OBS SFIVET’s Offers

Services

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The Swiss Observatory for Vocational Education and Training (OBS SFIVET) offers a range of services to its clients, which include professional organisations, government bodies, educational institutions and companies providing apprenticeship training to learners enrolled in VET programmes. These services are based on SFIVET's own research experience, its close ties with VET practitioners and its in-depth understanding of the regional diversity of the Swiss VET system.

OBS SFIVET offers a broad range of fundamental expertise as well as services that include trend analyses, contract research and consulting. 

Trends analysis

OBS SFIVET identifies and analyses VET developments and trends and draws attention to innovation potential. Emphasis is placed on both general developments affecting the VET system as a whole as well as on issues and topics affecting specific cantons and occupational fields.

Two to three times each year, OBS SFIVET publishes trend reports on key and other issues of current and future relevance. The first report in this series was published in autumn 2016 and devoted to the topic of «Apprenticeship contract terminations».

Third-party mandates and advisory services

OBS SFIVET provides services catering to the specific needs of professional organisations, government agencies responsible for education, cantonal bodies and other VET stakeholders, helping them to address current challenges, particularly in relation to specific issues within a given occupational field.

OBS SFIVET provides information needed for decision-making, planning and strategic management. It also provides advisory services for the implementation of innovations and strategic measures to further develop the range of VET proorammes. Examples include analysis of individual occupations, occupational fields, or for companies; simulations to assess the impact of VET reforms; or the provision of guidance and support to trade associations in the process of adapting their occupations and VET programmes.

A list of current third-party mandates can be found here.