In July 2016 the Croatian Agency for VET and Adult Education organised a PLA with more than 30 participants (system and provider level) from 9 countries and EQAVET Secretariat. Topic was the QA of WBL and Self-assessment of VET Providers, as a part of Erasmus+ project “Support to EQAVET NRP”. Purpose was to share information on the QA of WBL and approaches to self-assessment (SA), discuss how these approaches can be strengthened through collaboration and identify what lessons can be learnt from other countries’ experiences.

Each country had the opportunity to share examples of good practice both from system and provider’s perspective on WBL and SA, identifying the key features and the challenges. Importance of tradition and national approach of VET was emphasised. In every country there is a desire to increase the amount of VET provision and its quality and it was emphasised that this can be achieved if employers are willing to become more involved.

 Some of the conclusions were following: 

• QA of WBL needs to involve employers and cannot be left to the VET providers;
• VET providers staff need to see the benefits of SA;
• the move to more on-line instruments for QA and SA will continue;
• there is a need to continue to make the argument for employer involvement in WBL;
• an unanswered question was 'is SA an additional responsibility for VET staff or part of their duties'
• there is value of including VET providers in PLAs as it helps to show there is both a national and European trend.