Social partners increasingly take charge of training in their sectors

Cedefop workshop reveals the successes and challenges

A Cedefop workshop held in Thessaloniki on 25 26 September 2008 showed that the sectoral training funds set up in 15 European countries are increasingly important means of financing and delivering targeted training, and for providing guidance, advice and forecasts on training needs. But so far these funds have been less efficient in providing such services to employees of smaller companies, especially of micro enterprises (>10 employees).