About this glossary
| Dutch | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Schooldecaan | career teacher ( | |
A&O-fonds | Labour Market and Training Fund | |
AOB | Regional Career Guidance Offices | |
AOC-raad | Association of Agricultural Education Centres | |
APL | Accreditation of prior learning | |
Basisvaardigheden | Basic skills | |
BOL | school based pathway | |
BBL | dual pathway | |
Beroepsonderwijs | Vocational Education and Training (VET) | |
BSA | Binding recommendation issued to students after their first year in higher education | |
BVE | Vocational and adult education and training | |
CAO | Collective (labour) agreement | |
Cedefop | Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) | |
CMI | Career Management Institute | |
COG | Career Orientation and Guidance | |
CTC | Skills Assessment Centres | |
Cursus lezen en schrijven / taalcursus | Literacy course | |
ECBO | Expertise centre for vocational education and training | |
EL&I | (Ministry of ) Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation | |
ELGPN | European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network | |
ET2020 | Education and Training 2020 | |
EZ | (Ministry of ) Economic Affairs | |
Geletterdheid | Literacy | |
HAVO | senior general secondary education | |
HBO | higher professional education/applied sciences | |
HBO-raad | Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences | |
HO | Tertiary education | |
ISO | Association of students in higher education | |
IVA | Advisory organisation that conducts policy research | |
JOB | Association of students in senior secondary vocational education (MBO) | |
Laaggeletterd | Low-literacy, low literacy skills | |
LAKS | Association of secondary school students | |
LBSV | Union of university students | |
LDC | Formerly, the National Centre for Career Issues | |
LIFT | Mobility and knowledge-sharing network | |
LNV | (Former Ministry of ) Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality | |
LOB | Career education and guidance : CEG (literally: career exploration and guidance) | |
Loopbaanvaardigheden | Career management skills | |
MBO | upper secondary vocational education | |
MBO Raad | Netherlands Association of VET Colleges | |
NOLOC | Netherlands association of career guidance professionals | |
NSE | National Student Survey | |
NVS-NVL | Netherlands Association of School Guidance Practitioners | |
Ongeletterd | Illiterate | |
O&O fonds | Education and Training Fund | |
OCW | (Ministry of ) Education, Culture and Science | |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development | |
OOM | Training and career development fund in the metal working industry | |
OTIB | Training and career development fund for registered fitters and electricians | |
PDP | Personal Development Plan | |
PO | Primary education | |
PUUR | A regional network for employee mobility | |
ROA | Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market | |
ROC | regional education and training centre | |
RWI | Council for Work and Income | |
SAM | Cooperating for Mobility | |
SBB | Foundation for cooperation between vocational education, training and the labour market | |
SBO | Centre of expertise for educational staff | |
SER | Social and Economic Council | |
SPV | a partnership between the platforms for vocational preparatory and vocational introductory programmes in pre-vocational education | |
Stichting Lezen & Schrijven | Reading & Writing Foundation | |
Stimuleringsplan | Incentive plan | |
SZW | (Ministry of) Social Affairs and Employment | |
UWV | Social Security Agency | |
VM2 | Experiment in which the upper years of pre-vocational education are combined with level-2 senior secondary vocational education | |
VMBO | pre-vocational education | |
VNG | Association of Netherlands Municipalities | |
VO | secondary education | |
VO-raad | Dutch Secundary Education Council | |
VSNU | Association of Universities in the Netherlands | |
VSV | Drop-out | |
VvSL | Association of Career Guidance Practitioners in secondary education | |
VWO | Pre-university education | |
WAJONG | Invalidity Insurance (Young Disabled Persons) Act | |
WAO | Invalidity Insurance Act | |
WAZ | Invalidity Insurance (Self-Employed Persons) Act | |
WEB | Adult and Vocational Education Act | |
WIA | Work and Income (Fitness for Work) Act | |
WO | university education | |
WVO | secondary Education Act | |
WW | Unemployment Benefits Act |