The Skillman.eu Alliance 

Recently, the Skillman network has founded a horizontal strategic alliance with other networks of which it has become the leader for a policy making initiative at European level planned for 2020 and 21. At present, the Skillman.eu Alliance includes:

one of the world largest international network of universities and design schools - Cumulus, based in Finland;
the network of university professors - Eapril;
the worldwide network of vocational training institutions and experts of TVET, based in the USA - IVETA;
the network of the EU regions - EARLALL based in Brussels. 

The Skillman Alliance is constituted to gather the demands from the bottom, from companies and professionals in vocational training and influence international and national policy choices that affect the development of skills for the manufacturing sector.

The combination of the members of the Alliance allows to encourage the creation of transnational and national VET providers’ networks and partnerships to make them to work together at national and European level and to improve the quality and efficiency of VET.

The Alliance points to have an impact and a relevance for learners and employers, and to build cross-border cooperation for VET quality and attractiveness. In the end, it fosters communication, dissemination and support for implementation of the VET policy agenda at EU and national level, to exchange knowledge, feedback and experience of policy implementation and sharing of best practices on VET excellence.