The social dialogue and vocational education and training policy

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Learning for employment

• The social dialogue and vocational education and
  training policy
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  in Europe

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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 and 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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Social partners framework of actions

• Anticipating a more autonomous European social
  dialogue a framework of actions in vocational
  education and training was agreed with four
  priorities
• identification and anticipation of competences
  and qualifications needs
• recognition and validation of competences and
  qualifications
• information, support and guidance
• resources.

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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
  aged55-64 to 50 (currently 40).

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Some key vocational education and training
benchmarks by 2010

• an EU average of no more than 10 early school
  leavers (currently 19)
• EU average participation in lifelong learning
  should be at least 12.5 of the 25 to 64 age
  group (currently 8)

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Some key vocational education and training
benchmarks by 2010

• at least 85 of 22 years old in the EU should
  have completed upper secondary education
  (currently 79)
• increase by at least 15 the number of graduates
  in mathematics, science, technology in the EU,
  while at the same time the gender imbalance
  should decrease (currently 11) (80 of graduates
  in computing are men).

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Contribution of the social dialogue

• European level - framework of actions
• sectoral level - development of sectoral
  qualifications and professionalisation of
  traditionally low-skilled jobs
• in the Member States - initiatives on validation
  of non-formal learning, awareness raising,
  financial incentives, new work organisation.

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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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Challenges for the social partners

• learning at the workplace - creating new
  opportunities, recognising and accepting
  non-formal learning
• increasing participation of older workers in the
  work force and vocational education and training
• promoting mobility
• stimulating increased investment in human
  resources.

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Adult participation in lifelong learning, 2002

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Percentage of the population aged 25-64 having
completed at least upper secondary education
(ISCED 3), 2002
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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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Promoting mobility
Distribution of EU migrants by sectors of
activity (NACE), EU-15, 2001
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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
• building up a European Knowledge Management
  System (KMS).

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