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Objectives

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To develop an education and training system adapted to the demands of the labour market and its direct and indirect beneficiaries through fostering the labour market relevance of VET; improving participation and facilitating access to VET programmes; improving VET quality; and fostering innovation and cooperation in VET.

To reduce unemployment among young people, and especially young NEETs and ensure that all under age 25, who lose their job or who do not find a job after finishing their...

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The strategy for education and vocational training in Romania for 2016-20 was adopted in 2016 (government Decision No 317 on 27 April 2016). It proposes the development of both an open-access and attractive and competitive system, offering quality education and training services in order to respond quickly and relevantly to the needs of people and the economy through efficient management of available resources. All individuals should benefit from the opportunity to acquire high-level...

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Education
  • Ministry of National Education (until 2021)
  • National Centre for TVET Development (CNDIPT)
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (until 2021)
  • National Qualifications Authority (ANC)
ID number
28510
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Romania Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

To increase participation in lifelong learning and improve the relevance of VET to the labour market needs. To have at least 10% of the adult population (ages 25-64) participating in lifelong learning activities by 2020.

The objectives are centred on three main strategic pillars: access and incentives for participation, quality and relevance, and partnerships for better information.

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Lifelong learning strategy 2015-20 was adopted in 2015. It addressed the need for strengthening partnerships between VET providers and enterprises, to increase the quality and labour market relevance of VET. Measures supported the take-up of apprenticeship contracts for people with low qualifications, with a target of 125 000 contracts to be awarded by 2020. Financial incentives (subsidies) were set to stimulate employers to engage in apprenticeship programmes, internships and job...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Education
  • Ministry of National Education (until 2021)
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (until 2021)
  • National Qualifications Authority (ANC)
  • National Agency for Employment (ANOFM)
ID number
28509
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Romania Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The Integrated skills strategy aims to provide a strategic approach to building, maintaining and using human capital to increase employment and economic growth, and to promote social inclusion and participation.

The main goals of the strategy are:

  1. designing a coherent policy for shaping and developing skills;
  2. coordinating the actions of stakeholders involved in supporting skills development;
  3. ensuring equal access to information on the demand for, and supply of, skills, career...

Description

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In 2017, the education ministry initiated the development of a national skills strategy (integrated skills strategy - Zintegrowana Strategia Umiejetności - ZSU). The strategy covers the whole area of education and training, i.e. general education, vocational education, higher education and adult learning. It takes into account both demand (for specific competences and qualifications) and supply (availability of qualifications and competences in society). The general part of the strategy was...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Education and Science
  • Ministry of National Education (until 2021)
ID number
28484
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Poland Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The main objectives of the project are to help adults develop key competences to improve their situation in the labour market; support various forms of adult learning; and encourage participation of adults in learning.

Description

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In 2017/18, the education ministry developed an ESF co-funded project to support 45 schools in becoming local centres for education and knowledge (lokalne ośrodki wiedzy i edukacji - LOWE).

Beneficiary groups included adults with low levels of education, unemployed or economically inactive adults, adults aged 45+, and adults receiving certain forms of social assistance and family support.

The measures include diagnosis of participants' needs, vocational courses and other forms of adult...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of National Education (until 2021)
  • Ministry of Education and Science
ID number
28481
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Poland Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The main objective of the strategy is to increase income and social, economic, environmental and territorial cohesion.

This would be achieved through:

  1. sustainable economic growth increasingly driven by knowledge data and organisational excellence;
  2. socially sensitive and territorially sustainable development;
  3. effective State and economic institutions contributing to growth as well as social and economic inclusion.

Description

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The National strategy for responsible development (Strategia na Rzecz Odpowiedzialnego Rozwoju - 'Morawiecki Plan' - SRD) was adopted by the Council of Ministers in February 2017. It addresses the challenges, which the country will be facing until 2030, in particular in the areas of social and regional development, reduction of poverty and social exclusion, as well as demographic challenges. In education, the following actions were prioritised:

  1. promoting dual VET, further linking school...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Education and Science
  • Ministry of National Education (until 2021)
ID number
28478
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Poland Strategy/Action plan

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In February 2017, the education ministry published an action plan on teacher shortage. The plan is being implemented to encourage regional stakeholders to stimulate circular careers and hybrid teaching to tackle shortages of (technical) teachers.

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
ID number
28458
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Netherlands Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The main objectives of this joint action plan are:

  1. increasing the reach out to illiterate people who have Dutch as their native language;
  2. promoting adults' digital skills;
  3. promoting basic skills, including numeracy, via in-company training;
  4. supporting children and young people with a language deficiency;
  5. increasing efficiency through research and monitoring;
  6. promoting decentralisation of the action;
  7. introducing independent points of expertise.

The objectives of this action plan...

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Part of the new approach is to reach out to illiterate people who have Dutch as their native language. The new joint action plan to tackle illiteracy also includes more emphasis on digital skills for adults.

The government announced on 18 March 2019 the allocation of EUR 425 million for the period 2020-24 to tackle illiteracy. This is a EUR 35 million increase compared to the budget for 2015-19. Municipalities will receive more money to increase the scope and quality of their (language)...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
  • Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
  • Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
ID number
28455
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Netherlands Strategy/Action plan

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The Count on language action plan 2016-19 (Tel Mee met Taal, EUR 18 million annual budget) introduced a joint action programme of several ministries to improve social and labour market participation, primarily of adults with insufficient literacy skills. In 2016/17, innovative projects supporting adults lacking literacy, numeracy and digital skills were started and research projects on literacy and the promotion of reading were launched. This initiative also supported parents in providing...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
  • Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
ID number
28454
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Netherlands Strategy/Action plan

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The VPL system has been evaluated and, since 2016, the results have led to developing a new system in which there are two different paths for validating prior learning:

  1. the labour market route;
  2. the education route.

VPL tools are, for example, intake-assessment, e-portfolios, competence tests and ECVET elements. If a formal VPL procedure is followed, it can result in the award of an experience certificate (ervaringscertificaat). Since January 2016, an examination support body...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
  • Examination support body (Servicepunt Examinering) (until 2018)
  • Expertise centre for examination and education (Kennispunt Onderwijs en Examinering)
ID number
28450
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Netherlands Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The main objectives are to:

  1. support adult transition to a new job;
  2. support reintegration into the labour market;
  3. update skills and competences in an efficient and cost-effective way.

Description

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A national coordination point for ECVET (NCP ECVET) was set up and became part of the Dutch partnership for lifelong learning on 1 January 2015. The Dutch NCP ECVET promotes the awareness and availability of ECVET principles by providing information and supporting implementation.

ECVET has been piloted in mobility projects where learning outcomes acquired abroad are transferred between the participating countries. In 2015, 10 pilot projects were run with the aim of supporting adult...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
ID number
28449
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Netherlands Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

To anticipate the impacts of technological advances on jobs and to test (as a 'proof of concept') the usefulness of supporting companies and their employees in the transformation of their work, jobs and skills.

Description

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In May 2018, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy, in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and the Public Employment Service (ADEM), launched the pilot project Digital skills bridge. The project is targeted at people in work but whose positions are changing or at risk due to the digital transformation. The project is open to all companies, regardless of sector of activity or size, and offers them technical assistance to plan the company's future jobs...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy (MTEESS)
  • Ministry of Economy
  • Public employment service (ADEM)
ID number
28374
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Luxembourg Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

Reintegrating vulnerable groups into the labour market.

Description

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The employment reintegration contract, which alternates practical and theoretical training, was implemented in 2016. It allows:

  1. employers to pass on their experience and to give a real employment perspective to older jobseekers, people with reduced working capacities or disabled persons;
  2. jobseekers to illustrate their specific capacities while at the same time acquiring new competences.

The duration of the employment reintegration contract is 12 months. To benefit from an employment...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Public employment service (ADEM)
ID number
28368
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Luxembourg Practical measure/Initiative

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The 2016 Law on the recognition of professional qualifications (transposition of Directive 2013/55/UE modifying the Directive 2005/36/EC) established the CLQ (National qualifications framework) as the formal reference point for recognition of professional qualifications acquired outside Luxembourg (apart from third countries). The law establishes the rules to be registered in the Register of vocational and training certificates (registre des titres professionnels et registre des titres de...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Higher Education and Research
  • Ministry of Education, Children and Youth
ID number
28366
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Luxembourg Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

To give employees opportunities to gain the knowledge, tools and ability they need to use advanced and ever-changing technologies in the workplace and their daily lives.

Description

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A range of projects for continiuing vocational education and training (CVET) were planned within the 2014-20 ESF programming period under the responsibility of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation. In the Competences LT project, funding was planned for the training of 6 600 people employed in predefined sectors. The project aims to support beneficiaries in adapting to new jobs, technologies and work processes, and in acquiring or improving qualifications. Its budget was EUR 4 million in...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Economy and Innovation
  • Lithuanian Employment Service
ID number
28339
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Lithuania Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The objective of strengthening work-based learning, with a particular focus on apprenticeships, is outlined in national VET policy documents, with the aim of expanding the scope of such schemes and involving more companies in them. For apprenticeships, on-the-job training is particularly important because learning in the specific work environment makes it easier and faster to acquire the skills needed to serve that role. This form of training is especially beneficial for those who want to...

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Legislation in 2015 introduced provisions for the implementation of apprenticeships. It stipulated that apprenticeships can be organised by a VET institution together with employers, with practice and theory to be provided in alternating periods at the company and VET provider. The measures stated that a teacher should be appointed by the VET school to manage apprenticeship training in the workplace, while company staff appointed by the employer are put in charge of organising and...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
  • Qualifications and VET Development Centre (KPMPC)
  • Central Project Management Agency
ID number
28328
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Lithuania Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

Their main aim of policy in this area is to provide state-of-the art technologies and equipment in physical environments to learners engaged in VET to help them acquire skills for jobs. The idea was that specialists trained at centres would better meet the needs of the labour market and employers, as well as more quickly find a job that matches their qualifications and adapt more easily to specific workplaces. A further expectation was that use of these centres' infrastructure would...

Description

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In May 2016, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport carried out a review of EU investments in the VET system for the 2014-20 period. This analysed results from the previous programming period and new proposals, as well as labour market (regional) trends and forecasts. It also offered suggestions for improving the provision of practical training in IVET, either in sectoral practical training centres or other training institutions. The review proposed that selected sectoral training...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Qualifications and VET Development Centre (KPMPC)
ID number
28326
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Lithuania Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

Given the results of the analysis, the overall objective of recent policy developments are:

  1. to provide alignment between skills demand and supply;
  2. to strengthen skills supply either in the education and training system, improving school-work transitions, or in the labour market, improving continuous training of the workforce, with a view to preventing exclusion from the labour market;
  3. to implement investments in innovative assets for the skills supply chain, such as ‛digitalisation‛;
  4. ...

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A national strategy for competences/skills has been launched based on the education and training (Good school) and labour (Jobs Act) reforms. Both reforms aim to improve the competences of young people and adults, including NEETs, and to provide new competences for the (long-term) unemployed and employees. The strategy also links skills with the labour market demand. As a result of the National strategy for competences/skills, cognitive (including basic skills), professional and particularly...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Policies
  • Regions and autonomous provinces
ID number
28319
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Italy Strategy/Action plan

Description

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The Department of Education and Skills launched, in June 2018, the EXPLORE programme to address the lack of digital skills among older workers and to increase Ireland's rate of participation in lifelong learning. In each of the nine regions in the regional skills forums network, managers approached Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to provide basic digital skills to workers in the manufacturing sector. Programmes are delivered, to small groups of learners, in flexible formats to suit the...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Department of Education and Skills (until 2020)
  • Department of Education
ID number
28303
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Ireland Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The SPAs define how ETBs contribute to achieving national performance targets for FET success in ‘generating outcomes of employment, progression, active inclusion, lifelong learning, meeting critical skills needs, and new models of delivery’ (National FET Strategy 2020-24).

Description

What/How/Who/For whom/When of the policy development in detail, explaining its activities and annual progress, main actors and target groups.

Each SPA set out plans for the development and innovation of the VET system and include each ETB's contribution to the national FET system targets agreed with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS). Measures and targets can vary by ETB, and take into account their regional characteristics, such as educational attainment, unemployment rates, enterprise base. Every year, the SPAs are reviewed and necessary amendments are agreed.

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS)
  • Further Education and Training Authority (SOLAS)
  • City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB)
  • Cork Education and Training Board (CETB)
  • Donegal Education and Training Board (DETB)
  • Cavan Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB)
  • Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB)
  • Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB)
  • Kerry Education and Training Board (KETB)
  • Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB)
  • Kilkenny Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB)
  • Laois Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB)
  • Limerick Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB)
  • Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board (LWETB)
  • Louth Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB)
  • Mayo Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB)
  • Tipperary Education and Training Board (TETB)
  • Waterford Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB)
ID number
28295
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Ireland Strategy/Action plan

Description

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The 2025 National skills strategy is targeted at ensuring relevance of education and training to the needs of learners, society and the economy. It is based on active involvement of employers and quality teaching and learning, with a perspective of lifelong learning and inclusion. The strategy points to the need for employers - especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - to provide work placement opportunities for learners.

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Department of Education and Skills (until 2020)
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS)
  • National Skills Council (NSC)
ID number
28294
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Ireland Strategy/Action plan

Description

What/How/Who/For whom/When of the policy development in detail, explaining its activities and annual progress, main actors and target groups.

Law 4386/2016 opened certification procedures to all interested parties meeting prescribed eligibility criteria. For example, it provides the possibility for adults to obtain qualifications through certification of continuing vocational education and training (CVET) or forms of non-formal VET different from those of vocational training institutes (IEK).

Presidential decrees to put in place a national system for the certification of outputs have been drafted and are currently being reviewed....

Bodies responsible

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  • National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP)
  • Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
  • Centre for Security Studies (KE.M.E.A.)
  • Ministry of Citizen Protection
ID number
28257
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Greece Regulation/Legislation

Description

What/How/Who/For whom/When of the policy development in detail, explaining its activities and annual progress, main actors and target groups.

The HQF was referenced to the EQF in 2015 but self-certification against the qualifications framework for the European higher education area (EHEA) remains a challenge.

In 2017, a ministerial decision on a quality framework for VET curricula was adopted. The content of the decision included the definition of learning outcomes, the connection with occupational profiles and issues regarding the design of VET curricula.

Moreover, as a consequence of Law 4485/2017 (Official Gazette...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP)
  • Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
ID number
28256
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Greece Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The aim is to combat illiteracy and promote proficiency in the French language in three ways: partnerships between the State and local authorities, social partners, public institutions and the voluntary sector; preventative actions for those not subject to compulsory schooling and specific actions within the remit of vocational training policies; State assistance for the pooling of teaching resources and best practice.

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In 2016, the national agency for literacy (Agence nationale de lutte contre l'illettrisme, ANLCI) developed a key competences framework for work situations. The framework proposes a list of key competences which can be used to describe work situations and to design training programmes.

In order to improve the training available to illiterate persons wishing to earn the certificate for knowledge and professional skills Cléa (Certificat de connaissances et de compétences professionnelles)...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • National agency for literacy (ANLCI)
ID number
28239
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France Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The CléA certificate is aimed at individuals without qualifications and serves to identify achievements, rather than shortcomings, to establish a basis for further development and training. Employers use it as a tool to support their employees. For recruiters, it is a new, unique certification which is comparable across sectors (no levels or grades).

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In 2015, the national cross-sector jobs and training committee (Comité interprofessionnel pour l'emploi et la formation, COPANEF) introduced the CléA Certificate (Certificat de connaissances et de compétences professionnelles, CléA) for adults willing to certify their key competences for employability and for access to further learning. A nationwide publicity campaign and a call for training projects towards this qualification were organised. By February 2019, approximately 27 000 CléA...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • National cross-sector jobs and training committee (COPANEF) (until 2019)
  • Association Certif'Pro
ID number
28238
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France Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The aim of the 2018 legislation is to transform radically the French continuing vocational training system and apprenticeships to meet the needs of businesses, particularly those of very small and medium-sized enterprises, and to promote access to training for all workers, especially the least qualified.

Description

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The 2018 Law for the freedom to choose one's professional future provides for:

  1. the creation of the agency France Compétences: continuing training in France is a shared responsibility between the State, the regions and the social partners. The new agency, France Compétences, brings together these three stakeholders. It will be in charge of regulating the quality and the price of training supply, and handling funding discrepancies across sectors;
  2. reforming funding mechanisms to establish a...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
  • Delegate Minister for VET under the education and labour ministers
  • Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
ID number
28229
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France Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

In the past, policies have been short-term, based on the sole criterion of gaining employment within six months after the end of the training. Currently, policies are focusing on the medium and long term to raise the overall level of qualification. This involves adapting the training offer and improving its quality, promoting individual autonomy, developing career guidance and counselling for jobseekers and ensuring effective funding.

Description

What/How/Who/For whom/When of the policy development in detail, explaining its activities and annual progress, main actors and target groups.

A plan to create 500 000 training places for jobseekers (Plan 500 000 formations pour demandeurs d'emploi) was launched in January 2016. It included the provision of VET to people in long-term unemployment and training tailored for those unemployed aiming to set up or take over a business. The final total of beneficiaries in 2016 was 945 000. The plan has been continued in 2017. This plan was extended in the first semester of 2017 with 200 000 additional training courses especially targeted...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Ministry of National Education and Youth
  • Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
  • Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
  • Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
ID number
28224
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France Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The policy aims to:

  1. reduce inequalities in access to training for low qualified workers and ease (re)training and skills acquisition;
  2. support the transformation of companies, building employee loyalty and improve risk prevention.

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A pilot to explore new ways for apprenticeship and work-based learning was initiated by the Ministry of Labour in 2015 along with stakeholders: the social partners; the National Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance Council (Conseil national de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles, CNEFOP); the National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions (Agence nationale pour l'amélioration des conditions de travail, ANACT); and training funds (Organismes...

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  • Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
  • Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
ID number
28222
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France Practical measure/Initiative

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Subsidised training for employment supports the acquisition of key competences, especially for those who left school without a secondary education certificate, so they can access professional certificate programmes at levels 2 and 3. In 2015 and 2016, the State Public Employment Service (Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal, SEPE) published calls for proposals which also offered key competences for adults and young people (within and outside the Youth guarantee programme), and early leavers...

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  • State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
ID number
28196
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Spain Practical measure/Initiative

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There are multiple initiatives to raise the skills of young people and workers (employed or unemployed) in ICT and the digital economy. Different public bodies are involved, in some cases in partnership with industry.

Red.es, a public entity for the promotion of the information society, is currently in charge of the following schemes:

Digital professionals youth employment - this scheme is part of the digital agenda for Spain 2013-15, and is jointly funded by the European Social Fund...

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  • Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
  • National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL)
  • The Spanish School of Industrial Organisation Foundation (EOI)
  • State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
  • State Foundation for Training in Employment (Fundae)
  • Red.es
  • National Institute of Education Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF)
ID number
28192
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Spain Practical measure/Initiative

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Reviewing the validation of informal and non-formal learning procedure regulated in RD 1224/2009 to make it simpler and easing access, as well as to meet validation needs of the different productive and service sectors.

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Within the General Council for Vocational Training, a working group has been set up to review the results obtained during the almost 10 years of implementation of this procedure. Data are collected through a platform established by INCUAL. Validation is also carried out through the Reconoce project, launched in 2015 upon approval by the Spanish Youth Institute (INJUVE) and the youth departments of the Autonomous Communities. The project aimed to establish a new recognition system for...

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  • National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL)
  • Autonomous Communities (CC.AA.)
ID number
28190
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Spain Practical measure/Initiative

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In the education system, the process towards an integrated vocational guidance system was initiated in 2018. A working group was set within the General Council for Vocational Training, with the aim of laying down basic principles and legal provisions. In guidance under employment authorities, the Action plan for youth employment (2019-21) foresees the hiring of 3 000 professional counsellors by the regional PES to provide guidance services in connection to the common services portfolio. The...

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
  • State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
ID number
28188
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Spain Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

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The Strategic plan for vocational training aims to make VET more responsive to the needs of the productive system, meeting skills demands in a quick and prospective way.

Description

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The new government, in power since June 2018, reorganised the administration. The change of name in the education administration state, now the Education and Vocational Training ministry (previously Education, Culture and Sports), reflects the new strategy to promote VET. In October 2018, the Government presented the Strategic plan for vocational training under education authorities. In February 2019, the Council of Ministers published the Agenda for change (Agenda del Cambio). The agenda...

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  • Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
ID number
28187
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Spain Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

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VET policy priorities in 2016-20 include the need to improve the quality of the practical training component of VET programmes, both, in school-based settings or delivered as dual VET.

Description

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The education ministry has contributed to promote work-based learning by supporting VET skills competitions at national (Spainskills), European (EuroSkills) and international levels (WorldSkills). All regional education authorities are also fostering different kind of events to promote dual VET among students, families and companies.

Trade unions are also contributing to the development of dual VET. In January 2018, General Union of Worker (Unión General de Trabajadores - UGT) published a...

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
  • State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
ID number
28186
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Spain Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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The 2017-20 Spanish employment activation strategy includes projects and measures to rationalise the unemployment protection system, to develop a set of tools, infrastructures and information systems necessary for the modernisation of the national employment system, and to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness. These include measures aimed at strengthening and developing management and evaluation systems, and particularly at improving the management system and support for the Youth...

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Employment authorities have reflected the policy priority given to dual VET and apprenticeships, including them as structural objectives in the 2017-20 Spanish employment activation strategy approved in December 2017. The strategy takes into account recommendations made to Spain both within the framework of the National reform programme and by the European Network of Public Employment Services (SPE-UE Network). The strategy covers dual and alternance training, regarded as key elements for...

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  • Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
  • State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
ID number
28183
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Spain Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

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VET policy priorities in 2016-20 include the development - progressively - of a State-wide dual VET regulation according to Article No 42bis of the Organic Act on Education; better coordination among all actors involved in dual VET; improving the quality of the practical training component of VET programmes, both in school-based settings or delivered as dual VET.

Description

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Dual VET is being developed in cooperation with the Autonomous Communities. The ministry of education and vocational training (2018), in cooperation with the main stakeholders, is pursuing the regulatory work necessary to develop dual VET at national level, also monitoring and assessing the results of regional pilot experiences so as to meet the needs and characteristics of the Spanish business world.

The initial draft was presented to social partners in May 2018, but the new government...

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  • Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
  • State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
  • Autonomous Public Employment Services
ID number
28182
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Spain Strategy/Action plan

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To promote adult education and broaden learning opportunities for adults.

Description

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The activity is part of the National adult education programme. In 2017-18, nine projects were set up for equipping adults with social and learning skills, entrepreneurship competence, skills in foreign languages and Estonian for non-native speakers. The projects offer support and follow-up activities that increase the sustainability of learning outcomes and bridge the development of key competences and provide motivation for the continuation of studies in formal and non-formal education....

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Education and Research
  • Unemployment Insurance Fund
ID number
28177
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Estonia Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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The aim of the programme was to create high-quality, flexible and diverse vocational training opportunities for the Estonian population that meet their needs and abilities and the development needs of the labour market.

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The programme was adopted in 2015. It is implemented through a single measure (Correspondence between lifelong learning opportunities and the needs of the labour market and increased participation in learning). Its main activities are:

  1. developing the quality and organisation of vocational education;
  2. planning of volumes of studies, provision of study places and students´ support measures;
  3. regional distribution of curriculum groups in vocational education institutions and modernisation of...

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Education and Research
  • Information Technology Foundation for Education (HITSA) (until 2020)
  • Education and Youth Board
ID number
28173
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Estonia Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The aim of the programme was to motivate adults to learn and to create high-quality, flexible learning opportunities that consider the needs of the labour market.

Description

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The programme was adopted in 2015 and comprises three measures:

  1. reintegration of adult dropouts into formal education and creation of preconditions for their retention in, and acquisition of, formal education;
  2. increasing access to non-formal training and improving the quality of training;
  3. development of the occupational qualifications system and creation and support of lifelong learning formats in adult education.

Under the first two measures, the adult education programme...

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  • Ministry of Education and Research
ID number
28172
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Estonia Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

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The objective of the programme is to alleviate labour shortages, prevent unemployment and shorten the duration of unemployment, with a special focus on the long-term unemployed or other vulnerable groups.

Description

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The Employment programme includes a package of measures for workers at risk of unemployment. The main target groups are:

  1. workers with no professional or vocational education;
  2. those whose skills are outdated;
  3. workers whose knowledge of Estonian is poor;
  4. those who are older than 50 years of age;
  5. workers who cannot continue their present work due to health issues.

The VET and training-related measures include:

  1. a study allowance scheme to support participation in VET and higher...

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Education and Research
  • Ministry of Social Affairs
  • Unemployment Insurance Fund
ID number
28171
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Estonia Regulation/Legislation

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To offer career counselling and information to the whole population on a unified basis to assist people in finding appropriate educational and work opportunities, making and carrying out choices.

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In April 2018 the government decided to connect the career services of Innove Rajaleidja centres with the career service system of Eesti Töötukassa (the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund). The objective is to offer career counselling and information to the whole population on a unified basis. Since January 2019, Eesti Töötukassa has thus been providing career advice and career information services for everyone, including schoolchildren. The Ministry of Education and Research is still...

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  • Ministry of Education and Research
  • Unemployment Insurance Fund
  • Ministry of Social Affairs
ID number
28167
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Estonia Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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The aim of the programme is to bring learning opportunities more in line with the development needs of the labour market.

Description

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The programme was adopted in 2015. It sets out a roadmap and offers a framework for increasing the qualification levels of the labour force, decreasing the structural labour shortage and enhancing the employability of graduates by responding better to changes in labour demand. A smoother transition from education to employment will be ensured and opportunities to participate in lifelong learning will be expanded.

The programme is implemented through a single measure (linking studies to the...

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  • Ministry of Education and Research
  • Innove Foundation (until 2020)
  • Education and Youth Board
ID number
28155
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Estonia Strategy/Action plan

Objectives

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Adapting vocational education and training (VET)  to the rapid progress in digitalisation, allows graduates to gain the respective qualifications needed on the labour market and counteracts the challenge of skills mismatches and shortages.

Description

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The preliminary examination of the potential restructuring of IT occupations carried out by the Federal Institute for VET (BIBB) in 2015-16 and the subsequent research initiative 'Skills, qualifications and competences for the digitised work of tomorrow' on 14 occupations (2016-18) touched upon developing key competences. Findings from the selected screening showed that the process of 'digital penetration' into training occupations occurred at different rates, depending on the company and on...

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  • Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
ID number
28141
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Germany Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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The aim of promoting digital media and innovative technology in VET is to raise the potential for teaching and learning using digital media, promoting the acquisition of digital media competence among apprentices and trainers. This strengthens initial and continuing VET and ultimately makes it more attractive.

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The web portal, Digital media in VET, has provided information since 2015 on the use of digital media in VET and selected project findings. The  portal offers a project database and map, including 222 projects in the following seven categories: didactics/methodology, learning in the work process, creation of content, learning location cooperation, competence assessment and documentation, mobile learning, and web 2.0.

The portal also features a selection of products developed by the funded...

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  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  • Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
ID number
28138
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Germany Practical measure/Initiative

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The German qualifications framework (DQR) was developed to make the German education system more transparent. Referencing the DQR to the European qualifications framework (EQF) makes it easier to compare qualifications, in Europe and in Germany. This supports the mobility of learners and workers.

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In 2016, 21 qualifications from regulated further training were allocated to the DQR. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) commissioned a study on the use of the DQR by main target groups: learners, employees, employers, and education providers. The final report with recommendations for action was published in December 2016.

In 2017, for the first time, further vocational training qualifications were assigned to DQR levels 6 and 7. General education qualifications were...

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  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  • Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK)
  • Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) (until December 2021)
  • Federal States
  • Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
ID number
28136
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Germany Practical measure/Initiative

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The aim of these measures is to provide guidance for adults throughout their working life.

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The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) offers a telephone information and guidance service supporting individuals who are considering their further education and qualification options. The telephone guidance service started as a pilot project in 2015-16 to analyse demand for such a service and explore potential success factors in contextual situations in the different Federal States. It became a permanent service in 2017 with an annual funding of EUR 500 000. Since May 2018,...

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  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
ID number
28132
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Germany Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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Amended legal acts relating to continuing vocational education and training (CVET) and advanced vocational training aim to:

  1. open access to CVET funding regardless of qualifications, age or company size, if there is need for CVET because of digital structural change or structural change in any other way;
  2. expand funding to acquisition of advanced vocational qualifications, making VET more attractive throughout career pathways and meeting the growing need for highly qualified skilled...

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In 2016, the legislation promoting further training (AWStG) was amended. It improved the financial conditions, under which the low-qualified, the long-term unemployed and older workers could access CVET, in particular through allowances during training and financial incentives for passing exams.

On 18 December 2018, the Qualification Opportunities Act (Qualifizierungschancengesetz) was adopted, and came into force on 1 January 2019. The act introduced the right of people in employment to...

Bodies responsible

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  • Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  • Federal Employment Agency (BA)
ID number
28120
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Germany Regulation/Legislation

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The primary objective is to improve digital skills at national level (Cyprus). Secondary objectives are:

  1. to improve productivity in private and public sectors;
  2. to aid the entrance in the labour market of unemployed people;
  3. to assist senior citizens to make the most of the digital world in their daily routines.

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Since 2017, the Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (HRDA) is including the acquisition of basic digital skills for employees over the age of 35 in the single- and multi-company training programmes that it subsidises. Both schemes aim at providing continuing training to meet the training needs of employees as well as the unemployed who are registered with PES (i.e., in multi-company training programmes). The Cyprus Productivity Centre (CPC) of the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and...

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  • Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (HRDA)
  • Cyprus Productivity Centre (CPC)
  • Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
ID number
28085
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Cyprus Practical measure/Initiative

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Following the 2015-20 VET development strategy adopted in October 2014 (and the updated VET strategy in Bulgaria for the period 2019-21), the VET Act was amended, introducing the legislative basis for validation of prior learning in VET. Validation, using the State education standards (SES), can be carried out by VET providers for professions included in the national list of VET professions (LPVET), and could lead to qualifications at EQF levels 2 to 5. The procedures for partial validation...

Bodies responsible

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  • National Agency for Vocational Education and Training (NAVET)
  • Ministry of Education and Science
ID number
28058
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Bulgaria Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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To support national labour market policy by providing analysis and data on the skills needed in five sectors of the economy.

Description

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In 2016, the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) started the project Development of national competences assessment system - MyCompetence. The project is funded by the Operational programme Human resource development 2014-20, with the financial support of the European Social Fund (ESF). For the period from December 2017 to October 2019, BIA committed to extending the capacity and scope of the MyCompetence initiative and the supporting infrastructure. More specifically:

  1. the sector...

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  • Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA)
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
ID number
28054
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Bulgaria Practical measure/Initiative

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Strengthen the language skills of jobseekers to improve the employment rate, especially for low-skilled people.

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Bruxelles Formation (BF), the French-speaking public service in charge of vocational training in the Brussels Region, has a training centre dedicated to language learning: BF langues.

BF langues provides training in French as a foreign language, Dutch and English for employment purposes at its training centre and at the vocational training centres run by Bruxelles Formation and its partners.

The teaching approach is skills-based, occupationally targeted and interactive and the methodology...

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  • Bruxelles Formation (Brussels Institute for Vocational Training)
  • Brussels Public Employment Service (Actiris)
ID number
28039
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Belgium-FR Practical measure/Initiative

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Orientation and guidance measures aim at supporting the public in defining their professional career and the related requirements by emphasising the discovery of trades and establishing contact with professionals from several sectors. They also aim to be centres of excellence in guidance, teaching, training and discovery of the sciences and professions of the future.

More precisely, Cités des métiers aim to be centres of excellence in guidance, teaching, training and discovery of the...

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Several centres of excellence in guidance, teaching, training and discovery of science were set up in Belgium, namely one Cité des métiers centre was set up in Namur in June 2016 and another one in Brussels in 2018. Founded in May 2019 by the Government of the Walloon Region, the University of Liège and Le Forem, the non-profit organisation named Centrale des Métiers de Liège is responsible for the Cité des Métiers project in the city of Liège.

 

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  • Public Service of Wallonia (SPW) for Economy, Employment, Research - Department of Employment and Vocational Training
  • French Community (FWB)
  • Walloon Government
  • French Community Commission (COCOF)
  • Brussels' Government
ID number
28032
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Belgium-FR Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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Fight against labour shortages in Wallonia and assign employers which are in need of additional employees the responsibility to train the people which are directed to them.

Description

What/How/Who/For whom/When of the policy development in detail, explaining its activities and annual progress, main actors and target groups.

In August 2018, the Walloon Region signed an agreement with the business sectors and their training funds as part of the fight against labour shortages. This agreement is expressed in three strong measures implemented by Le Forem.

Coup de poing pénuries (Shortages punch) action: the objective of this action is to act quickly and specifically on the particularly serious shortages encountered by small and large companies. As soon as a company or several companies are looking for at least...

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  • Le Forem (The Walloon Office for Vocational Training and Employment)
ID number
28029
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Belgium-FR Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The aim of validation is to help individuals to achieve personal development, to contribute to a higher level of employment, to improve access to formal education systems and to stimulate lifelong learning. Developments at policy level aim at an integrated approach to validation, bringing existing separate validation measures together in a single comprehensive strategy.

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There is increased cooperation between different validation providers (inside as well as outside education) and the willingness to create a single framework linking validation processes to the Flemish qualifications framework (FQF). In July 2015, the concept for an integrated framework for validation in Flanders was approved by the Flemish government; a task force was set up to develop the integrated policy framework and to draft a decree on validation. A cost-benefit analysis has been...

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  • Flemish Ministry of Education and Training
  • Flemish Ministry of Work and Social Economy
  • Agency for Higher Education, Adult Education, Qualifications and Study Allowances (AHOVOKS)
ID number
28010
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Belgium-FL Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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Facilitating access to employment through a close-to-reality learning experience in a highly realistic training environment.

Description

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In 2015, the CVET centre in Sankt Vith introduced the virtual enterprise Vithalit as a new learning scheme to allow a close-to-reality learning experience in a highly realistic training environment. From merchandise traffic to business relations, all procedures mirror commercial practice. The programme promotes integrated learning and aims at facilitating (re-)entry into employment. Since the launch of the programme, the trainees participated in various national and international fairs for...

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  • CVET centre in Sankt Vith
ID number
28003
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Belgium-DE Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The aim of the measure is to provide a higher qualification for young people who have already achieved maximum compulsory school qualifications, thereby giving them better job market prospects and at the same time countering the impending shortage of skilled workers.

Description

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In October 2016, the federal government extended the training guarantee up to the age of 25. This is a special Public Employment Service (AMS) scheme that guarantees young unemployed people aged 19 to 25, who have only completed compulsory education, the right to acquire VET qualifications by attending AMS programmes. To that end, AMS already uses tried-and-tested instruments and funding approaches to offer this target group the possibility of apprenticeship training in companies, alternance...

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This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS)
  • Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth (BMAFJ) (until 2020)
  • Federal Ministry of Labour (BMA) (until 2022)
  • Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW)
ID number
27991
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Austria Regulation/Legislation

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Increase of transparency in the acquisition of engineering (Ingenieur) qualifications.

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A new Engineering Act (IngG 2017) came into force on 1 May 2017. Graduates of VET colleges of engineering (HTL) or of VET colleges in the agricultural and forestry/environmental sector (HBLA) who have a minimum of 3 years relevant professional experience, can now apply for certification to obtain the formal engineer qualification (Ingenieur, NQF/EQF level 6).

Beside the engineer qualification discussed above, application for certification is also allowed for other qualifications comparable...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
  • Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW)
ID number
27989
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Austria Regulation/Legislation

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  1. ensure compatibility with both the national qualifications framework (NQF) and the trade regulations (GewO);
  2. improve the visibility, comparability and credibility of master craftsperson qualifications; 
  3. improve support for the mobility of their holders.

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The policy development refers to a comprehensive process for aligning master craftsperson qualifications to the requirements of the NQF. The concept includes the definition of learning outcomes, the preparation of training documents, the development of guidelines for the design of examinations, the preparation of examiners and the provision of information to potential candidates and companies. The approach is intended to ensure compatibility with both the NQF and the trade regulations...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
  • Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
  • Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW)
ID number
27984
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Austria Practical measure/Initiative

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Updating initial and continuing education programmes and curricula to meet the needs of digitalisation.

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In 2019 the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) organised a total of 10 company workshops within the framework of the New digital skills initiative, which is a new development of the AMS New skills project, which has been running since 2009. High-ranking representatives of leading Austrian companies participated in five different clusters (manufacturing industries, trade, tourism, construction and office/administration/IT). The aim of the workshops was to identify the new demands placed...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS)
  • Chamber of Labour (AK)
  • Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
ID number
27978
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Austria Practical measure/Initiative

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The project aims to improve the competitiveness of the Austrian economy through modern and excellent VET and promote innovation while supporting social inclusion. It is supported by policy-makers and developed in cooperation with the Economic Chambers of the federal provinces (Länder).

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The We educate the economy plan was approved in 2018 by the Austrian Economic Chamber and focusses on developing projects in five fields:

  1. virtual learning platforms, for example for virtual company tours or online career information;
  2. digital tools for apprenticeship training, such as digital learning worlds for apprentices, online tools for planning and documenting apprenticeship training and digital training and continuing education platforms for trainers;
  3. continuing training, such as...

Bodies responsible

This section lists main bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the policy development or for its specific parts or activities, as indicated in the regulatory acts. The responsibilities are usually explained in its description.
  • Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
ID number
27971
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Austria Strategy/Action plan