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The importance of knowing what happens to graduates EU perspective

Increased attention at the EU level to graduates tracking To ensure QUALITY of VET provision  To ensure RELEVANCE of VET provision  EQAVET (EU Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training)  RIGA conclusions “On a new set of medium -term deliverables in the field of  VET for the Period 2015- 2020”

EQAVET 2 INDICATORS related to VET graduate tracking Indicator 5 PLACEMENT RATE IN VET programmes Destination of VET learners at designated point in time after completion of  training, according to the type of programme and individual criteria. Share of employed VET learners at designated point in time after completion of  training, according to the type of programme and individual criteria. Indicator 6 UTILISATION OF ACQUIRED SKILLS AT THE WORKPLACE Information on occupation obtained by individuals after completion of IVET  training, according to type of training and individual criteria Satisfaction rate of individuals and employers with acquired skills/competences 

RIGA conclusions RIGA Deliverable Development of quality assurance mechanisms in VET in line with the EQAVET  recommendation and establishment of continuous information and feedback loops in IVET and CVET systems based on learning outcomes Use of information on VET graduates employability, learning, labour market • entry and careers Establishment of mechanisms to feed back the results of the monitoring to • adapt VET provision Development of local and regional authorities and VET providers capacities to • use the information for curriculum design

New Skills Agenda for Europe Proposal on tertiary graduate tracking  Proposal to Member states to improve the availability and quality of  information about the activity of graduates by a) collecting relevant administrative data from education, tax and social security databases; b) longitudinal surveys Recommendation to use data form graduates to strengthen career guidance,  design and update curricula, improve skills matching……….

Existence of VET graduate tracking in EU member states 24 EU Member states have VET graduate tracking (19 with national measures)  4 EU Member states with no VET graduates tracking/in piloting phase  8 countries with measure covering IVET and CVET  17 countries with measures including employment and education indicators  Combination of administrative and survey data 

EU-level interventions related to graduate tracking One-off tracking measures  CHEERS • REFLEX/HEGESCO • LFS module on “Entry of young people into the labour market” (2009) •