Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Forum of technical and Vocational Education and Training (EfVET)
EU Transparency Register
147656111703-83 First registered on 12 Aug 2013
Goals / Remit
EfVET is a unique European-wide professional association which has been created by and for providers of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in all European countries. Its mission is to champion and enrich technical and vocational education and training through transnational co-operation by building a pan-European network of institutions and practitioners. EfVET aims to:
- promote quality and innovation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training throughout Europe;
- develop collaboration, mutual co-operation and sharing of good practice;
- Recommendations for the improvement of Erasmus+ programme;
- to encourage co-operation in Vocational Education Training at European level;
- to promote the development of VET;
- give VET institutes a platform of influence in EU policy.
EfVET has over 350 members in almost all the EU member states; also members in Hong Kong, USA, Africa, Pakistan and India. It is able to reach out to over 1500 VET institution (...)Main EU files targeted
EfVET has been very active in its policy advocacy work for vocational education in this few years and was a strong contacts with the European Commission and other European Institutions.
in 2014 and 2015 EfVET was or be involved in the policy implementation of DG-EAC, DG- Employer, Social Affairs and Inclusion and other institutions' initiatives where it introduced a strong civil society perspective by providing the point of view of EfVET members.
EfVET has had regular contact with the Vocational Training and Adult education unit in DG- EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND INCLUSION. Informal meetings were happening throughout the year, and regular exchanges about plans and opinions took place.
Furthermore EfVET participates in the Working Groups on:
- Advisory Group EQF
- European Credit Transfer system for VET (ECVET)
- European Quality Assurance Reference Framework (EQARF)
- Launched the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAFA)
- ET2020 on Innovation and Digitalisation
- European Social Funding (ESF)
- CEDEFOP
- Pact for Skills
- VET & Green Transition
- Working Group 2020 Innovation and Digitalisation
Also, via the European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL),ALL DIGITAL, the relationship with other units in DG- EAC and DG-EMPL has been reinforced and EfVET has been very active in the stakeholder initiatives. EfVET also participated in the LLL week and in the EC Education Forum in Brussels
Also, EfVET was invited along with the other five Association members of VET4EU2 group to participate in the Meeting of the Ministers in charge of Vocational Education and Training (VET), the European Social Partners and the European Commission which was held 21-22 June 2015 in Riga, organised under the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in cooperation with the European Commission
Also, we a part of the VET Skills week in Brussels, Vienna, Finland and onlines.Address
Head Office
Rue d'Arlon, 40
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue d'Arlon, 40
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 50% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Paolo NARDI 24 Sep 2024 24 Sep 2025 Valentina CHANINA 01 Aug 2024 01 Aug 2025 Paolo NARDI 14 Jul 2023 12 Jul 2024 Valentina CHANINA 03 Aug 2023 04 Aug 2024 Valentina CHANINA 03 Aug 2022 03 Aug 2023 Valentina CHANINA 13 Nov 2019 13 Nov 2020 Valentina CHANINA 09 Nov 2018 09 Nov 2019 Valentina CHANINA 07 Nov 2017 07 Nov 2018 Valentina CHANINA 10 Nov 2016 05 Nov 2017 Valentina CHANINA 17 Nov 2015 10 Nov 2016 Complementary Information
The following persons are involved in lobbying activities on behalf of the EfVET:
Staff:
Valentina Chanina
Susana Nogueira
Paolo Nardi
Enrique Blanco Villarreal
Alejandra Piot
Hristiyan Petrov
Stefania Rossi
Valentina Rinaldi
The Executive Team:
James Joachim Calleja, Stefano Tirati, Arja Flinkman, Vibeke Høltum Nørgaard, Marta Almeida Santos, Panagiotis G. Anastassopoulos, Leif Haar
The Steering Committee:
Joachim James Calleja, Stefano Tirati, Arja Flinkman, Giorgos Giorgakis Vibeke Høltum Norgaard, Paulius Cepas, Jon Harding, Panagiotis G. Anastassopoulos, Luis Costa, Tibor Dori, Javier Serrano Castilla, Marlies Verkuijlen, Jusi Kajander, Carlos de Olagüe, Taavi Tuisk, Onur Arslan, Daniel Kehl, Sylvia Liuti and Stefan FresePerson in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
EfVET is a member of the LLL Platform (Lifelong Learning Platform)
EfVET signed MoU with World Federation Colleges & Polytechnics
EfVET is a member of the ALL DIGITAL
EfVET signed MoU with EVBB and EVTA
EfVET is a member of the WFCPMember organisations
EfVET members list: https://www.efvet.org/our-members/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Erasmus+ 175,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Platform of European Associations of VET Providers#E03298#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3298 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil societyWorking Group on Vocational Education and Training and the Green Transition#E03798#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3798 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil societyExpert group on European Quality assurance in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET)#E02415#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2415 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
Disability,SME,Social economy,SEARICA,Welfare and conservation of animals,Artificial intelligence and digital,LGTBI,Children's rights,Wine, spirit and foodstuffs,Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development,Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment,Green new deal,Sky and space
Communication activities
We currently have <350 members in 43 countries in Europe, 200 learning providers, over 1500 VET institutions and more than 2 million learners, and we know as well that most of our members and partners acting as multipliers. In 2022, a new EfVET Communication Strategic Plan was written and adopted and the new visual identity put in place.
Therefore the following dissemination activities and methods have been successfully implemented:
- The communication tools
The communication tools (conference folders, newsletter and leaflet and roll-ups) have been renewed in 2018 according to EfVET's new visual identity. EfVET international conference materials as roll-ups and conference folders are used at every EfVET project meeting, EfVET Thematic Teams, conference, as the Lifelong Learning Week.
EfVET has two leaflets that are distributed at the events and conferences the staff attends.
- EfVET website
The EfVET website builds a valuable source of information on VET education policy developments Europe wide. It gives an update about the currently political news, projects and news. we had around 1 500 unique visitors per week in 2024.
- Social Media Involvement
in order to serve all the interested parties with fast information flow, EfVET is present on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo.
- The EfVET Newsletter and Media Releases
the quarterly EfVET electronic newsletter has 1500 subscribers, and it goes to EfVET members, VET educators, policy markers, mangers in VET, learners and stakeholders in all European countries and beyond.
EfVET annual conference
EfVET Award for Excellence
EfVET Thematic Teams
EfVET Study Visits
EfVET events serve both the membership, boarder Vocational Education Training community and policy makers and build a platform for exchange, discussion, networking, dissemination of project results and creative development of new ideas.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
8 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 19 Jul 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills roundtable with the digital transition sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jul 2021 Location Videoconférence Subject Skills Roundtable on Digital Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills roundtable with the renewable energies ecosystem sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills roundtable with the renewable energies ecosystem sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable skills on Microelectronics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills Roundtable with the microelectronic sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on green skills. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference on Vocational Education and Training (VET) and the impact of the crisis on VET. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists