European Alliance for Apprenticeships

National Training Federation for Wales (NTfW) - Annual Conference '15, Newport, 28 October 2015 Helen Hoffmann, DG EMPL

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2© Christophe Vander Eecken / EEA Grants

Youth (15-24)unemployment 20.4%

4.6 million young unemployed1 in 3 long term unemployed7 million young NEETs (neither in employment nor in education or training)

>40% Greece, Spain, Italy, Croatia

≤10% Germany, Denmark, Austria

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Youth unemployment

Work-based learning in VET

BE, SI, SE

Illustration based on a comparison of the level of youth unemployment (4 th quarter 2011) in relation to the share of students participating in work based learning at ISCED 3 level programmes (Cedefop)

MS with more work-based learning have less youth

unemployment

Apprenticeships lead to jobs

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VET graduates tend to find a job faster than those with

general education*

Graduates of work-oriented programmes spend less time

without work*

*Quotes from Cedefop publication "From education to working life", 2012

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Work-based learning is still an exception

Proportion of VET students enrolled in combined work- and school-based VET, as a % of all students in upper secondary VET (2010)

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Part of the Youth Employment

PackageDecember 2012

Background

European Alliance for Apprenticeships

Multi-stakeholder initiativeEuropean Commission, EU presidency, Social Partners, VET providers, Chambers, Companies, Youth Organisations…

Photo: European Commission

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Initial vocational education and training

What is an apprenticeship?

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Definition

EAfA's Objectives

Strengthen the

• Quality • Supply• Image

of apprenticeships

Photo: World Skills Leipzig 2013

Milestones and achievements

• Joint Declaration the European level social partners, the Commission and the Lithuanian Presidency (02.07.2013)

• Council Declaration on EAfA (15.10.2013)• 26 Member States and 5 EFTA/Candidate countries

have made individual commitments • Youth Guarantees include apprenticeships in all MS• 90 pledges from social partners, chambers, companies,

VET providers, regions and youth organisations

Education and Culture

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VETPriorities

for the period2015-2020

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Re-boosting the Alliance in Riga, 22 June 2015

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On-going activities in 2015 (1)

• 20 Guiding principles on WBL/apprenticeships developed by the ET2020 WG on VET

• National governance, regulatory framework and social partners' involvement

• Support for companies, in particular SMEs, offering apprenticeships• Attractiveness and career guidance• Quality assurance in work-based learning

• Examples of good practice: Sharing costs & benefits • Employers' Student Reimbursement Fund, DK• Intercompany Apprentice Training, DE

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On-going activities in 2015 (2)

• Erasmus+ call on apprenticeships in SMEs launched on 15 October

• followed by a conference on apprenticeships in SMEs on 9-10 November (Cedefop, Thessaloniki)

• Apprenticeship contest • Launch of the European Pact for Youth on 17 November

(Brussels)• OECD study on cost-benefits of apprenticeship

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Next steps in 2016

• VET Mobility (long-term mobility for apprentices) – launch of pilot project

• Launch of a study on EAFA progress monitoring • New ET2020 WG on VET on Teachers & Trainers with a

focus on in-company trainers, incl. launch of a study on teachers & trainers

• Forthcoming Commission initiative on Skills• EAfA stakeholder meetings • European VET week to increase the attractiveness of VET?

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