (ILO), with headquarters in Montevideo since its creation in 1963. It acts as the coordinating nucleus of a system composed of vocational training institutions and entities of the ILO Member States from America and Spain. The Technical Committee of Cinterfor encourages and promotes the development of human resource training institutions, by means of the exchange of experiences among them, based on studies and research investigations, information and documentation, as well as the transfer of methodologies and vocational training technologies. With a group of experts Cinterfor counts on different vocational training areas, and has available a network of specialists for the realization of specific studies and projects. Cinterfor has been supported by SDC, in particular for several translation services.
The Turin Centre designs and delivers training programmes for decision-makers, managers and practitioners from ILO member States in the areas of employment, labour rights, social protection and development management.
IVETA is an organisation and network of vocational educators, vocational skills training organisations, business and industrial firms, and other individuals and groups interested or involved in VET worldwide. IVETA is working to create a new era in communication among vocational educators around the globe. Members include practitioners, researchers, and students in the field of VET as well as institutions, organisations, and companies actively engaged in human resource development.
IVETA is an official affiliate of the American Vocational Association, and also holds international conferences throughout the world; IVETA's secretariat can be contacted in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, USA
NCVER collects and analyses national VET statistics and survey data, undertakes a strategic program of VET research and development, communicates the outcomes of its research and data analysis to policy-makers and practitioners, collects and makes available VET research findings from Australian and international sources through the VOCED database, undertakes commercial consultancies, and builds links with similar international organisations to foster comparative analysis and collaborate on issues of mutual interest.
VOCED - the international TVET database for research is a bibliographic database of over 21 000 abstracts, produced in Australia and endorsed by UNESCO. The database contains information from all over the world, covering issues of TVET research, policy and practice. There are entries for journal articles, reports, conference papers, electronic documents etc.
is a network of persons and associate members based in universities, research centres, development agencies, and NGOs committed to improving interactions amongst research, policy, and practice in the "North" as a means of supporting education and training in the "South".
RECOUP is a research partnership of seven institutions in the UK, Africa and South Asia funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and led by the University of Cambridge. Its research is examining the impact of education on the lives and livelihoods of people in developing countries, particularly those living in poorer areas and from poorer households. Its purpose is to generate new knowledge that will improve education and poverty reduction strategies in developing countries, through an enhanced recognition of education's actual and potential role. It explicitly deals with Skills Aquisition and Public Private Partnerships in Education.
Aims at supporting the exchange of information, ideas, and know-how between grass roots initiatives / NGOs, regional educational policy makers and European and International Institutions for the reform and quality improvement of education in 11 countries in SEE. Jointly run by
KulturKontakt Austria and
Centre for Educational Policy Studies (CEPS) and supported by the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Open Society, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Education Science and Sport, University of Ljubljana in the context of the
Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.
The UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning is committed to capacity building in educational policy making, planning and management. It achieves this largely through the training of educational planners and administrators and providing support to national training and research institutions, mainly in developing countries.
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training was established in September 2000. It is dedicated to developing and improving technical and vocational education and training in UNESCO's Member States. Its focus is on information exchange, networking and international cooperation. The Centre is located in Bonn, Germany.
The website presents information on the Centre's programmes and activities, the UNEVOC Network, the UNESCO-UNEVOC Bulletin and its other publications (most of them in full text), relevant conventions and recommendations of UNESCO, and on forthcoming events.
This site serves as a portal for web sites of the United Nations, its funds and programmes, and specialized agencies. It includes links to key projects and initiatives and to various joint programmes of the UN-system. Includes links to non-UN international organizations.
The mission of WorldSkills is to challenge young people, their teachers, trainers and employers to achieve world class standards of competence in commerce, services and industry, and to promote the status of vocational training.
Among other activities, IVTO conducts the International Youth Skills Competition every odd year.
