Type of Project: Funded project Model project Transnational project
DeSqual (Development of sustainable quality assurance in vocational education and training)

In many quality projects for Vocational Education and Training (VET), such as EQAVET (European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training), much attention is paid to the creation and the implementation of a solid structure of a quality system. Once a system is established and implemented, the VET-provider can be assessed by peer review and an independent external assessment. Frequent external assessment shows that many VET-providers face the challenge to maintain the quality performance according EQAVET requirements on a daily basis. In other words: they have the challenge to assure the sustainable implementation of EQAVET requirements in their quality systems. The main aim of DeSqual is to create sustainable quality assurance in VET-providers for people with a disability in a European framework. Sustainability will be accomplished by enhancing, improving and increasing quality awareness, quality culture and quality behaviour of staff of VET-providers. We will develop and test a tailored modular training program for quality assurance in VET-providers for people with a disability. The training program will be adapted from existing successful programs for quality assurance. The tangible outcome of this project can be described as: increased quality awareness and quality behaviour through implementing a tailor made evidence based training program which fulfils the conditions for creating sustainable quality development and implementation of EQAVET requirements in organizations of VET-providers for people with a disability. Input of innovation is coming from expertise in the social sector, the VET sector, the industry sector and the social healthcare sector represented by a number of European partners. The training program developed in this project will have both a national and international impact. DeSqual will also facilitate a transfer of innovation between different sectors by creating a context of mutual learning. The consortium of the DeSqual project consists of 10 European partners. There are four types of partners: - Expert organisations who will bring in expertise and experiences in training programs for contributing to quality awareness, individual quality behaviour and quality culture - Experts who have experiences in training consultants - VET-providers who would like to create sustainable quality development through enhancing quality culture, quality awareness and quality behaviour - An external expert organisation that will carry out a process and product evaluation and the evaluation of the effect of the training program