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Thematic Areas: Inclusion and Youth | SDGs and Greening TVET | Innovation and Future of TVET | Private Sector Engagement
Our Key Programmes & Projects: COVID-19 response | YEM: Youth Employment in the Mediterranean | BILT: Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET | UNEVOC TVET Leadership Programme | WYSD: World Youth Skills Day
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Our Services & Resources: Publications | TVET Forum | Virtual Conferences | TVET Country Profiles | TVETipedia Glossary | Promising & Innovative Practices
Events: Major TVET Events | UNEVOC Network News
UNEVOC Centre (National Body) since 2019
The Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET is the Swiss expert organisation for vocational education and training. SFIVET forms VET practitioners, provide VET research, develop careers and further assist international education and training cooperation. The offices are located in Lausanne, Lugano, Olten, Zollikofen in Bern and Zurich. SFIVET acts as an interface between trade associations, professional organisations and the 26 cantons (with hundreds of vocational schools and professional colleges). As a national institute, SFIVET plays an important role for these partners, acting as a central point of contact for all matters relating to development projects and the basic and continuning training of VET/PET professionals
As a Swiss higher education institution, we are the trusted partner for all matters relating to vocational education and training today and in the future
SFIVET is owned by the Confederation. According to Article 25 of the SFIVET Ordinance, the Federal Council decides on SFIVET's strategic objectives. Like the Federal Institutes of Technology Domain, SFIVET is part of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER).
Sharing knowledge about TVET | Primary focus | ||||
Developing knowledge | Primary focus | ||||
Developing and building capacities | Primary focus | ||||
Teachers | Primary focus | ||||
Researchers | Primary focus | ||||
Policy makers | Primary focus | ||||
Private sector | Primary focus | ||||
Greening of TVET institutions and skills | Interested to learn | |||||
Migration | Interested to learn | |||||
OER and Online Learning | Interested to lead | |||||
Equity of access in TVET | Interested to contribute | |||||
Gender equality in TVET | Interested to lead | |||||
Fostering entrepreneurship | Interested to contribute | |||||
Industry 4.0 / Smart production | Interested to contribute | |||||
Capacity development projects | Highly interested | ||||
Policy oriented projects | Highly interested | ||||
Knowledge development | Highly interested | ||||
Workshops and conferences | Highly interested | ||||
Within my cluster | Highly interested | ||||
With Africa | Highly interested | ||||
With the Arab States | Highly interested | ||||
With Asia and the Pacific | Highly interested | ||||
With Europe, CIS and North America | Highly interested | ||||
With Latin America and the Caribbean | Highly interested | ||||
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