Developments in vocational education and training (VET) at EU level, in the Member States and in acceding and candidate countries, July 2005 to March 2006

These notes were prepared by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) as background information for the meetings of the Directors General for Vocational Training, which took place in Vienna on 27-28 March 2006. They are based primarily on information received from members of Cedefop's ReferNet and the National Observatories, established by the European Training Foundation (ETF) and in particular their contributions to the Cedefop newsletter, 'Cedefop Info.'