European Alliance for apprenticeships Objectives, measures and the role of Cedefop Bundeskonferenz Chance Beruf, Berlin, 2 July 2014
What is Cedefop? What does it do? Education & training Labour market EUROPEAN MEMBER SOCIAL COMMISSION STATES PARTNERS EU Skills Panorama Berlin 2
Youth unemployment rates and young people not in employment, education and training (EU-28, 2013) 70% 60% 50% NEETs by age asdfsadfasdf 21% 13% 49.7% 58.3% 55.5% 40% 15 24 25 29 30% 23.3% 20% 10% 11.0% 9.2% 7.9% 0% Berlin 3 Source: Eurostat, ELFS
Why enterprises train apprentices Source: Eurostat, CVTS 4 % of enterprises with apprentices, EU average 2010 based on data from 25 countries, excluding Greece, Ireland and Denmark, but including Croatia Berlin 4
How many enterprises train apprentices? Berlin 5
% 100 90 80 70 Half of students in upper secondary education are in VET 60 50 50.4 40 30 20 10 0 AT BE CZ HR SK FI NL SI RO LU IT BG EU28 SE DE PL DK ES FR PT LV UK EE GR IE LT HU CY MT Students in vocational upper secondarty education (% of all upper secondary students), 2012, Source: Eurostat, UOE data collection on education systems, date of extraction 30.6.2012 Data for Malta are provisional Berlin 6
European alliance for apprenticeships What: improve quality and supply of apprenticeship-type schemes in Europe change image of apprenticeships shifting mind-sets Why: finding jobs easier for young people with work-experience lower youth unemployment in countries with strong apprenticeships making education and training more relevant to the labour market Who: DG Education & DG Employment steering, Cedefop supporting governments, social partners, enterprises, VET institutions, guidance and employment services, other stakeholders Social Partners Berlin 7
European alliance for apprenticeships How: Since 2013 European alliance for apprenticeships National alliances Improving apprenticeships, knowledge transfer Cost-benefit analyses Spotlights on the benefits Youth Employment Initiative Smart use of EU programmes and support Peer learning Bilateral cooperation Career guidance Awards, ambassadors ESF EIB Erasmus+ Germany forerunner Joint declaration: EU social partners, Commission, LT Presidency Berlin 8
Cedefop activities related to apprenticeships European apprenticeship conference (7-8 May 2014, Cedefop) Thematic country reviews on apprenticeship-type schemes Reporting on VET policies and systems ReferNet articles on apprenticeship-type schemes Study on governance and financing of apprenticeship Study on the role of VET in reducing early leaving from education and training (measures include WBL/apprenticeships) Cedefop-Eurydice publication (2014), Cedefop research paper (2015) Source: Cedefop, 2014 Berlin 9
Work-based learning developing dynamically Source: Cedefop, 2014 Berlin 10
Steering partnerships for growth Cedefop: European apprenticeship conference May 2014 What: set up or strengthen partnerships for future cooperation How: share results of apprenticeship policies and schemes discuss success factors/challenges reflect on how existing practices can be further developed Why: to support the European alliance for apprenticeships to facilitate partnerships for policy learning among Member States Who: government representatives responsible for apprenticeship (in IVET) and social partners involved in apprenticeship Berlin 11
European apprenticeship conference: Outcomes Potential alliances to work on: Networks to encourage SMEs to train apprentices Incentives for enterprises Aligning training standards better to labour market needs Minimum requirements for in-company trainers Berlin 12
Thematic country reviews on apprenticeship-type schemes What: help policy- and decision-makers and support EAfA a) set up high quality apprenticeships to suit national contexts (socio- economic, labour market, education & training), improve existing schemes to ease learning-to-work transition, put in place youth guarantees b) across Europe compare and learn from other countries better understanding of why apprenticeships work/do not work in their contexts, how to ensure they are of high quality c) within and across EU countries design and put in place measures that can contribute to reduce unemployment and inactivity Berlin 13
Thematic country reviews on apprenticeship-type schemes How: in-depth analysis, establish +/-, identify key challenges, proposals tailored to country context country co-steers and validates main outcomes more and better evidence, incl. context factors that promote/hamper success develop, test, validate comprehensive approach to reviewing developments in national VET policy and programmes Who: Lithuania, Malta if pilot successful, also others When: kick-off April 2014, early 2015 peer review/policy learning Berlin 14
Thematic Country Reviews approach Berlin 15
Thank you for your attention Mara.Brugia@cedefop.europa.eu More information http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/about-cedefop/projects/empowering-youngpeople/apprenticeships.aspx Berlin 16