For further information

In this section you can find both national and European documents as well as links to sites related to VET quality assurance.  

National documents

2020 technical proposal to update the Italian Report for referencing qualifications to the European EQF framework

MLPS Decree 08/01/18 – Establishment of the National Qualifications Framework issued within the National Skills Certification System referred to in Legislative Decree no. 13 of 16 January 2013

National Plan for Quality Assurance in the Education and Training System validated by the State-Regions Conference on 21 December 2017

Legislative Decree No. 13 16/01/13 – Definition of general standards and essential levels of performance for the individual and validation of non-formal and informal learning and minimum service standards of the national system of skills certification

Peer Review Manual for Initial Vocational Education and Training (2012)

First Italian report on referencing qualifications to the European EQF framework (June 2012)

European documents

The EQAVET Network’s approach to VET system level Peer Reviews: A Manual (October 2022)

Recommendation on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability adopted by the Council of the European Union on 26 June 2022

The EQAVET Network’s approach to system level peer reviews – A manual (October 2021)

Methodological proposal for the EQAVET Network’s approach to system level Peer Reviews (draft 18 March 2021)

Osnabrück Declaration on vocational education and training 30 November 2020

Council Recommendation of 24 November 2020 on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social equity and resilience

Council Recommendation of 22 May 2017 on the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning

Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the establishment of a European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET)

Useful links

EQAVET – European Commission

EQF – European Union

EQF Italy

SNV (National Evaluation System – Ministry of Education)

INDIRE (National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research)

INVALSI (National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education and Training System)

ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research System)

Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces

Regions’ Technostructure for the European Social Fund