On September 15-19, as part of the Erasmus+ QA4VET project, the first capacity building workshop on Quality Assurance of VET took place in Bucharest, Romania.
ANQA’s specialists were among the participants.
The representative of the RA diplomatic mission delivered a welcoming speech, highlighting the importance of fostering international cooperation in education.
The workshop featured the following topics:
- internal quality assurance and change management;
- quality assurance and competency-based teaching;
- strengthening of the links with the labour market and the economy;
- Romanian practice in external quality assurance processes.
The workshop offered plenty of practical exercises, active discussions, and exchange of practice. The participants visited UCECOM College "Spiru Haret", taking part in students’ practical classes and engaging in discussions with the teaching staff.
The workshop was also accessible online to associated and partner VET institutions.
The QA4VET (Implementing Mock Accreditation for supporting quality assurance in Armenian VET institutions) project aims to enhance the VET quality in Armenia, developing and implementing mock accreditation processes and tools that support quality assurance in VET institutions, fostering the formation of education quality culture. The project intends to study European practice, strengthen Armenian specialists’ capacities and prepare recommendations for continuous quality enhancement in VET institutions, with a special emphasis on green and digital education.
The coordinator of the QA4VET project is the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in School Education (ARACIP). The Armenian partners are ANQA, Yerevan Regional State College No. 2 named after N. Achemyan, Vardenis Medical-Humanitarian College, and the "Armenian Center for Educational Policy and Management" NGO. The project also involves a German partner, INVOLAS Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Labor Market and Social Policy.