Institutional Partners

At EVBB, our Institutional Partners are at the heart of our mission to promote vocational education and training (VET) to new heights of excellence.

We are proud to collaborate with esteemed organizations and institutions, each bringing unique expertise, insights, and resources to the table. Together, we form a powerful alliance dedicated to transforming the landscape of vocational education across Europe and beyond.

The Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) is the executive branch of the European Union responsible for policy on education, culture, youth, languages, and sport.

DG EAC also supports these issues through a variety of projects and programmes, notably Creative Europe and Erasmus+.

By collaborating with DG EAC, EVBB reinforces its commitment to shaping the future of vocational education and aligning with the broader EU agenda for education and cultural development.

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All Digital (previously known as Telecentre Europe) is a leading pan-European association based in Brussels, representing member organisations across Europe that work with 25,000 digital competence centres. They focus to support Europeans that have an insufficient level of digital skills.

Through a strong collaboration, EVBB and All Digital leverage their respective expertise and networks to promote digital competence and ensure that Europeans gain the essential digital skills needed for personal and professional growth in today’s digital age. 

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As the world’s largest trade fair for this sector, it provides a comprehensive insight into the entire education and training system, from early childhood education to vocational training and lifelong learning. A top-quality further training programme for teachers, educators, trainers and personnel developers complements the offer of this multi-faceted exhibition.

High-ranking representatives from politics, business, science and society come to Didacta to find ways for the education and training of the future and to exchange information and ideas.

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The European Training Foundation is the EU’s agency supporting countries surrounding the European Union to reform their education, training and labour market systems. 

Their unique role is based on the expertise of our staff, and experience gained over nearly 30 years of working hand-in-hand with government, business, and social partners in countries in and around the EU’s neighbouring regions. Their aim is to support each country’s own process for education, training, and labour market reform, with a range of evidence-based methodologies.

EVBB collaborates closely with the European Training Foundation (ETF) to support the reform of education, training, and labor market systems in countries surrounding the European Union.

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EU-OSHA is the European Union information agency for occupational safety and health. Their work contributes to the European Commission’s Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 and other relevant EU strategies and programmes. 

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The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training is an agency of the European Union. The Agency was established in 1975. Cedefop is headquartered and located in Thessaloniki Region, Greece, and has a Brussels office.

Cedefop works closely with the European Commissiongovernments, representatives of employers and trade unionsresearchers and practitioners in vocational education and training (VET), with the aim of strengthening European cooperation. It provides the evidence on which to base European vocational education and training policy and identifies trends in and challenges for VET. The agency also brings together policy-makers, social partners, researchers and practitioners to share ideas and debate the best ways to improve European VET policies. The issues it covers span guidance and counselling; training for older workers; forecasting the demand and supply of skills; the recognition and validation of learning that takes place outside the education system; and the development of qualification frameworks.

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