Ireland

Further Education and Training Awards Council

East Point Plaza
East Point Business Park
IE – Dublin 3
Ireland
www.fetac.ie

About this Organisation:

Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) is the national awarding body for further education and training in Ireland. FETAC gives people the opportunity to gain recognition for learning in education or training centres, in the work place and in the community.

FETAC's functions include:

making and promoting awards
validating programmes
monitoring and ensuring the quality of programmes
determining standards
quality assuring providers in further education

FETAC was set up as a statutory body on 11 June 2001 by the Minister for Education and Science under the Qualifications (Education & Training) Act, 1999. FETAC has responsibility for making awards previously made by BIM, Fáilte Ireland (CERT), FÁS, NCVA and Teagasc.

Representative:

Rhona Dempsey
Head of Research and Policy Developments
rdempsey@fetac.ie

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