VET Centre Žirmūnai offers high-quality education for young people, adults and people in employment. It is a public provider of initial and continuous vocational training programmes based in Vilnius, with its branch departments located in the northern, north-eastern and southern parts of Lithuania.Vocational Education and Training Center Žirmūnai started its activity in 2019, after merging two strong educational institutions: Vilnius Tourism and Commerce School and Vilnius Žirmūnai Labour Market Training Center. Thus, VET centre Žirmūnai is a young, yet mature institution with its own vision, mission and strong values.It is important to emphasize that by 2019 September 1st Vilnius Tourism and Commerce School and Vilnius Žirmūnai Labour Market Training Center acted as two separate entities with their own stories, the significance and importance of which is reflected in the current context of VET Centre Žirmūnai.Vilnius Tourism and Commerce School was established in 1945, at the end of World War II. The institution sought to serve the public interest by organizing educational and vocational training activities. It provided opportunities to acquire secondary education, qualifications and / or competences corresponding to the modern level of science, technology, economics and culture, helping students to establish themselves and compete in the constantly changing labour market.