Mr. Schmid is a senior researcher at IBW Austria with over 25 years of comparative research in vocational education and training (VET). His work spans qualification research, educational choice and transitions, school governance, education financing, continuous VET, and apprenticeships in international perspective. For more than a decade, he has served as an expert in know-how transfer projects to strengthen apprenticeships and work-based learning in Europe and beyond, including Slovakia, Hungary, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Benin, Egypt, and Côte d’Ivoire. He is Austria’s national expert in Cedefop’s Community of Apprenticeship Experts and serves the Donor Committee for Dual Vocational Education and Training (DC dVET), representing the development agencies of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. His engagement includes numerous short-term missions to foster dual VET in Armenia, Benin, Egypt, Georgia, Côte d’Ivoire, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Sudan, and Thailand. Schmid combines rigorous research with hands-on system support to advance effective, equitable VET worldwide.