Over the last decades, four European associations of VET providers have been active in projects, mobility, internationalisation in education and policy development (EVTA, EfVET, EUproVET, EVBB). These four associations have been working mainly at the secondary VET level and have different orientations and objectives such as:
- training in companies versus schools and colleges
- initial to continued VET
- social inclusion to labour market relevance
VET4EU2 reads as “VET for you too”, thus suggesting that VET is a respectable educational route for all. It also refers to the route from VET to Higher Education, which should be considered as an equal option compared to the route through General (secondary) Education. Using this acronym is also an indication of the strong will to work together on the above issues.