The ECER conference in Istanbul was succesfully completed. The VETNET strand within EERA had a strong programme again, with interesting sessions, meetings and symposia. A new board was chosen, partly with the same persons, but also with new colleagues. all board members have assumed tasks. This will make the board more robust and will contribute to the further development of the network. The editors of the new eBook on Educational Design Research, Tjeerd Plomp and Nienke Nieveen, launched their enormous work, which is published online by the SLO, directed by Jan van den Akker. The chapters are for free, including the one David Kintu and I contributed on the validation of design rules of competence-based curriculum development. See http://international.slo.nl/publications/edr/contents/c41/
