The European Training Thesaurus (ETT) constitutes the controlled vocabulary of reference for vocational education and training (VET) in Europe. It is used to describe and access the knowledge of its institution, Cedefop.

It covers important topics of the Education and Training (E&T) 2010 agenda such as: lifelong learning, quality of training, training systems, teachers and trainers, qualifications, certification of competences, vocational guidance, and others.

It contains over 2,500 terms (1550 are descriptors, and 950 non descriptors). Non-descriptors are in italics and contain a reference to the preferred term (descriptor). All terms are accessible through an alphabetical index in English (EN) and French (FR)

Each term contains a reference to:

Using ETT you can retrieve information and news from Cedefop's online catalogue on vocational training (VET-Bib); the ETV web site; the Training Institutions database, and ERO.

It is the result of a collaborative project between Cedefop's Information and Documentation Service and the European Network of Reference and Expertise (ReferNet).

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