Dr. Vidmantas Tūtlys is the director of the Centre for Vocational Education and Research at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. He is a member of Bologna Experts group of Lithuania, international research network of vocational education and training VETNET  and of the International research network EUCLID (European Competences: Leadership, Innovation, Development). He manages different European projects related to the development of vocational education and training and vocational qualifications (Leonardo da Vinci, EQF testing). The key interests of research: development of the national qualifications systems and frameworks, inter-country comparability of qualifications and competences, socioeconomic models of VET and their development patterns, research of vocational activities and curriculum design.