Workshop 2 Structural Conditions for Change / Improvement Institutional arrangements for quality assurance meeting labour market needs & planning improvement in IVET Case 1 Germany: New & updated job profiles for apprenticeship training Case 2 UK: Local school improvement & external inspection as fundamentals for quality improvement

Workshop 2 please delete non-discussed principles below Common Principles for Quality Assurance in E&T discussed: QA to ensure accountability & improvement of E&T QA policies & procedures at all levels of E&T systems QA on context, input, process & output dimensions   emphasis to outputs & learning outcomes. QA systems:+ clear & measurable objectives & standards + widely accessible evaluation results Co-ordinated QA initiatives at international, national & regional level  overview, coherence, synergy & system-wide analysis QA as a co-operative process across levels, involving all relevant stakeholders, within countries & across Europe

Workshop 2 Main Lessons Learned/Workshop Results 1. Need of de-contextualisation 2. Common principles of QA are widely accepted – yet operationalising them poses problems. 3. Quality of EU-wide quality indicators?

Workshop 2 optional We propose the following two peer-learning visits for VET & HE: topichosting countrymain objective