Directorate-General for    Education and Culture

Information network on   education in Europe,and the   education systems of all   countries involved in Socrates.



 Organisation for Economic
  Co-operation and
  Development

 As well as information on   Learning Opportunities on the   PLOTEUS website, you can find   information on education   systems, recognition of   qualifications and tuition fees   throughout the various   European countries.

Information on Education and Guidance Systems in Europe

Cedefop - The European Training Village
The European Training Village (ETV) is an interactive platform for all people involved in vocational education and training (VET). The site provides up-to-date information on Vocational Education and Training in Europe, forums for dialogue and collaborative working, library and databases, as well as on-line surveys.

1. Indicators for quality in VET. To enhance European cooperation
2. New acquisitions at Cedefop / Information and Documentation Service
3. Systems, institutional frameworks and processes for early identification of skill needs
4. NL-MoVE-iT : Overcoming obstacles to mobility for apprentices and other young people in vocational education and training
5. Summary of responses received to the Commission's consulation on ECVET
6. European handbook on equality data / DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
7. The demographic future of Europe - from challenge to opportunity / DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunites

Guidenet is a transnational network project for vocational and educational guidance.  It is supported by the EU's Leonardo da Vinci programme Guidance practitioners representing the post primary sector, adult guidance sector, labour market sector, higher education and further education are members of the National Guidenet group. Transnational Guidenet members communicate through an online discussion forum and have developed a database of best practice and innovative projects in Europe. On this site also can be found descriptions of various European counties guidance systems.

The following publications are available from the CEDEFOP European Training Village Website:

Improving lifelong guidance policies and systems
Using common European reference tools, 2005, Charge: free of charge
Guidance policies in the knowledge society
Trends, challenges and responses across Europe, A Cedefop synthesis report
2004, Charge: free of charge

The following Publications are available from the OECD: