My journey with the VETNET network – Insights into the evolution of European vocational education and training research: The founding and grounding years 1997 – 2000 (Part 2)

by Pekka Kämäräinen In the second section I give an account of the years of founding and grounding of the VETNET network as the umbrella network in European VET research. ECER 1997 in Frankfurt am Main: VETNET in action – working consensus on the nature of VET research Whilst the official launch of VETNET took …

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My journey with the VETNET network – Insights into the evolution of European vocational education and training research: The early years of community-building 1992 – 1996 (Part 1)

by Pekka Kämäräinen In the first section I give a picture of the pioneering ECER conference in 1992 and of the subsequent phases that led to the foundation of the EERA and to the launch of VETNET as a thematic network under the umbrella of EERA and ECER.  ECER 1992 in Enschede: Pilot ECER before founding …

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Your guide: Who’s who in transnational European VET and HRD research 

The Directory of Professional Contacts (www.dpc.wifo-gate.org), maintained by the Research Forum WIFO, serves as a Who's who, offering up-to-date information on more than 200 contacts across 30 countries in the field of transnational European VET and HRD research. Each person included in the DPC is both a producer of transnational research and an active transnational networker. The criteria for …

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