Six evaluations of vocational training (VT) in a territorial context (TC) that were conducted in Italy, France, Portugal, Germany, Great Britain, and Spain were compared for the purposes of constructing a coherent synthesis of the issues developed in them, establishing strategic vectors for the construction of a reference framework for the evaluation of VT in a TC, and producing recommendations regarding support instruments for the evaluation function and its institutionalization. The comparative analysis focused on the following: the TC as an analytical dimension and the diversity of TCs, the institutional context of VT and the dominant relationships between training and development at the regional level, and strategic aspects of the structuring of evaluation processes for VT in a TC. The following actions were recommended: institutionalize social and economic information systems on a regional basis; institutionalize systematic processes of evaluation as a support instrument for planning VT; integrate instruments and measures of VT policy into operational programs oriented toward promoting regional development; and reinforce the evaluation function in a TC (by promoting development of technical evaluation structures at a regional level, promoting development of a network of evaluation experiences, and creating a European training program for technicians of evaluation). (Contains 15 references.) (MN)