The Study visit of WB Delegation was organised on 25 and 26 March 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal within the VET component of the Enhancements in the quality of education and training in SEE – EQET SEE – project by the ERI SEE Secretariat. The Study visit gathered the total of 16 representatives from six EQET SEE participating economies, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and the ERI SEE Secretariat project team: Ms Tina Šarić, director of the ERI SEE Secretariat and the EQET SEE project manager Ms Ivana Živadinović, Regional Project Coordinator.

National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training (ANQEP) organised the first Study visit day. Vocational Education and Training developments and system in Portugal, together with the presentations of National Qualifications Framework (NQF), National Catalogue of Qualifications (NCQ), IVET and CVET pathways in Portugal.

The ANQEP presentations are available here:

• Ana Cláudia Valente: National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training (ANQEP) – download
• Teresa Duarte: The National Qualifications Framework and the National Catalogue of Qualifications – download
• Elsa Santos and Soraia Belo: IVET Pathways – download

The WB delegation visited the Qualifica Centre: Agrupamento de Escolas de São João do Estoril during the second day of the visit. Employees of the Qualifica Centre presented the structure and the organisation of the Centre and organised the visit to the Qualifica Centre headquarters in Estoril for the WB delegation.

The Qualifica Centre presentations can be downloaded below:

• Adult Training and Education – download
• Adult Training and Education Q&A – download

More about the EQET SEE project is available here.

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNCSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.