Objective system. The vision this project pursues is a sustainable Bulgarian system of vocational school education, in which vocational education is tightly linked to the demand of the business. It is a vision, in which vocational schools are generating competent, knowledgeable and highly qualified workforce, able to respond to the immediate needs of the labour market. Within this vision the companies are seen as responsible partners to the educational institutions; they are motivated to invest in their workers and to cooperate with the State and local authorities. Dual Vocational Education and Training System (DVETS) is considered as one of the operational tools and entry point for the accomplishment of this vision. The main goal of the project is to create a replicable model and the respective capacity for implementing the DVETS in Bulgaria. To achieve this goal the following interlinked objectives are envisaged to be accomplished: 1Upon the signing of Partnership Agreement (PA) with EU at the beginning of August 2014, Bulgaria will benefit of more than 10 billion Euro in the period 2014-2020. PA paves the way for investing EUR 7.6 B in total Cohesion Policy funding. According to the EC, the EU investments will help tackle unemployment and boost competitiveness and economic growth through support to innovation, training and education in cities, towns and rural areas. Operational Programs, detailing the means and targets for the period, must be finalized and adopted at the beginning of 2015 by the end of 2014.
