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Learning for employment

• vocational education and training policy
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  in Europe

Ireland
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Learning for employment second policy report

• aims to contribute to and stimulate debate on the
  development of vocational education and training
  policy in the EU
• looks at the development and results of
  vocational education and training policy in the
  EU, in the light of the Lisbon strategic goal to
  make the EU the most dynamic knowledge-based
  economy in the world by 2010

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European vocational education and training policy
framework

• Following Lisbon the EU established a policy to
  achieve the benchmarks, comprising
• developing lifelong learning
• implementing agreed objectives for education and
  training systems
• developing e-learning
• promoting mobility
• cooperation Copenhagen process

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Lisbon employment targets for 2010

• Linked to the strategic goal is a more
• employment-intensive economy and targets set to
• raise average employment rate to 70 (currently
  61)
• increase number of women in employment to over
  60 (currently 52)
• raise average employment rate of people aged
  55-64 to 50 (currently 40)

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Employment rate projections - Ireland
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Early school leavers, 2002 - 10 benchmark
24.3
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Science and technology graduates, 2001
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Conclusions of second policy report

• To achieve the benchmarks
• reforms underway in Member States, but need to be
  speeded up
• achievement of Lisbon target depends on
  employment among four key sections of the
  population women of prime working age, young
  people, older workers, and disadvantaged groups
• continuation of current trends means a
  significant number of new jobs will be in
  occupations requiring high levels of education,
  and in traditionally low-skill jobs

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Employment rates by gender, 2002
41.9
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Labour force participation rates of women aged
55-64 in Member States, 1990, 1994 and 2001
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Labour force participation rates of men aged
55-64 in Member States, 1990, 1994 and 2001
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Growth of population aged 16-18, 1990-2000,
2000-2010 and 2010-2025
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Contribution of broad sectors to employment
growth 2001-2010
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Broad occupational composition of employment,
2001 and 2010
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Percentage of the population aged 25-64 having
completed at least upper secondary education
(ISCED 3), 2002
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
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B
DK
D
EL
E
F
IRL
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L
NL
A
P
FIN
S
UK
IS
NO
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Educational attainment 22 year olds, 2002 - 85
benchmark
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Adult participation in lifelong learning, 2002 -
12.5 benchmark
4.6
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Cedefop - supporting developments

• Cedefops added-value
• collating and analysis of research,
  developments and best practice
• timely provision to our stakeholders
• laying the foundation for effective and
• productive policy development

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Cedefop - supporting developments

• the European Training Village (ETV)
  www.trainingvillage.gr - some 35,000 residents
• the Cedefop website www.cedefop.eu.int available
  in the 11 official EU languages
• the library and documentation service - more than
  43,000 VET references
• virtual communities to support cooperation
  process, with more than 2000 experts
• reports on policy and research
• building up a European Knowledge Management
  System (KMS)

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