The Leading House VPET ECON maintains a network of specialized VPET research institutes in German-speaking and neighboring EU-countries with the aim of pooling research in VPET economics:

Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB) (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training), Germany

Center for Vocational Education Research (CVER), UK

Centre d'études et de recherches sur les qualifications (Céreq) (Center for Studies and Research on Qualifications), France

Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung (EHB) (Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET))

Österreichisches Institut für Berufsbildungsforschung (öibf) (Austrian Institute for Vocational Education Research), Austria

Universität Basel, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät (University of Basle, Faculty of Business and Economics)