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This publication inventories education and business cooperation in 29 partner countries and four regions where the European Training Foundation (ETF) is currently working. It looks at secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education and training (VET) and higher education. The findings should serve national policy-makers in the partner countries, the European Commission and other donors to further develop their policies, programming initiatives and capacity-building measures.

Inspired by the Copenhagen Process, and drawing on the Open Method of Coordination, the Torino Process is a periodic, participatory analysis of VET systems and policy progress in line with an ETF-designed methodology, which aims to provide a concise, documented assessment of VET reform in each partner country from internal and external efficiency perspectives. It covers the identification of key policy trends, challenges and constraints, as well as good practices and opportunities.

This report is the outcome of the Human Capital Development (HCD) Reviews project in Moldova, initiated and funded by the European Training Foundation (ETF). The project aims to foster evidence-based policies on HCD and provide a basis to learn from the evidence.

This report is the outcome of the Human Capital Development (HCD) Reviews project initiated and funded by the European Training Foundation (ETF). The project aims to foster evidence-based policies on HCD and provide a basis to learn from the evidence.

This paper presents a cross-country overview of the trends and challenges of labour markets and human capital employability in the six Eastern partners of the European Union (EU) – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova [hereafter Moldova] and Ukraine – over two decades of turbulent transition.

What are ‘transnational qualifications frameworks’? What does cross-border recognition of qualifications imply? What is the difference between comparability and equivalence? These are key concepts and questions that this report addresses. More fundamentally, the report examines emerging regional qualifications frameworks and their implementation strategies. Although it is premature to evaluate their impact, the reports looks also at the extent to which regional qualifications frameworks are able to achieve the various desired policy objectives associated with them particularly regarding mobility of labour and recognition of qualifications. Finally, the report examines the interplay between regional and national frameworks. The report traces, in a comparative approach, the short history of the regional qualifications frameworks to identify promising developments for the future.

The current paper relates specifically to the situation in Israel. It has been elaborated as a self assessment, and follows a study method that consists of desk research, data collection and working group meetings. During this intensive consultation process, which was facilitated by ORT Israel, the main national stakeholders (representatives from relevant ministries, social partners, the education system, businesses and civil society) discussed the current situation and put forward recommendations for its improvement. Based on the key discussion points and messages, Dr Eli Eisenberg and Osnat Hachmon from ORT Israel produced this report.

This is the first newsletter relating to the "Learning from evidence" event. The event, held in Turin from 9 to 11 May 2011, gathered most of the ETF partner countries involved in the Torino Process.

The following document presents a compendium of key data, challenges and priorities facing partner countries in the reform of their VET policies and systems.