National Agency for Vocational Education and Training

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National Agency for Vocational Education and
Training
http//www.navet.government.bg
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Knowledge-based economy
Investment in people and establishment of genuine
social prosperity will be important for
development of Europe in a knowledge-based
economy as well as for the overcoming of the
current social problems with unemployment, social
exclusion and poverty.
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Main priorities of Copenhagen process
Development of cooperation and partnership
between institutions

• Coordination of activities of VET institutions
  and organisation
• Governing Board
• Expert Committee
• Working Teams
• Strengthening of cooperation with social partners
  signing of long-term agreements for joint
  activities

Participation of NAVET experts in
transinstitutional groups for development of
legal documents connected to the VET and
employment
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Transparency, information and guidance
Transparency in VET Instruments and measures for
information

• Popularization of the NAVET work
• List of vocations for VET
• State Educational Requirements for acquisition of
  vocational qualification
• Criteria and procedures for licensing

Maintaining of the licensed centers for
VET Development of a national information system
(Common register of trainees) for control,
coordination and encouragement of institutions
providing vocational training services
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Transparency, information and guidance
Strengthening of the policy on information,
guidance and counselling Increasing of
opportunities for continuing vocational training
and lifelong learning
National network of institutions providing
training to people aged over 16 employed and
unemployed - developed Public access to
information for training institutions licensed by
NAVET ensured
Analysis of the situation, definition of the
tasks and development of National Strategy on
Vocational Guidance (2005). NAVET is one of the
institutions responsible for implementation of
the National Strategy on Continuing Vocational
Training 2010.
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Quality of Vocational Education and Training
Increasing of the support for development of
competencies and qualifications at sector
level Encouragement of the cooperation and
coordination with social partners

• Participation of social partners in the process
  of elaboration of NAVET documents ensuring
  quality in VET
• List of vocations for VET
• State Educational Requirements
• Criteria and procedures for licensing of VET
  centers
• System for follow-up control of centers for
  vocational training and centers for information
  and vocational guidance

Organisation of joint seminars with
representatives of branches organisations for
discussion of concrete problems connected to the
quality of vocational training in the respective
branches.
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European dimension
Transnational initiatives Exchange of models and
methods Common criteria and principles for
quality assurance in VET

• Participation in international projects under EU
  programmes
• Elaboration and implementation of criteria for
  quality assessment
• Development and validation of syllabus, modules
  and materials for vocational training

Dissemination of Copenhagen process evaluation
of possibilities for adaptation of EU instruments
for quality assessment and for development of
lifelong guidance Harmonisation of criteria for
training quality Implementation and dissemination
of EU language portfolio Ensuring key
competencies development in the process of
vocational training