Welcome! You are now on the website of CHAIN5.

CHAIN5 is the ‘community of practice for level 5’ for those who are involved in the developments concerning level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework. Members are (and you can be also one of them):

  • national and international associations, networks for VET, HE, SCHE, HVET and other qualifications at level 5…
  • employers’ organisations…
  • students’ organisations…
  • universities, colleges, universities of applied sciences, institutions for VET, both private and public financed…
  • business academies…
  • experts in EQF level 5…
  • researchers…
  • consultancy agencies…

The first annual conference was held in Amsterdam in 2014, the second one in 2015 also in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Here the list with the other annual conferences:
2016:  Aalborg (Denmark)
2017:  Bled (Slovenia)
2018:  Brussels (Belgium)
2019:  Como (Italy).
2020: Tallinn (Estonia)
2021:  Blended-conference, hosted from Zagreb (Croatia)
2022:  Oslo (Norway)
2023:  Leeuwarden (the Netherlands)
2024:  Zagreb (Croatia). See at ‘ZAGREB24‘ for a number of presentations.

In this year, 2025, we will meet each other in Maia near Porto, in Portugal – in November (12-13-14).
See for information at: www.chain5.net/MAIA25

If you want to join CHAIN5, look for information under ‘contact’. Questions about CHAIN5 can be send to: info@chain5.net.