International vocational education and training

At different levels ibw makes a substantial contribution to European projects related to research on education and training. We regularly take part in EU projects as a partner or coordinator. In addition, we contribute our expertise to working groups of the European Commission for designing European education projects.

As a cooperation partner of the EU’s Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) we describe the VET system and educational policies implemented in Austria and, in this way, facilitate the transnational comparison.

Our areas of expertise:

  • VET and qualification strategies in an international comparison
  • trends and initiatives in VET at the European level
  • needs assessments on foreign language competence
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    Permeability of dual vocational education and training

    Comparative Study including Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and Slovenia

    ibw report, 2020
    Petanovitsch A., Schmid K.

    This ibw report provides a comparative study on the horizontal and vertical aspects regarding the permeability of the dual education system in the Alpine Space (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and Slovenia).

    It  sheds light onto the current situation of permeability within the educational systems in the Alpine Space and gives recommendations for action to improve the attractiveness of dual vocational education and training.

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