Federal Agencies Involved in IC-VPET and SFUVET
The following federal agencies include international cooperation in vocational and professional education and training (IC-VPET) activities in their strategic guidelines and objectives. Their IC-VPET activities are supported by the Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET). SFUVET is an administrative entity of the EAER and also serves as a competence centre for VPET development. Its main activities include training VPET actors, VPET research and international cooperation.
EAER: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
International cooperation in education and professional qualifications, International cooperation in vocational and professional education and training
EAER: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET)
Pedagogical training for teachers and trainers, R&D, development of VPET programmes, International cooperation in vocational education and training
EAER: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Economic Cooperation and Development
Market-oriented skills
FDFA: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Development cooperation
Vocational skills development: the gateway to the world of work
FDFA: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and
EAER: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Swiss contribution to EU enlargement (enlargement contribution)
FDJP: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)
International cooperation
Trainee programmes (german)
