What is TVET?
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The following major UNESCO conferences were standard-setting with regard to TVET:
Shanghai Consensus: Third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Shanghai, China, 14-16 May 2012)
UNESCO International Experts Meeting Learning for Work, Citizenship and Sustainability ("Seoul+5", Bonn, Germany, 2004)
Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education / Final report (Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1999)
First International Congress on the Development and Improvement of Technical and Vocational Education (Berlin, German Democratic Republic, 1987)
Links
Definitions of TVET from TVETipedia glossary
Vocational Education and Training: A Come-Back to the Development Agenda?
International TVET Institutions
Documents
Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) (UNESCO, 2015)
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Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education (UNESCO, 2002)
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Convention on Technical and Vocational Education (UNESCO, 1989)
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"Vocational Education: The Come-back?" in Education Today (UNESCO's Education Sector newsletter), April-June 2005
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