Webinar: Strengthening TVET systems through developing Centres of Vocational Excellence

Context 

“Towards a Global TVET Agenda” (TGTA) is a multilateral initiative to strengthen international cooperation and position Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a key driver of quality education, decent work, inclusive economic growth and resilient societies.

 Launched in October 2025 at the UNESCO-UNEVOC Global TVET Forum in Berlin, TGTA is driven and funded by the German Government through the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ). It brings together leading international organizations within a single coordinated framework, linking policy dialogue, data development and implementation support. 

Core partners are: 

 The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for TVET (UNESCO-UNEVOC) 

 International Labour Organization (ILO) 

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 

 European Training Foundation (ETF)

The TGTA webinar series offers a space to promote the outcomes and impact of the TGTA initiative, as well as explore opportunities for joint action. Each episode focuses on a key pillar of the initiative to explore:
 TVET data (OECD)
 knowledge sharing and capacity building (UNESCO-UNEVOC)
 vocational excellence (ETF)
 social partnership and work-based learning (ILO)
 reflections on collaboration towards a global TVET agenda (BIBB) 

About the webinar

Episode 3 – Strengthening TVET systems through developing centres of vocational excellence

This webinar explores how the European Training Foundation (ETF) is supporting the identification and recognition of excellence through mapping diverse Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) approaches and the enabling conditions that are rooted in different country contexts. Moreover, through a policy playbook, challenge partnerships, and case studies ETF is working to help policymakers identify practical responses and learn from experience across contexts. Together, these activities support the transmission of excellence from individual institutions to the system level and contribute to the TGTA Initiative. 

📅 Date: Monday, 16 November 2026
🕥 Time: 10:30–12:30 CET

💻 Webinar: Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T6TNdan4TaWYsj8auOp2vw#/registration

🌐 Website: https://www.bibb.de/en/230687.php 

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