1. What difference does the project make?
o Raising awareness of social inclusion issues within included school and
involved local communities
o Limited effects on national level VET policy
o Project serves as an evidence-based tool for advocating social inclusion VET
policy and putting it on political agenda

2. Measure resulting from the project
o Follow-up project aims at the development of action plans for addressing
social equity and inclusion issues within schools included in initial project
(financed with national resources)
o The project is led by CYN (Croatian Youth Network) with partner schools
o Issues addressed in action plans were related to obstacles to social inclusion
identified in initial project

3. Measures in the pipeline
o The issue in social inclusion of vulnerable group has been recognized in the
New National Strategy for Education, Science and Technology in the area of:
o Curriculum and assessment
o Support for pupils
o Quality assurance
o The strategy does not address issues of VET social equity and inclusion issues
in particular.
o Erasmus+ starting in 2014 will be oriented toward cross-sectoral cooperation
of VET schools, employers, social partners and other stakeholders.

4. Challenges
o Lack of systematic co-operation between VET schools and economic sector
o Gaps and overlapping institutional framework within VET
o Improvement in career guidance and counseling