The EU evidence framework for VET

1. STATISTICS

Lies, damned lies, and statistics (Mark Twain)

Truth, damn truth, and statistics (Paul F. Velleman)

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2. INDICATORS

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3. EVIDENCE GAPS IN 2010

Eastern Europe

VET Finance

Continuing Training

LM data

Research on effectiveness and efficiency of VET policies

Central Asia

VET Statistics

Comparability

ISCED/Age groups

Data and research on effectiveness and efficiency of VET policies

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THE TORINO PROCESS

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THE TORINO PROCESS ISa participatory process leading toan evidence-based analysis of VET policies in a given country.

BACKGROUND

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LAUNCHED IN 2010

• Conference organised in May 2011, bringing together 250 people from all partner countries.

• Final Declaration – participants welcomed idea of strengthening evidence/knowledge base in VET policy design and evaluation, and are ready to participate in next round.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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VET IS

• Understood in broad sense, covering education and training that aims to equip both young people and adults with knowledge, know-how, skills and competences required on the labour market, for social inclusion and personal development.

• Provided at different levels (including secondary, post-secondary and tertiary), in formal, non-formal or informal settings, in institutions, companies or other places, andat different stages of people’s lives.

Adapted from Commission Communication on New Impetus for VET

WHAT IS EVIDENCE?

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Commission Staff Working Document, ‘Towards more knowledge-based policy and practice in education and training’, SEC(2007)1098, Brussels, 2007

EVIDENCE CAN TAKE MANY FORMS

such as experience and evaluation of practice, the results of scientific analyses, quantitative and qualitative research, basic and applied research, and the development of statistics and indicators,

But also systematic collection of opinions or results of multi-stakeholders discussions.

Education and training are part of the diverse cultural traditions and … there can be no simple prescriptions about what makes good policy or practice. This makes it all the more important to know … about what works, for whom, under what circumstances and with what outcomes.

WHAT IS POLICY LEARNING?

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‘Policy’ is about visions for development and the ways to achieve goals.

Learning is successful, i.e. learners acquire new knowledge, skills and attitudes, when they have been actively engaged in learning processes.

VET reform can only be sustainable if local stakeholders have developed their own policy solutions. Reforms need to be embedded in local contexts – local knowledge and initiative is a key source and starting point for change.

The Torino Process offers a platform for mutual policy learning – for sharing experience, reflection and creating new insights, knowledge and consensus on VET policies.

Adapted from ETF Yearbook 2008 Policy Learning in Action

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK

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SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS FROM2010, INCLUDING:• Definitions of external efficiency, and internal

quality and efficiency.

• Entrepreneurial learning included under ‘VET and economic competitiveness’.

• New section on governance and financing.

• More emphasis on adult training.

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK

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POLICY VISIONWhat is the vision for VET development, and doesit comply with the broader socioeconomic development objectives?

Key Questions

VET IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESSDo the skills offered by the VET system matchthose required by the labour market and economic development?

VET IN RELATION TO SOCIAL DEMAND AND SOCIAL INCLUSIONDo institutions, as well as programmes and skills offered by the VET system, match the aspirationsof individual learners and the needs of vulnerable groups?

INTERNAL QUALITY AND EFFICIENCYWhat further reforms are necessary to modernise the various building blocks of the VET system?

GOVERNANCE AND FINANCINGAre institutional arrangements, capacities and budgets adequate for bringing about the desired changes in the VET system?

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THE VET DELIVERY CYCLE

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VISION FORVET DEVELOPMENT

SECTION A

SECTION E

SECTION B-DPOLICY & LEGAL

FRAMEWORK

GOVERNANCE& FINANCIALFRAMEWORK

VETDELIVERY

CYCLE

IMPLEMENTATION

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Update of review

COUNTRIES ALREADY INVOLVEDIN THE TORINO PROCESS 2010:• Gather most recent data and research.

• Engage in wider consultation/policy-learning process.

• Refer to policy developments or actions that have occurred since 2010 report.

• Improve where possible the quality of the evidence and analysis throughout the report.

IMPLEMENTATION

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COMPLEMENTARITY WITH ONGOING INITIATIVES:• National VET strategy design processes.

• Baseline documents or progress reports using sector approach.

• International initiatives – HRD reviews, Bruges progress reports, employability fiches, etc.

TIMELINE

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• Draft reports by third quarter 2012.

• Final endorsed reports by last quarter 2012.

• Biennial exercise.

• Next ETF Torino Process conference in 2013.

• Next round of Torino Process will be launched in 2014.

ETF SUPPORT PACKAGE

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• General introduction on the Torino Process.

• Analytical framework, including definitions of terms, guiding questions, key indicators, possible sources of evidence, governance matrix and list of indicators gathered by ETF Statistics Team.

• Guidelines on quantitative indicators, including definitions and sources.

• Report template.

• Cedefop glossary.

• Guidelines on the creation and applicationof quantitative data.

TORINET

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• Support of capacity building for evidence-based policy-making

• Network of institutions

• Activities in 11 countries in 2011

• Regional focus in 2012 to complement work at the national level

Copenhagen & Torino processes:

Complementarity and specificities(1) Copenhagen-Bruges process Torino process

Purpose EU Member States voluntary cooperation National periodic, participatory holistic analysis of VET systems and policy progress led by ETF or self-assessments.

Reporting benchmark

Progress vis-à-vis EU education/VET policy objectives, targets and tools

Progress towards achieving national visions for VET

Scope, contents

Policies and instruments (strategic objectives and short term deliverables) for VET

Economic and social demands and their links to VET. All building blocks of the VET system in terms of state of play and ongoing policy initiatives

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Copenhagen & Torino processes:

Complementarity and specificities (2)

Copenhagen-Bruges process Torino process

Domains Quality, efficiency, attractiveness, excellence, relevance of VET;

Access to VET and qualifications

Lifelong learning, mobility; Creativity, innovation, Entrepreneurship

Equity, social cohesion, active citizenship

Communication, cooperation VET-Empl. services, data collection

External efficiency:- VET in relation to economic competitiveness- VET in relation to social demand and social inclusion

Internal quality & efficiency

Governance and financing

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