Vocational Education Training Centres

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Leonardo Da Vinci Project:
Quality Management Network for CEECs
(Central and East European Countries)

Transnational Network of Vocational Education and Training Centres (VETCs) for CEECs

QUAMANCEEC project developed a Transnational Network of Vocational Education and Training Centres (VETCs) for CEECs to assess the following issues:

Organise reference materials, training programmes, short courses, open and distance vocational training, workshops, create CD-Roms for information dissemination, establish exchanges between professionals within the CEECs and the EU partners that will enhance and sustain a permanent improvement of quality assurance and quality control in the food industry in CEECs.

Disseminate the experiences and associated manual to contribute to the transparency of Quality Management in VETCs.

Develop a QMN (Quality Management Network) responding to the real needs of workers, trainers, designers and managers of SMEs in the food industry which will bring together universities, research institutes, producers in the food chain (SMEs) and consumer associations, comprising the infrastructure for further dissemination. Other CEECs would be encouraged to join freely in the outputs developed

Incorporate exchange of professional expertise, training of food industry employees, trainers, teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, designers and quality managers of SMEs and LEs, exchange of undergraduate and graduate students, food industry employees, teachers, auditing and evaluation related to EU bodies.

Establish databases on food legislation and QMS (Quality Management Systems) implementation, accreditation and validation in CEECs, for analyses concerning the quality and safety of products and processes.

Three VET Centers were created under the network:

VETCs are supported with information from Research and Development Centers.The development towards the best practice for Quality Management Systems is a work process in which the VETCs regular test the findings of the R&D groups. The R&D group were in the following steps:

Discuss about the results of the analysis diagnosis and feasibility studies, studies on the introduction of a specific technology, analysis of the impacts of inter-organizational networks on industrial up-grading at the firm level, analysis of bottlenecks, and examination of the common bottlenecks at VETCs from partner countries.
Presentation of suggestions and remarks in a Improvement Plan, discussion about actions for improve and application.
Evaluation of the gained experience (R&D) in order to contribute to the development of a best practice.
Presentation of the Best Practice of QMS in VETCs in workshops.
Compilation of the experiences, evaluation and dissemination.

For details contact Mr. Iain C. Muse, CEO/Chairman, EMonument and USAMV-CN.

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