Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
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
- 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 Turkey 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, EVTA, EAEA, EUCEN, 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 EducationMain 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:
- European Qualification Framework (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)
- Multilingualism platform
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
AlsoAddress
Head Office
Rue d'Arlon, 40
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Mar 2015
Name Start date End Date Paolo NARDI 14 Jul 2023 12 Jul 2024 Valentina CHANINA 03 Aug 2023 02 Aug 2024 Ms Valentina CHANINA 03 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Paolo NARDI 14 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Valentina CHANINA 03 Aug 2022 03 Aug 2023 Ms Valentina CHANINA 13 Nov 2019 13 Nov 2020 Ms Valentina CHANINA 09 Nov 2018 09 Nov 2019 Ms Valentina CHANINA 07 Nov 2017 07 Nov 2018 Ms Valentina CHANINA 10 Nov 2016 05 Nov 2017 Ms 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, Stelios Demosthenous
The Executive Team:
Peter Hodgson,Stylianos Mavromoustakos, Rasa Zygmantaite Geoff Scaplehorn, Stefano Tirati, Leif Haar, Vibeke Holtum Norgaard
The Steering Committee:
Peter Hodgson, Stylianos Mavromoustakos, Rasa Zygmantaite Geoff Scaplehorn, Stefano Tirati, Leif Haar, Vibeke Holtum Norgaard, Alexandra Allard, Marian de Villanueva, Mihail Braslasu, Luis Costa, Toon Theunissen, Tibor Dori,Panayiotis Anastasopoulos, Jorg Will,Pentti HeikkilaPerson in charge of EU relations
Mr Stylianos Mavromoustakos (Vice-President)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Peter Hodgson (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 EUCIS LLL Platform (European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning)
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 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
N/A
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
We currently have 120 members in 25 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 2014 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 2014.
- 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 beyondOther activities
The all EfVET international events
http://www.efvet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=3&Itemid=18
Publications
- Project currently active 2011-2013
- Project currently active 2012- 2014
Projects
- ELEVEL
- RAINOVA
- EUROPEMOBILITY NETWORK
- Ent-teach
- Entangle
- Foundations for Work
- Capacity Building 4 LLP
- C-TEST
- SUPREME
- Employ Project
- Pools 3
- Methods
- Connect-VET
- StorySHOP
- EBBD+
- INTGEN
- DISCO
- Promoting Mental wellbeing in VET
- Go Green & Care GGC- 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 - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Asociatia Transilvania IT
- Avast Software s.r.o.
- fit4internet - Verein zur Steigerung der digitalen Kompetenzen in Österreich
- Immutable Insight GmbH
- Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- IOTA Stiftung
- SAP
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- UNI Europa
- TIM S.p.A.
- Technische Universiteit Delft
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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 - UNI Europa
- Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- Avast Software s.r.o.
- SAP
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research
- IOTA Stiftung
- fit4internet - Verein zur Steigerung der digitalen Kompetenzen in Österreich
- Immutable Insight GmbH
- TIM S.p.A.
- Asociatia Transilvania IT
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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)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - industriAll European Trade Union
- EUROGAS aisbl
- Gas Networks Ireland
- Prime Laser Technology SA
- Končar Elektroindustrija d.d.
- Eurelectric aisbl
- European Federation of Public Service Unions
- Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR
- Asociación Valenciana de Empresas del Sector de la Energía
- FINCANTIERI SpA
- Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- ENEL SpA
- Ocean Energy Europe
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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
- European Federation of Public Service Unions
- FINCANTIERI SpA
- 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 - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Melexis NV
- ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw
- SOITEC
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES Management Services Limited Liability Company & Co. KG
- NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V.
- Commissariat à l'Energie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
- SEMI Europe
- industriAll European Trade Union
- FEANI
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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 - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw
- SEMI Europe
- Commissariat à l'Energie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
- SOITEC
- industriAll European Trade Union
- ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Melexis NV
- FEANI
- NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V.
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES Management Services Limited Liability Company & Co. KG
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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 - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (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 - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
- Europäischer Verband Beruflicher Bildungsträger
- European University Continuing Education Network
- European Providers of Vocational Education and Training
- Association Européenne pour la Formation Professionnelle / European Vocational Training Association
- Meetings