Agenda

The thematic country review of apprenticeships (TCR) in Greece was presented to national and regional policy makers, social partners, VET providers and stakeholders in Athens on 14 December.

The meeting was organised and hosted by the Greek Ministry of Education with support from Cedefop.

*** The TCR project provides a platform for identifying areas of priority in the current VET and apprenticeships reforms and enables their in-depth review through a participatory approach. For this purpose, the TCR’s steering group brings together the Ministries of Labour and Education and social partners, and a wide range of stakeholders will be interviewed and involved in the project.  

 

 

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The workshop will take place before the ReferNet plenary meeting and will focus on creating a common understanding of the concepts to be used in ReferNet deliverables, in particular the ‘VET in Europe country reports’.

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ReferNet’s annual meeting will include the new partners selected for the 2016-19 period. It will focus on the implementation of the 2016 Work plan. The afternoon of 20/01 will be dedicated to debriefing and assisting the new members only.

News story: New cooperation period for ReferNet partners – linking European with national initiatives

 

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The objective of this event is to disseminate and debate the findings of Cedefop’s project on ‘Governance and financing of apprenticeships’ carried out in Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Spain and Sweden from November 2013 to June 2015. The project was designed as an action research with national stakeholders actively involved: representatives of governments, employers, employees, training providers and independent experts participated in a series of events to assess current apprenticeships/VET governance structures and financing arrangements in each country and discuss alternative scenarios to develop quality apprenticeships.

Aimed at policy learning, this event will provide the participants with an opportunity to:

  • learn about and discuss the results of Cedefop’s analysis, i.e. the findings from five countries;
  • share project experiences;
  • become familiar with tools – elaborated during the project – for evaluative assessment of governance structures and financing arrangements for high-quality and sustainable apprenticeships;
  • exchange information on recent and planned policy and research developments in the areas of governance and financing of apprenticeships;
  • reflect on the way forward: identify research gaps and countries’ needs for further Cedefop support in the areas of governance and financing of apprenticeships, and share ideas on potential tools for research and policy implementation.

The event will bring together national stakeholders from five EU Member States that participated in the project and from other countries, as well as representatives of EU and international institutions, including the European Commission, European Training Foundation and International Labour Organisation.

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New approaches to adult learning, both for enterprises and for learners, and closer cooperation between higher education institutions and enterprises are necessary to stimulate learning and to foster excellence in and through continuing vocational training (CVET).

Cooperation between higher education and enterprises in CVET offers many benefits for all parties, but studies show that the extent to which it is used varies between countries. While cooperation in form of special learning alliances and tailored programmes in CVET seems comparatively widely practiced in some countries, it remains exceptional in others. Generally, cooperation between higher education and enterprises is mostly promoted and taking place in  research, development and innovation. Cooperation in education is much less practiced, especially when it goes beyond initial higher education and comes to continuing education and training, for example systematically linking work-based learning in enterprises with learning at higher education institutions.
The workshop will provide a platform for key experts to share experience and results of previous and on-going research and activities, and to discuss ways forward. Among the issues that will be discussed are:

  • Which forms/models of cooperation exist in Europe, and what are their key features? E.g.: types of programmes, types of alliances, degree of cooperation (regarding content, joint implementation, etc.)?
  • In how far do approaches explicitly link learning in enterprises to learning in higher education? What is the role of work-based learning?
  • What are barriers and drivers for cooperation?
  • What are future developments and challenges? How to deal with them?
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External notice of vacancy

Reference
Cedefop/2015/05/CA
Closing date
11/01/2016