Fight against labour shortages in Wallonia and assign employers which are in need of additional employees with the responsibility to train those people which are directed to them.
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In August 2018, the Walloon Region signed an agreement with the business sectors and their training funds as part of the fight against labour shortages. This agreement is expressed in three strong measures implemented by Le Forem.
Coup de poing pénuries (Shortages punch) action: the objective of this action is to act quickly and specifically on the particularly serious shortages encountered by small and large companies. As soon as a company or several companies are looking for at least eight...
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Le Forem (The Walloon Office for Vocational Training and Employment)
This pact aims to create sustainable and quality jobs in order to contribute fully to economic growth.
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Trade unions, employers and the Walloon government signed the first Pact for employment and training in 2016. The pact focused on six areas:
reorganisation of employment aids;
creation of training places for dual VET learners;
reinforcing lifelong guidance;
creation of integration contracts for young people;
financial incentives for adult CVET;
supporting social dialogue in Wallonia.
The Employment and training pact was discontinued at the end of 2017 due to the change of government. Some...
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Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training in the Walloon Region
To set a framework for the cooperation agreement between the French Community and the Walloon region for the development of common higher education structures dedicated to continuing training and lifelong learning activities.
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New decrees of the Government of the French Community approving the framework agreement on dual programmes in higher education of 30 June 2016 and February 2017 regulates dual programmes in higher education (bachelor and master levels) and sets requirements for concluding framework agreements for higher dual vocational education programmes.
The special feature of higher dual education is that part of it takes place in a company and part in a higher education institution.
The decree of 30 June...
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To steer, promote, develop and coordinate dual training / apprenticeships in BEFR for apprentices and students aged 15 to 25. OFFA's purposes include:
harmonising practices in the framework of the (common) apprenticeship contract;
centralising accreditation of companies;
centralising and processing companies' applications for incentives.
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In September 2015, the Francophone office for dual training (Office francophone de la formation en alternance, OFFA) was established. Its main mission is to oversee, in French-speaking Belgium, the dual training programme organised by the education providers, the CEFA (Centres for Dual Vocational Education and Training) and by the training providers, IFAPME (Walloon institute for work-based learning training and self-employed workers and SME's) and SFPME (Service Formation PME, in the...
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The objectives of the professional scholarships for the low-skilled employed or unemployed, are to:
upgrade skill levels for employed or unemployed skilled workers with qualifications below the level of universities of applied sciences to reduce the risk of unemployment;
enable employed or unemployed people who have not finished their education and training in the past to obtain labour market relevant qualifications;
cover the need for a skilled workforce in specific fields of the Austrian...
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Since January 2017 the professional scholarship has enabled unemployed and employed low-skilled individuals (through taking educational leave) to obtain labour market relevant qualifications to secure their employability and to cover companies' needs for a skilled workforce. At the start of the programme a list of relevant qualifications (in the form of training possibilities) was defined by the Public Employment Service. This list is continuously updated. During the training period, the...
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The aim is to support training progress and to avoid dropout.
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Coaching and counselling for apprentices and companies (in particular the apprenticeship trainers) has been mainstreamed across Austria since October 2015. These services were evaluated in a 2018-19 pilot project. In particular, guidance and counselling can be divided as follows:
youth coaching: this is an assistance programme for young people at the end of their mandatory schooling or after they drop out of school. Within the coaching process they should get to know their personal skills,...
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth (BMAFJ) (until 2020)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
providing a professional perspective for young refugees;
enhancing the domestic mobility of young people so they can find a job;
filling the vacant apprenticeship places of training companies (local level).
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The Austrian Economic Chamber initiated the Supraregional apprenticeship placement project with a particular focus on young refugees, though Austrian nationals also have access to all supporting measures. The project's procedure is as follows.
At the beginning, young refugees run through an online test (available in German, Arabic, English, French and Farsi) to identify their strengths and interests. The results of these tests form the basis for finding suitable apprenticeship places for...
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection (until 2020)
Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS)
Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (BMDW) (until 2022)
