EQAVET is a reference instrument aimed at helping EU countries to promote and direct the continuous improvement of their vocational training systems from common agreed references. In addition to contributing to improving quality, its purpose is to establish mutual trust between VET systems and facilitate the acceptance and recognition of the skills and competences acquired in different countries and educational settings . The framework provides guidance on how to develop a quality assurance system and contains examples of different approaches used by Member States grounded on the principle that quality assurance applies across all levels of the system and involves a collective responsibility to work together with all relevant stakeholders to improve VET. On a practical level, there are 4 stages in the quality assurance cycle: planning, implementation, evaluation and review.