Cedefop is an agency of the European Union (EU). It is the EU reference centre for issues relating to vocational education and training.
Cedefop provides assistance in the following areas:

• Supporting the European Commission, the member states and the social partners in the design and implementation of policy strategies for attractive VET in the EU

• Support for modernisation of the vocational education and training systems in the member states

• Strengthening European cooperation in the development of VET policy

• Development of vocational education and training research – dissemination and documentation of research results, statistical data and policy analyses

• Networking between policy decision makers, social partners, researchers and practitioners to improve strategies in vocational education and training

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The OECD is an international organisation comprising 34 member states which are committed to democracy and a market economy. The OECD provides assistance in the following areas:

• The creation of forums in which governments can exchange experiences, identify best practice and draw up solutions to joint problems
• Optimum economic development, high employment and a rising standard of living in its member states
• Promotion of economic growth in member states and developing countries
• Expansion of world trade on a multilateral basis

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The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre supports the development of vocational education and training systems worldwide and fosters regional and international cooperation in this field.
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training provides assistance in the following areas:

• Coordination and strengthening of the worldwide UNEVOC Network, which comprises more than 280 UNEVOC Centres in over 160 industrialised and developing countries

• Support for international and regional cooperation in human resources development

• Exchange of experience and knowledge

• Formation of partnerships with relevant institutions

• Fostering good practice in the field of vocational education and training

• Support for UNESCO’s normative instruments in the field of vocational education and training

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The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is a special UNO organisation.
The World Bank provides assistance in the following areas:

• Promotion of the economic development of member countries and of the standard of living of the population by facilitating capital investments for productive purposes
• Support for direct investments and foreign trade
• Funding of measures to combat poverty by issuing loans (financial assistance), granting technical aid for development projects, coordination of development aid and cooperation with other development organisations

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