European Training Foundation (ETF) is an agency of the European Union. It has been founded in 1990, and has been in operation since 1994, the European Training Foundation is based in Turin, Italy. ETF helps better the system of professional education in countries not a part of the EU, mostly the neighboring regions, such as countries preparing to join the EU, North Africa, Near East, Balkan and former Soviet Union. ETF offers these countries insight, knowledge and experience in training of people for new occupations and in development of the lifelong learning program. In September of 2021 the ETF foundation, together with the Institute for the Advancement of Knowledge and Education of Serbia and the GIZ society, acknowledged 7 schools with which they realized 9 projects which had innovation as a goal in secondary vocational education. The teachers that are a part of the program for preparation of plans and materials for innovative teaching , together with resources and additional support got support in the form of training which is organized by the ETF foundation in partnership with the Educational forum.

Teachers have, during the autumn of 2021, participated in nearly 20 hours of training and preparation work for the development of innovative programs and lessons. Those programs have been implemented in 2022. The teachers also had the assignment to support the research that have been conducted in order to determine understanding and impact of innovation.

Interested schools had the option to choose innovation and adaptation of their teaching programs so it would be possible to:

· Project assignments of learning and grading which are more fit in interest and possibilities of different students

· Project studying in groups-in which case students would offer support to one another

· Project unique assignments of learning in which students would learn through work assignments which refer to their vocation.