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tional Education and Training (ECVET) opportunities for young people and those
is a technical framework for the transfer, who work with them�
recognition and (where appropriate) accu-
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mulation of individuals' learning outcomes — PES to PES Dialogue is the European
with a view to achieving a qualification 89, ix Commission’s mutual learning support
programme for public employment services
— ReferNet is a network of institutions (PESs) in the European Union� It aims to
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created by Cedefop in 2002 to provide infor- contribute to the implementation of the
mation on national vocational education priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy and
and training (VET) systems and policies in the Employment Guidelines by helping to
the EU Member States, Iceland and Norway� increase the capacity and effectiveness of
Each national partner is a key organisation PESs�
involved in VET in the country it repre-
sents � The Czech Republic is involved in various re-
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searches run by OECD, such as PISA, PIAAC, etc�
— The Eurydice Network provides informa-
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tion on and analyses of European education
systems and policies� As of 2015 it consists
of 42 national units based in 8 countries
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participating in the EU’s Erasmus+ pro-
gramme (28 Member States, Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Re-
public of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland
and Turkey)� It is co-ordinated and man-
aged by the EU Education, Audiovisual and
Culture Executive Agency in Brussels, which
drafts its studies and provides a range of
online resources�
— Eurodesk 94, 95 is the main provider of
information on European policies and

89 National Contact Points: Erasmus+ National
Agency (www.naerasmusplus.cz) and ECVET
National Coordination Point at the National In-
stitute for Education (http://www.nuv.cz/projekty/
ecvet)
90 www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events-and-projects/
networks/refernet
91 Czech ReferNet National Coordinator at the
National Training Fund (www.refernet.cz/en)
92 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/
93 The Czech National Unit at The Centre for Inter-
national Cooperation in Education (www�naep�
cz, www.dzs.cz)
94 www.eurodesk.org
95 The Centre for International Cooperation in 96 http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?-
Education (www.eurodesk.cz) catId=964&langId=en

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