Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
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 200 members in almost all the EU member states; also members in Hong Kong, USA and Russia. It is able to reach out to over 1500 VET institutions across Europe. This European network also has direct links to other European organisations including EUCIS, EAEA, EUCEN, EVTA and the EVBB.
EfVET published the following positions in order to comment on the respective policy developments:
- Recommendations for the improvement of Erasmus+ programme
- EfVET statement on Rethinking Education
- EfVET Statement on Wellbeing in VETMain 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)
- European Social Funding (ESF)
- CEDEFOP
- Working Group2020 Innovation and Digitalisation
Also, via the European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL), 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 and FinlandAddress
Head Office
Rue d'Arlon, 40
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 14 Feb 2019
Name Start date End Date Paolo NARDI 14 Jul 2023 12 Jul 2024 Valentina CHANINA 03 Aug 2023 02 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
Stela Stancheva
Alicia Gaban
Alfredo Garmendia
The Executive Team:
James Joachim Calleja, Stefano Tirati, Liisa Metsola, Leif Haar, Vibeke Holtum Norgaard
The Steering Committee:
Joachim James Calleja, Stefano Tirati, Leif Haar, Andreas Loizou, Vibeke Holtum Norgaard, Paulius Cepas, Jon Harding, Luis Costa, Tibor Dori, Panagiotis G. Anastassopoulos, Marloes de Vries, Kari Puumalainen, Alfredo Garmendia and Gaby TinnemeierPerson in charge of EU relations
Mr Joachim James Calleja (President)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Joachim James Calljea (President)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
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)
Member organisations
http://www.efvet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=10&id=34&Itemid=200
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
N/A
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert group on European Quality assurance in Vocational Education and Training #E02415 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2415 #Member #C#Structured Dialogue with European Structural and Investment Funds' partners group of experts#E03226 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3226 #Member #C#European Credit for Vocational Education and Training Users' Group#E02251 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2251 #Member #C#ET 2020 Working Group on Vocational Education and Training#E03005 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3005 #Member #C#Platform of European Associations of VET Providers#E03298 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3298 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
We currently have 135 members in 26 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 2015, a new EfVET communication strategy 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, 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 2018.
- Social Media Involvement
in order to serve all the interested parties with fast information flow, EfVET is present on 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 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
The all EfVET international events
- Conference on Towards ET2020. Positive action to enhance Vocational Education and Training within a Lifelong Learning Agenda, Malta
- The drive toward European Credit Transfer within Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)and the new LLP programme ’Erasmus for All’ 2014 - 2020, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Conference on The College that Works!!!! in Athens, Greece
- VET – safe port for youth and business!, Porto, Portugal
- EXCELLENCE IN VET - Making the difference, Paphos, Cyprus
- Quality in Action - Putting the Learner at the forefront of everything we do!!!, Valencia, Spain
PUBLICATIONS
- Project currently active 2011-2013
- Project currently active 2012- 2014
- Project currently active 2013 -2015
- Good practice
- Activity report 2015-2016
- project currently active 2014-2016
- Country report 2017
- Activity report 2016-2017
- Project currently active 2015-2017
- Project currently active 2015-2018
- EfVET Position Paper "EfVET and its role in the European policy area"
and more: https://www.efvet.org/publications/
PROJECTS
Ongoing projects:
- Empower
- DC4Work
- Lost
- VET-GPS
- Let's play
- TechSenior
- Home
- ICARO
- Digital Tourism
- SENSE
- Early leaving Schools
- School4.0
for more information: https://www.efvet.org/ongoing-projects/
- EfVET projects Archive: https://www.efvet.org/projects-archive/
STATEMENTS
EfVET statements on:
Wellbeing in VET
Rethinking Education
Refugees
Frankfurt Declaration
Memorandum of Understanding
4VET Association- 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.
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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 - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Technische Universiteit Delft
- IOTA Stiftung
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- fit4internet - Verein zur Steigerung der digitalen Kompetenzen in Österreich
- Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship
- TIM S.p.A.
- Asociatia Transilvania IT
- Avast Software s.r.o.
- Immutable Insight GmbH
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- SAP
- UNI Europa
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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 - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research
- UNI Europa
- SAP
- fit4internet - Verein zur Steigerung der digitalen Kompetenzen in Österreich
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- Immutable Insight GmbH
- Avast Software s.r.o.
- TIM S.p.A.
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- Asociatia Transilvania IT
- IOTA Stiftung
- Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship
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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 - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Asociación Valenciana de Empresas del Sector de la Energía
- Končar Elektroindustrija d.d.
- Prime Laser Technology SA
- EUROGAS aisbl
- FINCANTIERI SpA
- Eurelectric aisbl
- Gas Networks Ireland
- Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- ENEL SpA
- Ocean Energy Europe
- European Federation of Public Service Unions
- Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR
- industriAll European Trade Union
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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)
Other Lobbyists - Prime Laser Technology SA
- Gas Networks Ireland
- Ocean Energy Europe
- FINCANTIERI SpA
- European Federation of Public Service Unions
- EUROGAS aisbl
- Eurelectric aisbl
- ENEL SpA
- industriAll European Trade Union
- Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Končar Elektroindustrija d.d.
- Asociación Valenciana de Empresas del Sector de la Energía
- Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR
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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)
Other Lobbyists - SOITEC
- Commissariat à l'Energie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
- Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw
- SEMI Europe
- Melexis NV
- FEANI
- ASML Netherlands B.V.
- NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V.
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES Management Services Limited Liability Company & Co. KG
- industriAll European Trade Union
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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 - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - FEANI
- industriAll European Trade Union
- SEMI Europe
- NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V.
- SOITEC
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES Management Services Limited Liability Company & Co. KG
- Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw
- Commissariat à l'Energie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
- ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Melexis NV
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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)
Other Lobbyists -
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 - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
- European Providers of Vocational Education and Training
- Europäischer Verband Beruflicher Bildungsträger
- European University Continuing Education Network
- Association Européenne pour la Formation Professionnelle / European Vocational Training Association
- Meetings