I worked for 15 years in an Italian Center of Vocational Excellence (Public Private Partnership – ENE member) with the main responsibility of internationalizing it. I built up its international strategy, projects, networks, and office, leading the international team of the VET provider, a network of 90 partners in 25 EU and non-EU countries, cooperation […]

My first EfVET conference took place in Brussels in 1998. After that conference I participated in the so-called “EfVET working group” and became (as national representative of Germany) member of the Steering Committee in 1999 which I served until 2004. During that time I was involved in the EU-Life-Long-Learning project which I managed for EfVET

During my career, people and their personal development, have been in the centre. First as a social worker, with homeless children and people addicted to drugs and alcohol. I witnessed the strengths and also the vulnerability of human beings. As a teacher working with students, helping them to understand themselves and develop their skills and

Dr. Stylianos Mavromoustakos is a PhD holder in Chemistry since 1991. He has worked for 11 years as a Chemistry teacher and as the Head Teacher of Pascal English School. In 2003 he became the Director of the Training and Development Unit of Intercollege. Since then he has been involved both as a partner and coordinator in numerous European projects

Santiago García was the Spanish National Representative from 2014 to 2016 and EfVET President from September 2016 to August 2018. Those two years were full of great experiences and hard work in his memories: “It was the time when, in collaboration with the European Commission, the platform of VET providers, VET4EU2, gave birth to the

I was introduced to EfVET by my colleagues and friends from Denmark while participating in one of the EU projects in 2005 and became National representative for Lithuania in 2006. In 2008 EfVET SC and ET colleagues and friends showed trust in me and we organised the EfVET annual conference in Vilnius, after which I

Twenty years ago, in 2000, it was the first time I sat in the EFVET conference. Conference facilities were in CEDEFOP head-quarters in Thessaloniki, Greece. On that time I was in charge of the international activities of my college and I took my job seriously. During the conference, I asked an Irish fellow sitting beside me

Born 1951 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. Graduated with a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from Hatfield Polytechnic in 1973 and a Post Graduate Diploma in National and Regional Economic Planning followed by a short period in Social Development with a UK New Town Development Corporation before entering the world of Vocational Education and Training as a Senior Manager and subsequently Vice Principal of a

I have had the honour to be member of EfVET, almost since I started to be working in CECE: It supposed a great personal challenge, because I needed to improve my English, to deal with a bit different way of thinking and working, to reach agreements, open my mind to an intercultural learning, improve my

Louise Rosthøj was a senior manager at a technical college in southern Copenhagen, Denmark with international relations as a major area of work. She was a member of the Steering Committee from 2002 until her retirement in 2009. Louise managed several projects involving student and/or teacher exchange, mostly under the Comenius programme. EfVET proved to

Liisa Metsola has been the treasurer of EfVET from 2016 to 2020 for two mandates. She holds a Master’s degree in English Philology from Jyväskylä University; special needs teacher degree from Häme University of Applied Sciences, and an MBA in Educational Leadership from Jyväskylä University. She works as a development director at Invalidisäätiö (Vocational College Live) in

Developer of resources for Computer Assisted Language Learning since 1982. He was awarded the “European Label” in 1999 for a CLIL project named the “Web Page Task”. Kent has authored/co-authored and coordinated twelve successful EC co-funded project applications, most of them having EfVET as the dissemination partner. One project, POOLS, was awarded the European Silver

Born and grown up in the Netherlands JWH spent his whole working life in the field of education: as teacher, as principal of a college for technical and vocational education and training, as governor and as ceo of the national association of college-trustees (ABB). The last 15 years of his working life JWH was, national

Hans van Aalst was President of EFVET during the period 2000-2006. His main interest was focused on the process of knowledge management and development and how to reflect the results in traditional study material to make it approachable for students. His membership of the Dutch National Advisory Committee for Innovation of Secondary Education enabled him

Frans Schneider was Treasurer of EFVET during the period 1993-2009. As principle of the Randstedelijk Opleidingen Centrum Amsterdam, he joined EFVET in the year 1992. He already hold the function as a treasure of EVET in this early stadium. This function made him a member of the executive team. He also acted as chairman of

David Parkes has worked in and across all education sectors, from basic to higher, with a principal focus on vocational education and training (VET) and labour market issues. He has combined the management of large scale Europe wide projects and consultancy with reflection and review, for example regular editorship/contributions of and to the European Journal

Birgitta was a member of the EfVET Steering Committee from 2001 until her retirement in 2008. She was the International Coordinator of the Department of Education in Malmö, southern Sweden, where her responsibilities included the promotion of international relations for students and staff in secondary schools and adult education. She initiated, developed, and promoted European

In 1997 Frans Schneider was, as chairman of the Dutch National Body, the Dutch representative in the Steering Committee and also Member of the Executive Team as Treasurer of EfVET. Because of this dual function he asked Adriaan Vrienten to take over the chairmanship of the Dutch National Body and the representation in the Steering