Internationalization in VET in Europe ACTE IVETA Panel: The Internationalization of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Mari Kontturi, IVETA vice president Europe
European strategies -Strategies and frameworks defined by European Union (EU) -Europe 2020 strategy: education and training one of the key issues in developing Europe -ET 2020 (Education and Training): countries working together and learning from eachother -Need to increase mobility Mari Kontturi, IVETA vice president Europe
European tools -Common tools have been developed in EU -European Credit transfer system for Vocational Education and training (ECVET) -European Qualifications Framework (EQF) -Europass documents -European Quality Assurance reference for Vocational Education and Training (EQARF) -Erasmus+ funding instrument, 14 billion euro in Mari Kontturi, IVETA vice president Europe
Case Finland -internationalization is an essential part of VET -internationalization included in the strategies of Finnish VET providers -increasing mobility of students and staff (not only teachers) -benchlearning -influencing EU policy level, implementing EU tools -cooperation outside EU countries -ECVET Mari Kontturi, IVETA vice president Europe
Internationalization in a VET college Internationali zation Student mobility Staff mobility Partnerships development Skills competitions Projects Internation alization at home Mari Kontturi, IVETA vice president Europe
Benefits Luovi StaffStudents Mari Kontturi/Anne Tornberg part of studies skills and competencies for working life motivation skills for life motivation commitment well being skills and competencies implementing strategy innovation new methods and ways of working skills and competencies funding brand, coverage networking, partnerships
Thank you Mari Kontturi Manager of International Affairs Luovi Vocational College mari.kontturi(at)luovi.fi Mari Kontturi, IVETA vice president Europe