The Technical Working Group “Quality in Vocational Education and Training” of the European Commission has developed a Common Quality Assurance Framework (CQAF) for Vocational Education and Training (VET) aimed at supporting VET providers in the development, evaluation and improvement of Quality Assurance systems and practices throughout Europe (Technical Working Group on Quality in VET, Thessaloniki 2003).
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Visscher, A.J. (2009). Introduction to the Problem of the Under-Utilisation of Quality Assurance Data, and the Research Approach. In: Visscher, A.J. (eds) Improving Quality Assurance in European Vocational Education and Training. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9527-6_1
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