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Following an extended consultation with relevant stakeholders, the ministries of labour and education, in cooperation with the national employment service, decided to launch a partnership for apprenticeship involving employer representative bodies and social partners. The partnership is an intermediary between education and the labour market. The partnership's main goals are to:
raise awareness among enterprises (8 000 companies are targeted);
ensure that enough quality apprenticeship...
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Two pilot projects took place, aiming at capacity building of in-company trainers:
a 2015-17 Erasmus+ project, in cooperation with Germany and Cyprus, resulted in a guidebook for in-company trainer training published by the Institute of Educational Policy (IEP), and a training course held in cooperation with the Manpower Employment Organisation (OAED). The guidebook was distributed to all employers that participated in the first large-scale phase of the post-secondary apprenticeship year...
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A Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD), 'Apprenticeship quality framework' was signed in February 2017, with specifications for in-company trainers. In-company trainers have to attend a training programme designed jointly by the national employment service, chambers and education institutions. According to the JMD, the Greek authorities are aiming to create a register of certified trainers in companies. However, for the first three years of the implementation of apprenticeship courses, employers...
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The objective is to ensure the proper implementation of the post-secondary apprenticeship year and the reinforcement of links with the labour market.
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The Institute of Educational Policy (IEP) is carrying out the project Teachers and trainers training on issues related to apprenticeship. Particular attention is paid to the continuing professional development (CPD) of teaching staff who used to work in school-based programmes and are (re)allocated to the new apprenticeship programmes (mostly the EPAL post-secondary apprenticeship year, but also apprenticeships within post-secondary VET programmes of the Institute of Vocational Training...
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Legislation in 2017 (Law 4485/2017) re-affirmed that, starting from September 2019, the certification of teaching competences of VET teachers and adult educators becomes a prerequisite for their enrolment in training programmes partly funded by the State. This affects post-secondary non-formal IVET and CVET teachers.
It should also be noted that since December 2015, the mechanism for the certification of post-secondary non-formal IVET teachers, which was previously funded by the operational...
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Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP)
strengthen the social role of schools offering equal opportunities to VET learners;
combat early dropout and support learners in their transition to vocational education, while raising the profile of secondary VET for society and learners.
Interventions are targeted at first grade learners on upper secondary VET programmes (EPAL) and aim to improve their literacy and numeracy competences and assist their smooth integration into the school environment.
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In October 2017, implementing the 2016 strategic framework, the education ministry introduced the initiative A new beginning at EPAL, which included basic skills-enhancing measures, socio-psychological support and integration actions. The initiative was piloted in 2017/18 in nine schools. Many of the programme's actions were launched by individual schools and teachers before they were adopted and enhanced by the education ministry. Promotional events were organised in 2018/19.
A new beginning...
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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....
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National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP)
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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...
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National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP)
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Centres of vocational education (??E) were introduced in 2018. They are two-year post-secondary vocational programmes provided by universities for EPAL graduates. KEE programmes include 1 200 hours of theoretical and laboratory training, and 960 hours of practical training in a company. Successful course completion will lead to the acquisition of a level 5 certificate. A total of 60 programme proposals have been submitted by 11 universities from the 13 Regions of the country. The...
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Following the 2016 national strategic framework, the first grade of vocational upper secondary schools (EPAL) is common to all learners. The second grade is where sectoral division takes place, while in the third grade learners opt for a speciality. More specifically, in the first grade of these programmes, students follow orientation courses for 20% of their learning hours and occupation specific courses for 17.2%. General education subjects make up the rest (62.8%) of their learning hours,...
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For non-formal VET and in particular CVET, Law 4547/2018, supplementing Law 4186/2013, set new qualitative features for the operation of lifelong learning centres (KDVM), organised around four axes:
upgrading the procedure for the licensing of KDVM;
accreditation of all training programmes (both CVET and general adult education) by the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP);
certification of graduates by EOPPEP;
determination of...
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A new VET graduate tracking study was carried out in Greece in 2019-21 by the National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP) in cooperation with the National Institute for Labour and Human Resource (EIEAD). The project focuses on graduates of 2.5-year post-secondary VET programmes (IEK). Using quality indicators such as the placement rate of VET graduates and the utilisation of acquired skills in the workplace, the research analyses the position of...
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National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP)
National Institute of Labour and Human Resources (EIEAD)
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The National Committee for VET was set up in 2017. It is responsible for the overall coordination of governance of Greek VET, monitoring the implementation of the 2016 National strategic framework for the upgrade of VET and apprenticeship and evaluating its results. The National Committee is supported in its work by a Technical Committee for VET. Both committees have become operational. In its first meeting (March 2018), the National Committee discussed the mapping of labour market skills...
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The legal framework for a skills needs forecasting system was established in 2016. EIEAD was given the mandate to coordinate the development of the Mechanism of labour market diagnosis. A coordination committee was put in place, consisting of representatives from the ministries of labour, education and economy, EOPPEP, the regions, OAED and social partners. The Mechanism was established in 2016. In 2017, its methodological framework (data collection and processing, procedures for mapping...
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National Institute of Labour and Human Resources (EIEAD)
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The key element of the 2016 strategic framework was the design and implementation of the post-secondary apprenticeship year, which is offered by vocational upper secondary schools (EPAL). For the establishment of its regulatory basis, a demanding legislative process was needed (for example, through regulating the EPAL apprenticeship year, setting the quality framework for apprenticeships, introducing pilot apprenticeship programmes). Law 4610/2019 integrated all the amendments related to...
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Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
General Secretariat for VET, Lifelong Learning and Youth
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As part of the Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) of the European Commission to support job creation and sustainable growth, a project with OMNIA (the Finnish project partner) was carried out. The main focus was on:
developing a consultation process between the business world and VET in the region of Attica (the focus sector was construction);
developing a train-the-trainers model;
developing a guidebook for integrating key competences in VET curricula;
implementing learning outcomes in...
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The framework sets out 10 strategic intervention areas which, in turn, contain certain implementation measures. These 10 areas are to:
improve VET governance and adopt a mechanism that follows up implementation;
make visible the social role of VET and enhance VET's contribution to society;
improve and expand apprenticeship;
improve VET and its connection to the labour market;
improve quality in VET;
improve VET's efficiency;
enhance permeability and mobility;
improve VET's attractiveness;
...
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Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP)
The national framework for initial and continuing teacher training aims to develop professional skills that meet personal demands and the needs of the institution.
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A December 2015 circular created more opportunities for school staff to work with the business world, including courses for head teachers and CPD modules on entrepreneurship; it also contributed to the CPD of VET school teachers. One of the measures included in the circular introduced compulsory traineeship in companies for teachers.
The June 2015 quality assurance decree was rolled out for the first time in January 2017. It requires training bodies to be able to demonstrate that staff in...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
The support systems for apprenticeship mentors/tutors are aimed at improving the integration of young people into the company, spreading the work-based learning culture, and improving employee retention.
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In initial vocational education and training apprenticeship schemes, learners receive guidance and support during their in-company training by professionals in the company they work. Depending on the scheme, these professionals are called mentors (within the apprenticeship contract scheme) or tutors (within the professionalisation contract scheme).
The role of apprenticeship mentor is recognised under the Citizen's commitment account (Compte d'engagement citoyen, CEC), which is part of the...
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Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
The objective of this development is to improve initial teacher training and create more attractive pathways into the profession.
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Teacher training was one of the major challenges to be addressed in the Social Agenda (2018-19) developed by the Ministry of Education and Youth. The reform of human resources policy in education promotes support to teams and staff, as well as the empowerment and fulfilment of teaching staff valuing commitment and merit, and reinforcing quality for student success.
A national process of consultation, launched in October 2020, resulted in a set of measures introduced by the Minister of...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
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A scheme called Students as apprentice teachers (étudiants apprentis-professeurs) was introduced in the 2015/16 school year, replacing a similar scheme called Future jobs for teachers. The scheme is designed for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are at the start of their university studies and aiming to become teachers. In this respect they integrate a 3-year pre-professionalisation pathway from the second year of the Bachelor degree. During this training programme, participants...
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Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
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In 2017, the PIX platform was established as a free online public service used to assess, develop, and certify digital competences, intended for secondary and university students in initial education and training as well as workers.
Based on the DigComp 2, European skills reference framework, PIX offers all users the chance to determine their level of proficiency in 16 different skills/areas of competence.
These skills/areas of competence are: conducting research and information monitoring,...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Public non-profit organisation PIX
Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
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 2015, social partners created a professional certificate which recognises basic knowledge and skills needed for the workplace (Certificat de connaissances et de compétences professionnelles). To enhance training for illiterate individuals seeking to earn this certificate, nationally referred to as Cléa, the national agency for literacy (Agence nationale de lutte contre l'illettrisme, ANLCI) created a correspondence chart. This chart effectively links the competences from the ANLCI...
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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 social partners through the national cross-sector jobs and training committee (Comité interprofessionnel pour l'emploi et la formation, COPANEF) created 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.
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National cross-sector jobs and training committee (COPANEF) (until 2019)
This common foundation of knowledge, skills and culture is structured around five areas of training which cover the primary educational goals of compulsory schooling.
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In 2016-17, a 'common base of knowledge, competences and culture', to be acquired by all learners, was defined. The common base includes languages for thinking and communicating; methods and tools for learning; education for the individual and the citizen; natural systems and technical systems; representations of the world and human activity.
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
The objective of the investment plan is to support access to employment for two million people, mainly those socially excluded, and prepare them for the challenges of the future.
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The Skills Investment plan (Plan d'investissement dna les compétences, PIC) is a government initiative aimed at improving job related skills and employability of 1 million job seekers and 1 million young people. Launched in 2018, this 5-year plan focuses on providing training programmes to help people gain qualifications that match the needs of the job market. Its goal is to reduce unemployment and promote social inclusion by investing in the development of skills that are in demand,...
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Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
Regional councils for employment, training and vocational guidance
The establishment of a framework improves the visibility of qualifications for all those involved in the training-employment relationship, by associating each vocational qualification with a level of qualification based on the grading criteria for the necessary professional skills. This is recognition for access to further studies and offers practical value for the market, aiding comparisons and mobility at national and international levels.
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In the reporting period, work to adapt the current five-level structure of the French framework to the eight-level structure of the EQF was carried out. Article 31 of the 2018 Law for the freedom to choose one's professional future introduced a new vocational qualifications framework, which establishes the correspondence between the national five-level structure and the EQF levels. The EQF NCP for France is, as of 1 January 2019, hosted by France Compétences.
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It will make it possible to adapt reference bases more quickly when certain areas of competence are impacted by technological developments.
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Skill sets are 'homogeneous and coherent sets of competencies that contribute to the autonomous exercise of a professional activity, which can be evaluated and validated'. Reforming vocational qualifications into skill sets (blocks de compétences) started in 2016. The first qualifications restructured into skill sets through legislation (decrees 2016-771, 2016-772 and 2016-1037) are the professional skills certificate (CAP, EQF level 3), the vocational baccalaureate (Bac-pro, EQF level 4)...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Delegate Minister for VET under the education and labour ministers
France Compétences
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
The measure aims to facilitate access for new graduates of the vocational baccalaureate wishing to enrol into the higher technical section (Section de technicien supérieur, STS).
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A new scheme for progression from upper secondary VET to tertiary technological education is being piloted, from September 2017, for three years in three education districts (académies). The aim is to allow students who obtained the baccalauréat (end of upper secondary diploma) in vocational education to pursue their studies in higher technological education (section de technicien supérieur, STS).
Previously, admission to higher technological education programmes was preferably granted to...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
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A circular from the Ministry of Education issued in March 2016 allows students who made a wrong choice of VET programme to change their mind and move to another programme, whether in VET or general or technological education.
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
Reducing school dropout is a priority. A right to delayed training aims to give young dropouts a chance to return to initial education and training under scholar or trainee status.
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Any student who, at the end of compulsory schooling, has not attained a level of training recognised by a national diploma or a professional qualification registered and classified at or above level 3 of the national register of professional qualifications (RNCP) must be able to pursue studies to acquire a qualification. The State provides the means necessary, as part of its responsibilities, for the resulting continued schooling. Any young person leaving the education system without a...
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Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
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.
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The 2018 Law for the freedom to choose one's professional future provides for:
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;
reforming funding mechanisms to establish a...
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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)
To enhance digital literacy and technical expertise in response to emerging needs in different sectors - including ICT, automation and cyber-technologies- by providing targeted vocational training.
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Within the framework of the 2016 State-Regions partnership agreement, 500 new training courses are offered in VET upper secondary schools (lycées professionnels) since September 2017. Almost 70% of these courses lead to national diplomas, with more than 20% of them being offered in apprenticeships or combined school-based / apprenticeship pathways. On completing an initial VET programme, graduates my continue with a second training programme leading to additional qualification, either to...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
The aim of the initiatives is to ensure the success of young people seeking apprenticeship training.
The 2015 Success in apprenticeship initiative supports apprenticeship programmes for young people from prioritised disadvantaged urban areas underrepresented among apprentices. The Prépa apprentissageprogramme, established by the 2018 law, aims to meet the needs of young people wishing to move into apprenticeship training and needing support to prepare and strengthen their basic skills to...
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The 2015 Success in apprenticeship initiative has put in place 142 projects in 20 regions, most involving the local youth employment and social integration centres (Missions locales) in partnership with apprentice training centres (Centre de formation d'apprentis, CFA). Programmes last 12 months and include guidance. The 2018 Law for the freedom to choose one's professional future sets up a mechanism to support those target group members who wish to enter an apprenticeship with a view to...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
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)
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
The aim is to support NEETS and low-qualified young people in access to training and to acquire a qualification at EQF levels 3 and 4 and contribute to equality of opportunity.
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Within the framework of 2016 partnership agreement between the State and the regions to support employment and social inclusion, a strategy was set out to extend the range of qualifications that can be gained through apprenticeship. The aim is to support NEETS and low-qualified young people in access to training and acquire a qualification at EQF levels 3 and 4. At least 11 sectors have expressed interest in the approach, including the construction, temporary work, metalwork, plastics and...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
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.
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In January 2016, the government launched a plan to create 500 000 training places for jobseekers (Plan 500 000 formations pour demandeurs d'emploi). 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. Building on its success, the plan was extended in the first semester of 2017 with 200 000 additional training courses specifically targeted...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
Modernising IVET aims at making school-based VET more effective (securing ability to self-direct lifelong learning and employability), more attractive (addressing challenges of the 21st century such as digital technology and energy transition), and more open to Europe and the world (through stronger partnerships with institutions in other countries).
The new phase in the transformation of the school-based vocational system is designed to meet two major objectives:
faster transformation of the...
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The transformation of the vocational high school, which began in 2018, aims to improve the link between apprenticeship and the academic path. It is a systemic transformation (covering content and pedagogy, organisation of pathways, evolution of the training offer) in order to make vocational education more effective and more attractive; it aims to involve VET further in preparing learners for promising future jobs, especially in digital technology and the energy transition. Measures include:
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Delegate Minister for VET under the education and labour ministers
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
reduce inequalities in access to training for low qualified workers and ease (re)training and skills acquisition;
support the transformation of companies, building employee loyalty and improve risk prevention.
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In July 2018, a report was published detailing the results of a pilot initiative launched in 2015 that explored new approaches for work-based learning through scheduled and guided on-the-job training. This pilot involved collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and stakeholders such as social partners, the National Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance Council (CNEFOP), the National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions (ANACT), and training funds (OPCAs). The...
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Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
This policy development is aimed at developing relationships between businesses and education through career guidance and work-based training for young people.
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A circular of 2 December 2015 from the Ministry of Education announced 12 measures aimed at developing relationships between businesses and education through career guidance and work-based training for young people. They include work placements and measures to help pupils gain a better understanding of the world of work. School staff will have more opportunities to interact with the business world through courses for head teachers and continuous professional development modules on...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Delegate Minister for VET under the education and labour ministers
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
Strengthening the professional aspect of Erasmus, in order to enable young apprentices to benefit from the same opportunities for international mobility as students and thereby democratise and amplify the mobility of young people around Europe.
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A French-German pilot project to support the mobility of young apprentices was launched in November 2015 and involved 50 young apprentices working in 11 participating large enterprises (Allianz, Michelin, Danone, Bosch, BASF, L'Oréal, Siemens, BNP Paribas, ENGIE, Airbus and Safran). The main aim was to raise awareness about apprenticeship among education and counselling staff in charge of school pupils. The initiative was supplemented by an online continuous professional development course...
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Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
Fostering cooperation between higher education and economic sectors to match supply and demand for qualifications more effectively, and expanding the trades and qualifications campuses initiative were among the national policy priorities in VET for 2016-20. The second generation of campuses aims at establishing VET as an excellence pathway, strengthening the linking between the world of education and the world of business. It is part of the actions taken under the continuing reform of May...
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In the reporting period, the initiative was further extended through labelling 95 campuses covering 12 growth and job-creating sectors: food and food-processing; chemistry and biotechnologies; creation, design, audiovisual; infrastructures, construction, eco-construction; materials, innovative materials; mobility, aeronautics, terrestrial and maritime transport; digital, telecommunications; business services, logistics; innovative services, mechatronics; tourism, gastronomy; energy...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
Ministry of Economy, Finance and Recovery
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
National guidance policies aim to provide learners with information and guidance on their future education and career options, including apprenticeships, and to provide individualised support for forward planning.
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The Pathways for the future (Parcours d'avenir) measure, announced in 2015, has been in place in all lower secondary education schools since September 2015. It is available to all learners from lower to the end of upper secondary years (from Sixième to Terminale). A particular focus is placed on apprenticeships.
A practical guide for the implementation of the Parcours d'avenir measure has been circulated to the heads of institutions. It emphasises the importance of raising awareness of...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Delegate Minister for VET under the education and labour ministers
Regional authorities
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
The aim of the measures is to provide legal security to both employers and training organisations that offer alternance training schemes involving training mobility abroad.
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Apprentice mobility was enshrined in the Labour Code (2017). New legal provisions have come into force, aimed at removing obstacles to long-term mobility in Europe for apprentices and trainees in alternance training schemes. Recent laws reforming the Labour Code (March 2018) and vocational education and training (September 2018) include measures that apply to all young people under the apprenticeship contract (contrat d'apprentissage) and the professional development contract (contrat de...
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Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of Labour, Full Employment and Inclusion
Delegate Minister for VET under the education and labour ministers
Erasmus+ National Agency (Erasmus+ France Education and training)
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration (until 2022)
Ministry of National Education and Youth (until 2024)
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (from 2020 till 2022)
This policy development aims at increasing the number of apprentices in the public sector.
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A 2015 circular established conditions for apprenticeship contracts within the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector. The overall goal was to create 500 000 apprenticeships by 2017, with specific targets for the public sector: 4 000 apprenticeships starting in September 2015 and an additional 6 000 by September 2016. A practical guide was issued for human resources services to facilitate this process. The targets were successfully met, with 4 420 apprentices recruited in 2015 and 8...
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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)
A reform of apprenticeship contract had been initiated in October 2017. Its overall intention is to make the most of apprenticeship, regarded as an excellence training pathway, to ensure educational success and professional integration, in the respective interests of all: young people, businesses, local territories, and national economic and social development.
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Social partners have been involved in the design of the reform, along with regional authorities, chambers of commerce, and experts. Stakeholder consultation lasted from November 2017 to January 2018. The September 2018 Law for the freedom to choose one's professional future includes provisions regarding apprenticeship and work-based learning.
The opening of new apprentice training centres no longer requires administrative approval (previously issued by the regions). Sectors and businesses...
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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)
To improve VET teachers' continuous professional development (CPD) overall and, more specifically, to support education staff during the implementation of the 2018 reform.
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In 2016, the Teacher education development programme (Opettajankoulutuksen kehittämisohjelma) was launched by the Ministry of Education and Culture and coordinated by Jyväskylä Educational Consortium Gradia. The programme recommends that training should emphasise its capabilities for:
working as a teacher in different operating environments;
promoting learner-centeredness;
creativity.
It supports:
developing coherent practices;
unifying quality criteria;
promoting competence-based and...
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In summer 2015, reforms to regulations for the 52 vocational qualifications came into force. They included amendments to the skills required for workplace instructor training to:
identify tasks suitable for on-the-job learning and prepare plans for it;
provide induction training on duties, practices and rules in the workplace;
work with different learners and colleagues;
receive and give feedback.
The three modules recommended by the Finnish National Agency for Education now cover:
planning...
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In May 2016, the Finnish government launched an action plan for the better integration of immigrants in all types and levels of education, including vocational training. The plan, which is targeted at supporting immigrants, foresees an increase in the preparatory training for initial vocational qualifications (IVET) and competence-based qualifications (CVET). The general language proficiency requirement should no longer be an admission criterion for VET, but the education provider still...
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The competence-based qualifications in Finland embed validation of non-formal and informal learning as an integral part of the entire CVET qualifications system. The system has been in place since 1994 and was further strengthened in 2007 and in 2015 by the Decree on individualisation. The Decree defines principles of validation more precisely than before. The CBQ system is very popular among the adult population in Finland with 100 000 learners involved each year. In IVET, validation is...
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The Act on the Finnish national framework for qualifications and other competence (Act 93/2017) and the related government Decree (120/2017) entered into force in March 2017. The framework covers the entire education/qualifications system. In this framework, the qualifications, syllabuses and other extensive competence modules of the Finnish national education system were classified into eight levels based on learning outcomes. The referencing to the EQF was completed in December 2017.
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As part of the 2018 reform the Ministry of Education confirmed in February 2017 the restructuring of vocational qualifications as of January 2019. The number of vocational qualifications has decreased from 351 to 164 (43 vocational qualifications, 65 further vocational qualifications and 56 specialist vocational qualifications). The new qualification structure, which is composed of broader qualifications, helps individual learners better organise their competence development in a more...
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The was a need to strengthen the learning outcomes approach of vocational qualification requirements, the modular structure of qualifications, flexibility and individualisation in learning paths and validation of prior learning. In August 2015, the existing legislation on VET was amended to steer the IVET system to implement validation more effectively. The most drastic change was the shift from time-bound credit points to competence points, which show the relative importance of the unit of...
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The Finnish National Agency for Education has been developing and coordinating the skills anticipation model for adult education since 2016. The participatory and interactive process ensured an opportunity to participate in developing and piloting the model as extensively as possible. Experts on working life participated in the development and brought their field-specific knowledge of how big a workforce and what kind of competence and skills would be needed in the future.
The goal is to...
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In 2017, 30 national education and training committees were replaced by nine skills anticipation groups, each representing different vocational fields and together with the steering group formed the National forum for skills anticipation. The members of these groups are representatives of employers, employees and entrepreneurs, as well as VET providers, higher education institutions, teaching staff, researchers and education administrators. The current mandate of the anticipation groups...
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Based on the results of the 2015 evaluation, the Ministry of Education and Culture supported the development of the quality assurance system for VET providers. The Quality assurance national reference point (QANRP) used Erasmus+ funding in 2016-17 to update the criteria for self-assessment and related guidelines for VET providers. It was also involved in other projects and networking with QANRPs from other countries (e.g. Austria) to strengthen the culture of quality assurance in VET and...
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The main aim is to reduce the administrative and financial burden of the provision of training on employers.
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The increased compensation for employers was part of the youth guarantee and it was paid during 2013-17. The 2017 Act on VET changed the financing system and from 2018 the funding of apprenticeship training was raised to the same level as the institution-based funding. (The term institution-based VET is no longer a useful expression because its current meaning differs from earlier institution-based VET. It now consists of different learning environments such as apprenticeship training,...
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To offer open educational resources, training and technological solutions to help Spanish teachers incorporate this skill into their teaching practice through programming and robotics activities.
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The School of Computational Thinking was set up in the academic year 2018/19 to train teachers to develop programming and robotics in their classrooms. This initiative is coordinated by the National Institute for Education Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF) in collaboration with the Autonomous Communities, which provide their own teachers for the project, as the education ministry does not have the competence for the teacher training in the regions.
In primary education, teachers use...
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Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
To train teachers in developing students' digital competences and in the appropriate use of digital technologies in teaching and learning processes, including those taking place in virtual environments, adapting the pedagogical strategies used accordingly.
To update, through digital media, the scientific, pedagogical and didactic training of teachers, as well as that relating to coordination, guidance, tutoring, inclusive education, attention to diversity, equality and the organisation and...
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The National Institute of Education Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF) is also responsible for the integration of ICT in non-university education. INTEF, in collaboration with the Autonomous Communities, offered four types of online courses for teacher continuous professional development (CPD):
online tutored courses specifically for teachers; these combine expert support and follow-up with peer-to-peer exchange, teamwork and peer assessment. Successful completion is recognised with...
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Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
To promote teacher training in the technological, methodological and social aspects of integrating digital resources into their daily teaching practice.
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The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, through the National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training and the Autonomous Communities, elaborated, in 2021, a new reference framework for digital competence in teaching through a commission dependent on the Working Group on Learning Technologies. This framework was approved by the Sectoral Conference on Education at its meeting on 30 March 2022 and published by Resolution of 4 May 2022 of the Directorate General for...
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Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
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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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A 2015 Ministerial Decree ECD/65/2015 provides for the revision and update of key competences in curricula. The Decree describes the relationship between competences, content and evaluation criteria for primary, compulsory and secondary education. Implications are that key competences should be integrated into the curriculum (including in VET); they should be defined, explained and well-developed; the selection of content and methodologies should ensure the development of key competences...
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Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
The objective of the action plan is to train at least 43% (100 000) of young people, registered as unemployed and with no compulsory secondary education qualification, to gain key competences in Spanish and mathematics; 30% of young people in linguistic competences, 225 000 young people in digital competences, and 25% (40 000) of young people in competences of strategic sectors.
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The Action plan for youth employment (2019-21) includes initiatives in relation to vocational training aimed at enabling young people under 30 years of age to acquire competences or professional experience, upgrade their qualifications and increase their employability.
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create a top-quality framework for employment and dignified work;
be the main actors of their own qualification and labour market insertion process;
increase their qualifications and employability by acquiring more professional skills;
be part of a new economic model based on social sustainability, productivity and added value;
provide adequate and individualised assistance from the public employment services;
avoid horizontal segregation and the gender wage...
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The Reincorpora-T plan 2019-2021, approved in April, aimed at the long-term unemployed, is one of the measures implemented to contribute to the development of a new, more inclusive production model and is committed to intelligent, sustainable and inclusive growth as set out in the Europe 2020 Strategy. It considers and recognises, through active employment policies, the labour potential of the active population that is related to situations of long-term unemployment or precarious employment.
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Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
Autonomous Public Employment Services
Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare
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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 (ESF)...
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Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL)
National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL)
Red.es
The Spanish School of Industrial Organisation Foundation (EOI)
State Public Employment Service (SEPE)
State Foundation for Training in Employment (Fundae) until 2022
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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Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
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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...
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Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
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.
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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 (until 2023)
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
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.
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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...
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Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports
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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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.
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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, Vocational Training and Sports
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (until 2023)
The aim of the programme was to align the assessment and development of teachers and school leaders with the contemporary learning approach, considering the needs of the learner and developing creativity and innovation. The programme aimed to establish a multilevel CPD (continuous professional development) scheme for teachers and school leaders.
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The programme was adopted in 2015 and addresses teachers and school leaders at all levels and types of education, including VET. It has devoted resources to teacher training, including digital competences and innovative approaches in VET. The following actions have been taken:
schools were supported to improve the integration of general and vocational learning and promote key competences;
the share of teachers with practical experience and labour market qualifications was increased;
VET...
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To promote adult education and broaden learning opportunities for adults.
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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....
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The aim of the programme is to apply modern digital technology in learning and teaching more efficiently and effectively, to improve the digital skills of the entire population and to ensure access to the new generation of digital infrastructure.
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The first digital focus programme was implemented in 2016-18. By 2018, the incorporation of digital culture into education and learning activities was considered complete, but not yet systemised. The activities continued during the second programme period in 2019-22.
The programme is devoted to developing digital skills, digital learning resources and e-assessment through the following activities:
incorporating a digital culture into the learning process;
supporting digital learning resources...
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Ministry of Education and Research
Information Technology Foundation for Education (HITSA) (until 2020)
An entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurship education are developed at all levels and in all types of education with the aim to contribute to the growth of graduates' competitiveness in the labour market.
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In the Labour market and education cooperation programme, EUR 10 million has been devoted for 2015-20 to supporting the development of entrepreneurship competence at all levels and in all types of education (including teacher training). An entrepreneurial competence model and entrepreneurship education modules for EQF levels 2-5 were prepared and piloted in 14 VET schools.
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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:
developing the quality and organisation of vocational education;
planning of volumes of studies, provision of study places and students´ support measures;
regional distribution of curriculum groups in vocational education institutions and modernisation of the...
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Ministry of Education and Research
Information Technology Foundation for Education (HITSA) (until 2020)
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.
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The programme was adopted in 2015 and comprises three measures:
reintegration of adult dropouts into formal education and creation of preconditions for their retention in, and acquisition of, formal education;
increasing access to non-formal training and improving the quality of training;
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 provided training...
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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.
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The Employment programme includes a package of measures for workers at risk of unemployment. The main target groups are:
workers with no professional or vocational education;
those whose skills are outdated;
workers whose knowledge of Estonian is poor;
those who are older than 50 years of age;
workers who cannot continue their present work due to health issues.
The VET and training-related measures include:
a study allowance scheme to support participation in VET and higher education;
people at...
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The overall goal of the plan was to establish a coherent and creative society by providing young people with ample opportunities for self-development and self-realisation. For this, youth policies must be more efficient and young people must have more choices to discover their own creative and developmental potential. They must have a lower risk of exclusion and they must be able to participate in decision-making.
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In the Youth programme, measures and activities to achieve the overall goal of providing young people with ample opportunities for self-development and self-realisation are stipulated. For example, the programme offers services to (re)integrate young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) into education, and to improve their employability. For this, youth workers locate NEETs (for example, through networking), motivate them, and provide them with individualised support.
Since...
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Recognition of prior learning and validation of work experience aims to increase the permeability of the education system and to smooth transitions between levels and types of education, and to the labour market.
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The development of RPL is a part of the Adult education programme. Since 2015, the Ministry of Education and Research has been widening access to education through:
validation of previous experience;
insertion of recognition-related data into the education database;
more precise regulation for validating non-formal and informal learning in general education.
RPL principles have been developed and are regulated in higher education and vocational education acts.
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To improve the link between education/training and the labour market, to increase consistency in the education and qualifications system, to introduce common quality assurance criteria, and to support validation of non-formal and informal learning. As the Estonian qualifications framework is linked to the European qualifications framework, it makes it possible to compare Estonian occupational qualifications with those of other European countries that have completed the process of relating...
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The EstQF was referenced to the EQF in 2011. Following the VET reform in 2013, the referencing report was revised and updated in 2016 to include developments in the education system.
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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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To provide SEN learners with quality VET and ease their transition to the labour market.
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On the initiative of the Ministry of Social Affairs, a working group was set up from September 2015 to June 2016 to propose solutions for alleviating this transition for SEN students.
A joint action plan was agreed and is now being carried out by the education and the social affairs ministries. It aims at easing the transition of students with SEN between levels of education and from education to the labour market.
In July 2016, the terms of graduation in VET were also amended to allow for...
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The aim is to ease the transition of learners from compulsory education to VET and/or to the labour market.
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The orientation year aims at easing the transition from compulsory education to VET and/or to the labour market. It is a preparatory study programme for young people who lack the skills or readiness to choose a profession.
Vocational orientation is targeted mainly at pupils with difficulties in deciding their field of studies, learners with SEN, learners who have dropped out from VET or upper secondary general education, NEETs, learners with a migrant background, or those lacking the basic...
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To set uniform requirements for VET curricula and qualifications.
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The standard:
describes the requirements for national and school curricula and curriculum groups in line with ISCED levels, their objectives and expected learning outcomes;
determines the terms and conditions for recognising prior learning, volume of study and graduation requirements by initial and continuing VET curricula;
defines requirements for teachers and trainers;
assigns the national qualifications framework levels to VET qualification types.
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The aim of increasing financial support for VET learners is to prevent their dropout because of financial reasons.
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In 2015, the study allowance for VET students was increased to prevent dropout for economic reasons. The terms and conditions for travel allowances were changed to remedy previous unequal access to this benefit. In 2016, accommodation allowances (up to EUR 50 per month) were introduced, in particular for VET learners in schools with no dormitory facilities, and for learners with special educational needs. As of December 2018, the target group benefiting from compensation for purchase of a...
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The labour market needs monitoring and prognosis system, OSKA, provides information for formal education provision at all levels of education. The results of OSKA analyses form the basis for establishing qualifications, career information and guidance, curriculum development in education institutions and for the financing of education institutions and studies.
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OSKA analyses the developmental potential and labour requirements of different economic sectors in Estonia. Its surveys of sectoral needs for labour and skills use a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Both statistical data and information collected from personal interviews with sectoral experts and from group discussions are used. Five economic sectors are examined per year. Each sector is reanalysed every five to 6 years on average. The results of these analyses...
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Regular overviews of labour market needs in different economic sectors, teachers´ and graduates´ satisfaction surveys and graduate tracking surveys provide input to policy development, planning of training provision and financing of VET and adult education.
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The following regular surveys are conducted under the Labour market and education cooperation programme:
satisfaction surveys;
graduate tracking (including employability and income) surveys;
analyses on labour requirements of different economic sectors (OSKA reports).
A student, teacher and graduate satisfaction surveys' wave was carried out in 2017-18. The results of the graduate satisfaction survey were published in 2017. Student and teacher survey reports were published in 2019.
A survey on...
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The objective of the new quality assurance approach is to support continuous improvement in teaching and learning and quality assurance in VET institutions. Transforming the accreditation process into a quality assessment process aids the development of a learning-centred school culture and increases the credibility of VET.
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A working group was set up to review the national approach to quality assurance. The group was composed of representatives of the education ministry, employer and employee organisations, VET schools and other partners.
In 2017, the group presented a proposal concerning changes in the assessment criteria and in the procedures and principles for the quality assessment of VET. Based on the working group's proposal, and in line with the EQAVET Recommendation, amendments to the Vocational...
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Ministry of Education and Research
Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (until 2022)
The objective of promotional activities is to improve the image of VET, to provide up-to-date and accessible information on vocational training opportunities and to increase the awareness of general education students about these opportunities, so that more basic school graduates choose VET for their further studies.
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The Labour market and education cooperation programme includes measures for raising the attractiveness of VET by providing information about VET opportunities, including apprenticeships, awareness raising activities such as media campaigns and national skills competitions and participation in WorldSkills, regional and local career fairs.
For 2015-18, EUR 2.14 million was allocated from the EU (ESIF) and the State budget to improve the image of VET.
In 2016-17, communication and marketing...
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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.
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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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The objective is to develop VET teachers' professional competences to deliver more practice-related VET teaching.
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The Ministry of Children and Education encouraged VET colleges to cooperate with local enterprises to secure teacher placements. Between February 2015 and February 2016, a pilot conducted by the Metropolitan University College and the Danish Technological Institute with 23 VET institutions investigated how internships could benefit VET teachers in respect of, for instance, research and developmental projects.
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The objective of the initiative is to give experienced VET teachers who do not have pedagogical training a 10 ECTS module of vocational pedagogics.
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This continuing professional development (CPD) requirement for VET teachers is based on a competence needs analysis carried out by the ministry to accommodate the goals of the 2015 reform. Training focuses on: learning processes and learners' progression; related classroom management; planning and differentiated teaching; practice-related teaching and helping learners to link college-based and company-based learning; activating learners; use of ICT in teaching and learning. Training modules...
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The objective of this initiative is to offer pedagogical/counselling training of trainers in companies or public institutions.
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Social partners have decided that training should not be compulsory for in-company trainers. However, the latter can follow ten-day or six-week courses of public labour market training (AMU) leading to formal qualifications at EQF levels 2 to 5, such as for coaching or pedagogical guidance. These courses are primarily used in the social and health care sector.
The courses can also deliver competences for professionals from different sectors when they assess quality in journeyman tests.
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The objective of this initiative is to enhance the level of VET teachers' pedagogical competencies.
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Following the norm of 2015, legislation requires that VET teachers start their studies in vocational pedagogy normally one year after being recruited and complete their studies at least four years after recruitment at the bachelor or diploma level (60 ECTS - European credit transfer and accumulation system, EQF level 6). Four of the seven modules are mandatory and focus on teaching and learning, planning and didactics, pedagogical science theory and a final thesis. The three elective modules...
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Accelerating digitalisation in the training of skilled workers in inter-company training centres, especially for SMEs, with digital equipment and innovative training concepts.
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The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) initiated the programme of promoting digitalisation in competence centres and inter-company training centres in 2016. The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) has the task of supporting the planning, establishment and further development of inter-company vocational training centres (ÜBS). Inter-company training centres are meant to be learning places to include digital innovation for skilled workers. For this,...
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The aim of these funding programmes is to develop suitable support structures and advisory concepts for SMEs, enabling them to meet the new requirements of working and learning processes (also with regard to quality assurance) for the apprentices and employees associated with increasing digitalisation at an early stage and to anchor them sustainably in their regions.
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Under the umbrella initiative, VET 4.0, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) initiated a special funding line (Initial and continuing vocational training in the economy 4.0 - Support structures for SMEs in the adaptation process of in-company training) within the JOBSTARTER plus programme, followed by a transfer period of successful projects. Under this funding line, regional projects were launched in 2017 with the aim of helping SMEs to meet, as early as possible, employee...
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
To improve the intercultural competences of trainers and thereby to enable them to work with refugees and newly arrived migrants.
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Following the enormous influx of refugees in 2015-16, BIBB expanded its support offer to trainers on developing intercultural competences and training refugees. Since 2016, diverse activities promoting the intercultural competences of in-company trainers were provided on the web portals Foraus.de (BIBB), Ueberaus.de (BIBB) and stark-fuer-ausbildung.de (Strong for apprenticeships, by the DIHK chambers association).
The project Qualiboxx was replaced in 2016 by the online platform Überaus...
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Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)
Central Office for Further Education in Skilled Crafts (ZWH e.V.)
North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Culture and Science (MKW)
In-company trainers need to be qualified to be up to the challenges of in-company training processes (regarding digitalisation, sustainability, demographic development, heterogeneity). BIBB monitors the up-to-date competences needed by trainers as well as the Ordinance on Trainer Aptitude (AEVO) and corresponding framework curriculum, thus contributing to quality assurance in the training of trainers. Accordingly, the policy measures described below aimed at developing and providing...
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Since 2015, BIBB has funded eighteen 'VET for sustainable development' projects (BBNE). They experimented and evaluated relevant curriculum concepts, digital teaching, learning materials and examination questions on green skills for initial and continuing VET, e.g. on energy saving and energy efficiency, carbon and water footprint, or thinking about resources.
In 2016, new funding guidelines also relevant for the continuing professional development (CPD) of trainers were covered in the...
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
The objective is to strengthen the culture of entrepreneurship in Germany and safeguard it for the future. To this end, the entrepreneurial thinking and acting of teachers should be fostered and developed so that they can transmit the entrepreneurial spirit further to the young people, who are particularly receptive to new ideas and want to make their ideas happen.
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A report commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWi, 2018) suggested further investing in education and training of teachers with the goal of increasing knowledge, appreciation of and enthusiasm for entrepreneurship education.
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Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) (until December 2021)
Update teachers' digital skills to respond to the increasing impact of digitalisation and industry 4.0.
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Under its Digital pact for schools programme (2019-24), the Federal Government aims to fund the digital infrastructure in all German schools, including vocational schools, to promote the uptake of digital skills. Vocational schools have been gradually provided with high-quality digital equipment including professional administration. This investment goes hand-in-hand with investment of Federal States, promoting digital competences of teachers and the development of new digital teaching...
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Federal States (Länder)
Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
