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This measure aims to reduce the number of unemployed people.

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People who are entitled to unemployment benefit (regardless of their origin, as the right applies to people with foreign qualifications according to applicable provisions) are generally also entitled to take advantage of this measure.

The right applies to unskilled and skilled people. As a starting point, the definition of who is to be considered skilled or unskilled has to do with completed upper secondary, either general or vocational education. The decisive factor, however, in...

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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.
  • Ministry of Employment
  • Ministry of Children and Education
  • Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment
  • Ministry of Higher Education and Science
ID number
43097
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

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The initial purpose of this measure/initiative was to make it easier for the unemployed to participate in short, job-oriented training programmes and to provide employers with skilled personnel in line with the particular labour market needs at regional/local levels. This objective is in line with the general objectives of the Danish National implementation plan for the 2020 Council Recommendation on VET and Osnabrück Declaration (NIP) and with the objectives of the Tripartite agreement on...

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The regional education fund, for which the overarching legal framework is the Act on Active Labour Market Initiatives (LAB), is regulated by the Executive order BEK No 1974 of 11/12/2020) which provides subsidies for the municipalities' purchase of short vocational training courses.

The regional education fund supports, in principle, the unemployed. More precisely, it ensures guidance and upskilling opportunities are offered to unemployed people by their local job centre....

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.
  • The National Association of the Danish Regions (Danske Regioner)
  • Ministry of Employment
  • Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment
ID number
43091
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

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The purpose of the Job adult vocational education and training (VET) model (Job-VEU model) is to create a better match on the labour market where supply and demand are not matched, as well as to ease the way for education from unskilled to skilled. This is in line with the general objectives of the Danish National implementation plan for the 2020 Council Recommendation on VET and Osnabrück Declaration (NIP) and with the objectives set in the Agreement on better and more flexible continuing...

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Private companies, education institutions, municipal job centres and actors on the labour market are all involved in the coordination of short training programmes in which both employed and unemployed people (adult learners, low-qualified, persons who belong to minorities or may have any sort of disadvantages) may participate. The bodies responsible for the initiative are the Ministry of Employment and the Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment that develop and monitor the relevant...

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 Employment
  • Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment
ID number
43085
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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The objective of the initiative is to reduce the number of unemployed over the age of 30. This is in line with the general objectives of the Danish National implementation plan (NIP) for the 2020 Council Recommendation on VET and Osnabrück Declaration and also with the objectives set in the Agreement on better and more flexible continuing vocational education and training.

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Through the education lifts, unemployed persons over the age of 30 who are unskilled or skilled with an obsolete education can take part in vocational training while receiving benefits. Since August 2020, there have been two ways of participating in education lifts.

Education lift (80% unemployment benefits).

Unemployed persons who receive unemployment benefits can participate in vocational training while receiving 80% of their benefits. Recipients of cash benefits can participate in 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 Employment
  • Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment
ID number
43074
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

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The purpose of the national Training abroad scheme and the Erasmus+ programme is to facilitate access for students to foreign internships, to internationalise vocational education and to equip companies for global competition.

  1. the student acquires international competences, not least cultural understanding and language skills;
  2. the student develops maturity and independence;
  3. the student acquires experiences with work tools, methods and workplace culture in other countries;
  4. in seasonal...

Description

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The Training abroad scheme, is a Danish mobility programme that gives students in Danish VET the opportunity to go on training periods abroad when they have completed the basic course of their education. Through the scheme, the Danish employer or the trainee/apprentice can obtain financial support for their stay abroad.

Training periods abroad provide the trainee/apprentice with experience and skills that the trainee/apprentice can use to apply for training places, as well as jobs in both...

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 Science
  • European Commission
ID number
43068
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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Job rotation aims:

  1. to upskill employed persons, who can improve their skills by attending a training programme/course;
  2. to assist unemployed persons to acquire experience in real working conditions, additional to skills acquired by attending a training programme/course.

Description

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The job rotation allowance is a subsidy, paid by the local job centre. It covers the employer's total salary and training costs, including the salary of the employee and the temporary worker when an employee participates in continuing training and an unemployed person is temporarily hired in place of the employee who is trained at the time; this person is called a temporary worker. The rules for the job rotation allowance ensue from sections 149-153 of the Act on Active Employment Initiatives...

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 Employment
  • Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment
ID number
43053
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The ambition of the majority of the Danish Parliament is that at least 90% of 25-year-olds should complete general or vocational upper secondary education after compulsory schooling (lower secondary programmes, EQF level 2) and the percentage of young NEETs should be reduced by half by 2030. The remaining 10% must be well on their way to complete education later or have a permanent connect to the labour market and therefore be entitled to be assigned a training plan. The goal reflects the...

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In 2017, a committee of experts was established by the parliament to find a solution to the problem of falling IVET applications and to rethink the structure of pathways that would facilitate the transition from compulsory schooling to IVET.

In 2018, the conclusions of the committee were agreed by the majority of the parliament. The parliament (all parties) agreed on a Basic Vocational Training Act (FGU) which forms the legal basis for education institutions and programmes for young people...

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 Children and Education
ID number
43042
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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The objective is to modernise and secure the future of the adult, CVET and further VET (EQF 5) system, so that employees, may develop competences that secure their job prospects and remain relevant to labour market needs. The agreement also aims to improve job prospects for the unemployed and unskilled or low skilled people.

Description

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The Tripartite agreement on better and more flexible continuing vocational education was approved in 2017 and implementation started in 2018. The agreement had initially a lifespan until 2021. The main aspects of the agreement are as follows.

  1. The creation of a ‘conversion fund’: around EUR 53.6 million (DKK 400 million) has been set aside, as of 5 March 2018, for a ‘conversion fund’, which will enable unskilled and skilled workers to undertake further training on their own initiative. 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.
  • Ministry of Children and Education
  • Ministry of Economy
  • Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
  • Confederation of Danish Employers
ID number
43035
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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The pool in question aims to strengthen youth education work with green entrepreneurship. The pool must support youth education being prioritised in the green agenda.

Description

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A total of EUR 1.33 million (DKK 10 million) is planned to be available for distribution each year from 2021-23. The Ministry of Children and Education is responsible for distributing the funds for supporting courses and action learning activities for teachers and trainers. The aim is to enhance knowledge on green entrepreneurship and contribute to green development.

All youth institutions, including VET, can apply to the pool for funding on projects that aim to support and strengthen...

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 Children and Education
ID number
41063
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The main elements of the initiative are:

a. support students searching for an apprenticeship;

b. ensure that students get a contract with a company as early as possible;

c. strengthen coherence in training courses for apprentices;

d. allow an increased number of school weeks in VET education;

e. recruit and train more adults in VET education;

f. ensure that the attractiveness for companies of having apprentices is supported; there will be an increase in reimbursements to companies with...

Description

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According to the agreement and as from 1 January 2022

  1. Students must not be left on their own when searching for an apprenticeship

The VET institution must provide information on apprenticeships to students who cannot find one; this is to minimise the responsibility that today is placed entirely on the student.

b.Early apprenticeship contracts

VET colleges must ensure that at least 80% of VET students have an apprenticeship contract before completing basic course 2 (GF 2) to ensure 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 Children and Education
ID number
41055
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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The objective of this policy development is to take forward the work on green transition and sustainability in VET, so that the VET sector can contribute to society’s green renewal.

Description

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The initiative supports:

  1. competence development and continuing education in relation to green transition and climate response EUR 13.5 million (DKK 100.5 million). The education ministry is responsible for the administration of the funding. Activities will primarily take the form of courses and action learning activities for VET teachers and trainers;
  2. knowledge centres to develop new materials and teaching courses in the green transition and sustainability, to be implemented in VET 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 Children and Education
ID number
40948
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Denmark Strategy/Action plan

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The objective of this policy development is to enhance the use of role models by doubling their number from 60-80 to 120-160 until 2027.

Description

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The initiative is a prolongation of an existing system for the use of role models in providing guidance on VET. The use of role models, i.e. using young people from VET as ‘counsellors’ in primary schools, has shown good results in this respect. The Danish organisation of VET students is responsible for activities such as campaigns and events on VET institutions.

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 Children and Education
ID number
40945
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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The objective of the agreement is to ensure initiatives that will contribute to increased applications to VET programmes in the welfare and service sector, as well as a strengthened retention of students and a long-term solution to the shortage of apprenticeships in the social and health sector.

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In November 2020, a tripartite agreement was made between the government, Local Government Denmark (KL) (the national association of municipalities), the national association of the Danish Regions and the largest trade union confederation in Denmark (FH). The agreement outlined several points.

From 1 July 2021 the municipalities employ adult apprentices, aged 25 and above on social and welfare programmes, from the second part of the basic VET course (the basic course is divided into a first...

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.
  • Local Government Denmark (KL)
  • The National Association of the Danish Regions (Danske Regioner)
  • Danish trade union confederation (FH)
ID number
38204
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

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The objective of this initiative is to move the physical-based guidance activities (such as Bridgebuilding) from primary to secondary education and replace info-courses for parents with new and enhanced digital activities.

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This initiative consists of:

  1. enhanced e-guidance for students and parents to deliver guidance on choices in secondary education;
  2. webinars on the options for youth education;
  3. info-letters to parents about the options for youth education (digital);
  4. peer-to-peer guidance among students on the options for youth education.

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 Children and Education
ID number
38198
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The objective is to ensure that the distance to a VET facility does not prevent young people from choosing VET. On the contrary, the choice of an upper secondary education should be based on abilities and interests.

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The distance to a general education school is shorter than the distance to a VET school in a lot of areas in Denmark. A part of this initiative is ensuring the geographical accessibility of VET programmes, partially through general education institutions possibly offering the first part of VET (GF1 - 20 weeks of introduction) in areas where they already operate.

Parliament has agreed to earmark EUR 3.3 million  (DKK 25 million) for this initiative. This amount of money is earmarked to...

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 Children and Education
ID number
29325
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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To broaden the scope of VET so it is no longer described as education that only focuses on professional qualifications but also allows better progression of VET graduates into higher education.

Description

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The change to the definition of the article defining the purpose of VET in the Danish Law on VET came into effect in August 2019. This article now defines VET as giving both professional and study qualifications. With this change the Ministry of Children and Education hopes to enhance VET professionals’ opportunities to enrol in higher education. Previously, the employment opportunities have been the most dominant scenario for individuals with a VET background.

Danish VET students are also...

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 Children and Education
ID number
29321
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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The objective of the initiative is to strengthen the quality of VET in Denmark and to give small VET schools better opportunities to deliver EUX programmes.

Description

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The initiative - more money for smaller schools to ensure the quality of education - will generally enable better conditions for VET schools to provide quality teaching, particularly small VET schools in geographic areas where the population is sparse. This enables smaller VET schools to provide EUX programmes.

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 Children and Education
ID number
29221
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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The objective of the initiative is to define eight Danish VET programmes as advantage programmes aiming to improve their attractiveness.

Description

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The initiative is designed so that employers in eight VET programmes guarantee the students that, at least three months after they have finished the second basic course (GF2), they will be given an internship in a company, and that they must have maximally 15% of their practical training in a school-based training centre. Companies able to deliver this will receive funding. A special digital platform will be set up in order to enhance the visibility of these programmes.

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 Children and Education
ID number
29219
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

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The suggested maximum of 10 knowledge centres materialised in 2017 as nine centres with different foci: robotics and automation (two centres), welfare technology (two centres: assisted technologies), process technology, craftsmanship and handicrafts, craftsmanship and design, sustainable building and energy related building renovation, e-business, and data-based service development. Each centre is placed in a VET college, but the centres also have close formal cooperation with knowledge...

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 Children and Education
ID number
28836
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

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The 2015 VET reform has changed how key competences are promoted in VET. It set up two basic programmes of 20 weeks each: basic programme 1 (grundforløb 1 - GF1), and basic programme 2 (grundforløb 2 - GF2). Both programmes focus on key competences, but in different ways. GF1 is mainly designed to provide a basic introduction to vocational study, including workplace culture, processes and methods, society and health, Danish and various elective subjects. It is only meant for students...

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 Children and Education
ID number
28835
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

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From January 2016 to April 2017, the Ministry of Children and Education carried out a survey to collect information on tools for assessing school performance. The aim of the survey was to identify initiatives that have proved effective. The survey findings form the basis of recommendations to vocational colleges to develop local initiatives to reach the objectives of the 2015 VET reform. In addition, the education ministry has drawn up an inspiration catalogue for VET colleges to help them...

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 Children and Education
ID number
28768
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

Goals and objectives of the policy development.

The objective is to attract more students to VET through restructuring its management and making it less bureaucratic. A stronger focus on practical issues in primary and lower secondary education, reconstruction of the basic course in VET, greater security for internships and reduced dropout rates, a stronger involvement of the municipalities in guidance and a stronger focus on professional VET school boards are all expected to increase the attractiveness of VET. The aim is also to increase...

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On 22 November 2018, parties in the Danish Parliament concluded an agreement to increase the attractiveness of VET.

The main initiatives under the agreement were:

  1. more professionalism in primary schools: students must also meet practical, creative and artisanal challenges in primary school;
  2. a stronger foundation for choosing youth education: students must be challenged in their choice of youth education;
  3. municipalities must have greater responsibility for young people's search for VET,...

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 Children and Education
ID number
28767
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Denmark Strategy/Action plan

Description

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In 2015-17, NQF and EQF levels continued to be added gradually to qualifications and certificates. The NQF and the levelling of qualifications thus became a visible part of national education databases. The framework is operational and forms an integral part of the Danish education and training landscape. Two (interconnected) websites are available: the nqf. dk website, which targets the international public; and the ug. dk website, which provides the national public with comprehensive...

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 Children and Education
  • Ministry of Economy
  • Ministry of Higher Education and Science
  • Ministry of Culture
ID number
28766
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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The objective of this initiative is to give adults the opportunity to obtain a VET education based on a combination of prior learning, work experience and a VET programme.

Description

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EUV is a VET programme for adults (aged 25+) that builds on the work experience and prior learning the adult already possesses. EUV was introduced in the 2015 reform. EUV gives adults with at least two years of relevant work experience the option to take part in VET-equivalent education without having to follow a basic programme or undertake an internship. The programme is State-funded, costing EUR 3.49 million (DKK 26 million) in 2015 and EUR 9.39 million (DKK 70 million) in 2016. From...

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 Children and Education
ID number
28765
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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The objective of this initiative is to enhance the attractiveness of VET through the opportunity to gain both vocational qualifications providing direct access to the labour market and general qualifications giving access to general tertiary education.

Description

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In 2015, EUX was highlighted as a priority and a strategic focus to enhance the attractiveness of VET. The reform emphasised that EUX programmes must be implemented in as many different VET fields where it makes sense and where the trade committee supports it.42 different technical VET fields (approximately half of all programmes) and all business programmes are implementing EUX. It is implemented in social and health care since the second semester of 2016 and, in total, in 46 different VET...

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 Children and Education
ID number
28764
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

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Helping learners prepare to meet admission requirements for VET.

Description

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The VET system has been restructured and made simpler. 12 existing access channels have been merged into four (care, health and pedagogy; office, trade and business service; food, agriculture and experiences; technology, construction and transportation. All VET programmes are now structured according to these four areas, giving learners a simpler first choice of specialisation. 

A new study regime was established in compulsory school in tenth grade (EUD 10) to help learners prepare to meet...

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 Children and Education
ID number
28763
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

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On 19 December 2018, the Ministry of Finance presented a new policy action targeted at giving young people more room in choosing their education pathway or in changing pathways. Aspects of the initiative include:

  1. a new subsidy and taximeter system: the current grant and taximeter system in youth education does not in itself motivate schools to focus on quality and has become too opaque. The government will therefore initiate a review to implement changes and simplify the system;
  2. better...

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 Finance
ID number
28762
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation

Objectives

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Giving Danish citizens an overview of their competences when applying for education courses or jobs.

Description

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A new version of the RPL tool, the My competence folder (Min kompetencemappe), was launched in 2017.

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Children and Education
ID number
28761
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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Ensuring each student undertakes a systematic reflection of his or her educational choices based on self-awareness, knowledge and experience.

Description

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In 2017, a new initiative was launched by the Ministry of Children and Education: the Portfolio of educational choice. The portfolio aims to strengthen thinking on educational choice at primary school (folkeskole). From the 2017/18 school year, students in the eighth grade of compulsory education must have their training plan attached to a personal portfolio showing how they have taken advantage of the guidance they have received. It must be clear from the portfolio how, following the...

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Children and Education
ID number
28760
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

Objectives

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The objective is to develop VET teachers' professional competences to deliver more practice-related VET teaching.

Description

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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.

Bodies responsible

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  • Ministry of Children and Education
  • University College Copenhagen
  • Danish Technological Institute
ID number
28154
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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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  • Ministry of Children and Education
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28153
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

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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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  • Social partners
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28152
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Denmark Practical measure/Initiative

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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...

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 Children and Education
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28151
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Denmark Regulation/Legislation