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SOLITY - VET SOCIAL UTILITY MONITOR
EACEA-41-2016 call: Support for Policy Reform
ERASMUS + Key Action 3
Sub-Action: Forward Looking Cooperation Projects

THE SOLITY PROGRAM

THE PURPOSE

The aim of the project is to set up a solid, shared and transferable model to measure VET social utility, based on a specific pool of qualitative and quantitative indicators. The definition of these indicators will be based upon what is already in place in the field of quality systems for VET, both at transnational (EQAVET, ISO) and national (Accreditation systems, AFPA model) level.

THE TARGET

Starting from this vast and heterogeneous basis, and by following a strong and large cooperative approach, the project’s aim is to get to the definition and testing of a common, feasible and effective model that can measure the social utility of a VET provider.

THE ACTIVITIES

To achieve its aims, the project is going to:

CONDUCT A THOROUGH RESEARCH TO:

synthetise the state-of-the-art in the field of vet quality assessment
highlight specific experiences of vet positive impact that can be used as case studies

INVOLVE CORE PARTNERS’ EXPERTS BUT ALSO EXPERTS COMING FROM ALL OTHER EU COUNTRIES NOT DIRECTLY REPRESENTED

DEVELOP A COMMON METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK TO MEASURE VET SOCIAL UTILITY, which means to agree on:

1) a common DEFINITION of social utility,
2) a common SET OF INDICATORS,
3) a common SET OF EVALUATION CRITERIA,
4) a common STATISTICAL APPROACH to collect the data

DISSEMINATE THE PROJECT’S OUTCOMES

THE IMPACT OF SOLITY

The potential impact of the project’s outcome perfectly fits with the EU priorities (“making VET a first Choice” as declared in the 2016 New Skills Agenda for Europe) and could be highly relevant both at local and European level as it could contribute to:

a) raise the quality of European VET, by allowing a system of benchmarking. This also means that it would be possible to push VET provision towards excellence by, for example, awarding those VET centres that turn out to excel in some specific area (e.g. boosting innovation technology, fostering solid partnerships with the business industry, etc.)

b) identify more easily the cause of low performance (especially in a situation of equality, i.e. with the same/similar factors in place) and, if necessary, put into place incentives or policy measures to correct the situation

c) ensure VET customers (citizens but also enterprises) the transparency to choose the best performing VET centres for their education and training.

The SOLITY framework will be designed and validated through a series of actions that involve, at different levels, a group of 23 VET experts from all EU countries not directly involved in the project, policy makers, trainers, entrepreneurs, relevant stakeholders and, thanks to an online consultation, every citizen that may be interested in expressing his/her opinion on the framework.