Vocational education and training - VET

The European Training Foundation Yearbook 2011 focuses on the role of social partners in the fields of vocational education and training, lifelong learning and active labour market policies. Through the analysis and reflections on the topics it is expected to facilitate policy learning in EU partner countries.
http://www.etf.europa.eu/webatt.nsf/0/F710669F62FA1DDCC12579050036FC48/$file/ETF%20Yearbook%202011.pdf

In Romania, the concept of lifelong learning as such is quite new. Some aspects, like adult continuous education and professional training as well as the apprenticeship at workplace were offered extensive attention, but an integrative vision on lifelong learning was not transposed into legislation and practice, until recently. The paper offers a review of the measures taken for the development of the lifelong learning system in Romania. The most recent, the Law of Education 1/2011 set the premises for the desired lifelong learning system and aligned the Romanian educational system with the European vision on lifelong learning to facilitate the emergence of the knowledge economy. http://www.rcis.ro/images/documente/rcis37_03.pdf