The role of international cooperation in the development of vocational education in Ukraine

Bibliographic Data

ID21445508
AuthorsOleksandra Borodiyenko (0000-0001-9133-0344, Department of Vocational and Adult Education National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine), Oksana Melnyk (0000-0002-3282-0658, Department of Business & Economics Education University of Konstanz Konstanz Germany), Nellia Nychkalo (0000-0002-5989-5684, Department of Vocational and Adult Education National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine)
Year2023
Volume58
Issue4
Pages665-680
Publication date2023-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-8211 • E-ISSN: 1465-3435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ejed.12586
OpenAlexW4388563978
LanguageEN
References cited21

Since gaining independence, Ukraine has recognised the need to reform its vocational education and training (VET) system to better align with new economic realities. This necessity was largely driven by the country's increasing openness to the world and its desire to integrate with the European Union, which became especially pronounced after the Euromaidan protests in 2014. As a result, the government has pursued policies that are more closely aligned with the European Union. This led to greater international cooperation in the sphere of VET in Ukraine. The study on which this article reports analyses the impact of international organisations and cooperation programmes, as well as actions, initiatives and projects, on the changes and reforms in the Ukrainian VET system from 2013 to 2022 on normative and institutional levels. We adopt a theoretical framework that explains the areas and instruments of influence on policymaking in education used by international organisations. The method applied in the study is interviews with experts from international projects and initiatives currently active in Ukraine. Our findings indicate that international cooperation programmes have had a significant impact on the development of vocational education in Ukraine, particularly in areas such as the governance of the VET system, public‐private partnerships, quality assurance, qualifications frameworks, and digitalisation

Business · Civil society · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Government (linguistics) · Higher education · Independence (probability theory) · Management · Normative · Openness to experience · Political science · Politics · Ukrainian · Vocational education · Competency Development and Evaluation · Labor Market and Education · Public Administration · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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