Europe is making interesting strides in the area of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET). With a growing awareness throughout the European Union and surrounding countries of the importance of TVET, governments and educational institutions are making a concerted effort to upgrade the quality of and opportunities in TVET.

From VET toolkits to tackle early school-leaving to events like the European Vocational Skills Week, Europe is taking TVET seriously. One of the key pushes in coming years will be the concept of Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs), and IVETA Europe is involved in the creation and dissemination of such a framework together with other partners.

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
Dr Maurice Dimmock
Regional Vice-President
Dr Maurice K Dimmock
Dr Maurice Dimmock has had a wealth of experience in the education industry. After two decades of working in educational institutions including the University of Northumbria, he became the managing director of QISAN in 1999.

He founded ASIC in 2005 to provide accreditation services to institutions around the world. Other achievements include setting up all Northumbria Universities partnership programs worldwide; instigating the 3+0 programs in Malaysia in cooperation with the Ministry of Education in Malaysia; chairing the Development team to set up the British Malaysian Institute in Malaysia; and winning over £32 million in World Bank projects.