ABOUT NAVET
National Agency for Vocational Education and Training

Statute

Specialized body to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria established with the Law for the Vocational Education and Training in 2000.
Legal entity financed by the state budget with headquarters in Sofia.

Our point of view
The quality of the vocational education and training – a cross point of needs and interests of the single personality, of the society, of the educational and training providers, of the employers, of the trade unions.

Our mission
Assuring and maintaining quality in the vocational education and training of young people and adults according to the labour market needs and the development of the Bulgarian economy competitiveness.
Cooperation with the social partners in implementing coordinated policies for lifelong learning, continuing vocational training and introducing successful European practices.
Expanding the access of the unemployed and the employed to vocational education and training according to the labour market needs.
Ensuring public access to useful information concerning the continuing vocational training and lifelong learning in the country and in the EU.
Development of the List of professions for vocational education and training
Development of State Educational Requirements (standards) for acquiring qualifications

Strategic and operational coordination and cooperation
Long-term agreements for partnership between NAVET and all nationally representative employers and employees organizations, state institutions and organizations from various economic and vocational sectors – fostering their participation in NAVET activities, forming coordinated positions on key issues concerning human resources development.
Agreement with the Employment Agency (EA) – joint actions in relation to the quality and control assurance of the vocational training of the employed and the unemployed, establishing of an Integrated information system “NAVET- EA” for the demand and the supply of vocational training in the country.

Integrated information system
Pilot model of information system “NAVET – EA” for the demand and the supply of vocational training introduced.
Integrating NAVET into the e-government project in Bulgaria.
Establishing inter-institutional communication system of local IS with NAVET.
Future development to national level and real communication opportunity with the local IIS of government and non-government organizations related to human resources development.

Systematizing and dissemination of information
Legal regulations in the vocational education and training area, opportunities for vocational training, European and national documents, international projects, workshops, conferences and discussions results etc.
Forms: NAVET website, publishing “News Bulletin”, printed and e-publications, trainings, workshops, discussions.
Keeping a register of licensed CVT and CIVG as well as of the candidate centres – the register is published on the website and is updated regularly after each change.
Keeping own system for management of database of the licensed CVT and CIVG as well as of the candidate centres.

Our vision about the future
Development as an active institution of European type, which by coordinating the activities of all stakeholders contributes to the modernization of the national system for vocational education, training and guidance in the context of lifelong learning and the continuing vocational training aiming at ensuring effective integration and reintegration of the human resources on the labour market.