Internationally, Australia’s tertiary education system, comprising the higher education and vocational education and training (VET) sectors, is highly regarded, with both sectors subject to ongoing national review and reforms. This paper explores i ...

The UNEVOC Bulletin is the newsletter of the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre.

The UNEVOC Bulletin is the newsletter of the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre.

Information on the UNESCO-UNEVOC internship programme.

December 2016
The sixth issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information on how UNESCO is putting into practice its Strategy for TVET (2016-2021).

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges environment is marked by increasingly stark juxtapositions between what needs to be achieved in the post-school education sector and the increasing difficulty of current conditions. ...

18 to 29 July, 2016
The virtual conference sought to collect input from the wider technical and vocational education and training (TVET) community about the role of TVET in promoting entrepreneurship. In order to increase our understanding of the nature of entrepreneurs ...

9 to 16 May 2016
The virtual conference sought to inform the wider technical and vocational education and training (TVET) community about a collaborative research project currently undertaken by the NCVER and UNESCO-UNEVOC which aims to explore the different benefits ...

Biennial Report 2014-2015
The Biennial Report presents a selection of UNESCO-UNEVOC’s activities during 2014 and 2015. The activities contributed to UNESCO’s sectoral priorities and programmatic objectives and assisted Member States to provide equitable, inclusive and qua ...

Understanding the costs and benefits of vocational education and training provides a basis for decision making regarding the investment in training. This is an important consideration for many stakeholders in the VET system, including individuals, bu ...

July 2016
The fifth issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information on UNESCO´s new Strategy for TVET (2016-2021) and how it will guide the Organization´s work with regards to TVET for the coming years. Other articles focus on UNESCO´s Recom ...

2 - 13 November 2015
The virtual conference gathered input from the UNESCO-UNEVOC TVeT Forum community over a two-week period prior to UNFCCC COP21, providing engaging insights and shared experiences to reflect on and carry into the future. A hundred and thirty partic ...

Reflections from COP21: inspiring dialogues on the road to COP22
Climate challenges are global and need multisectoral and global responses. Therefore, many agencies working on the issue of greening skills, employment & jobs, economy and social development decided to come together to create opportunities for sy ...

28 September to 3 October 2015
The virtual conference provided stakeholders an opportunity to inform UNESCO’s strategy for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for the period 2016 to 2021. The questions addressed at the conference included: i) What should be th ...

Capacity building for transformational TVET leaders: Vision, knowledge and skills
The following report gives an overview of UNESCO-UNEVOC's TVET Leadership Programme 2016, held in Bonn, Germany, from 17 to 28 October.

The BIBB News newsletter provides data and information on important issues relating to VET practice.
BIBB News deals with matters connected to the development of European standards that ensure greater transparency and comparability of certificates and qualifications, the vocational training market, the costs and benefits of vocational training and a ...

15 to 26 June 2015
To further our understanding of apprenticeships, UNESCO-UNEVOC organized a virtual conference from 15 to 26 June 2015 on UNESCO-UNEVOC’s e-forum. Moderated by Alessandra Molz, a researcher in the area of workplace learning and skills development, i ...

November 2015
The fourth issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information on the 2030 Agenda including 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how TVET is prominently reflected in them. Other articles inform on World Youth Skills Day, ICT in T ...

Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC virtual conference, 29 September - 10 October 2014
To further our understanding of skills for creative industries, UNESCO-UNEVOC organized a virtual conference from 29 September to 10 October 2014 on the UNEVOC e-Forum. Moderated by Paul Collard, Chief Executive at Creativity, Culture and Education ( ...

To reduce regulatory burden and build trust in the vocational education and training (VET) system, accreditation and registration systems are increasingly utilising principles of responsive regulation and risk analysis to help increase compliance. Ap ...

14-16 October 2014, Bonn, Germany

May 2015
The third issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information and reflections on developments with regard to the international community's education and skills for 2030 and was distributed at the World Education Forum in Incheon, Republic of ...

Definitive version subsequently published in International Journal of Educational Development, 32(5),(2012), http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073805931200017X
CIER researcher, Lesley Powell, presents some of her doctoral findings on why learners value vocational education and training in South Africa. This paper applies the capabilities approach to the broader debate of the role of vocational education an ...

The manual of operating procedures (available in all 6 UN languages) serves as a reference document to communicate the general rules of engagement of the UNEVOC Centres once they become part of the UNEVOC Network – an inclusive, global learning net ...

There are lessons for Australia in the key approaches to the development, approval, maintenance and quality assurance of qualifications adopted in countries overseas. This research takes into account a range of approaches used in selected European Un ...