Division Support for actions to establish, update and disseminate reference material

Community support is available for actions undertaken on a transnational basis on priority themes of common interest. Such actions shall make a contribution to:

• establishing comparable data on vocational training systems and arrangements, practices and various approaches to qualifications and competences in the Member States, or

• producing quantitative and/or qualitative information, analyses and observing best practices in support of policies and vocational training practices for lifelong learning that cannot be made available by Eurostat or Cedefop. Eurostat and Cedefop are closely associated with the production of statistical instruments within the procedures currently in place notably those defined by Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics^f1, taking into account Council Decision 99/126/EC of 22 December 1998 on the Community statistical programme 1998 to 2002^f2.

Community support for projects under this measure may be available for up to three years.

The Commission and the Member States will ensure that such reference material is disseminated as widely as possible, particularly in order to make it available to public and private decision-makers in vocational training.