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European Trade Union
Confederation
74 federations in 38 states
The interlocutor for workers
at European level
European Demography
Some 33 million people in the European
Union are not in active employment.
Europe's workforce is ageing, and 32% of
the working age population (78 million)
is low skilled.
In contrast, over the next five years, only
15% of newly created jobs will be for
people with basic schooling,
At the same time 50% of newly created
jobs will require highly skilled workers.
Member States are in charge
of their education systems…
…the European Commission
has a supporting, fostering
role
Over-arching EU policy goal:
The Lisbon Strategy
“The Union must become the most competitive and dynamic knowledgebased economy in the world.”
Lisbon, March 2000
2005 re-launch:
“EU to become an advanced knowledge society with
sustainable development, more and better jobs and
greater social cohesion.”
The EU is working towards
Lisbon …
Policy work with Member states
LLP programme subsidies
Framework of Qualifications
• Introduced in 2000
• Mirrored the competency of
the Commission
Lifelong learning for social cohesion and
competitiveness
Implement the social partner Framework of actions
for the lifelong development of competencies and
qualifications with a regular follow-up
Ensure that lifelong learning strategies are
supported and pursued in the sectoral social
dialogue and through collective agreements;
Promote the inclusion of older workers, lowincome earners, early school leavers and those
with low levels of qualifications atypical workers
and women in lifelong learning measures;
•national goals to diminish the enormous numbers of
employed and unemployed workers without minimum
educational qualifications in every member state of
the EU;
•national targets to reduce the number of people
leaving school without basic education qualifications;
•genuine recognition of prior learning formal
qualifications and diplomas and informal
competences;
•access to qualified education and training, at
universities and colleges, responds to the demands of
both young people and adults seeking further training.
Practical Work and Achievements
• Commissions Working Groups with national
representatives and stake holders
• Conferences organised by Presidencies
• No legislation
• Resolutions Education Council
Social partners involvement
• In working groups
• In conferences
2004
the Agricultural sector Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the European Union
organised a seminar for the following up of the implementation of the agreement[1] that was signed in 2002 on
the different countries (EU 15 with exception of Luxembourg), including information’s related to financing of
vocational training on the different countries.
Social partners organisations in Electricity sector delivered a joint statement about future skills on sector.
According to main conclusions of research, electricity industry faces a looming skills deficit in the context of a
decline in technical and technological essential employment-craft and engineering- and a shortfall in meeting
demands for new skills on the future. These demands are based on the areas of Sales, Trading, Commercial
activities and Customer Oriented skills.
The chemical sector signed a Joint position on VET and VCT in sector by key European stakeholders focussing
on forecast of skills needs related to the accelerated and permanent technological changes in workplaces
and organisation of the working processes, as a main domains to improve competences
.
Social partners in hotel, restaurants and catering sector signed an initiative which underlines skills and training
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needs in the sector.
2005
The main European stakeholders in civil aviation sector, delivered a Joint
statement on Quality, Safety and Training in the ground handling sector
concerning quality of the service in the context of the opening up of the market.
This statement is a very good practice of social dialogue focussing on sectoral
changes and matching the need of developing training on quality and safety at
work in the ground handling sector.
Sectoral social partners on personal services sector developed a accurate as
results of a symposium. This declaration detected key areas for performing as
regards of training needs in sector. Important point is that social partners set up a
common strategy for meeting the challenges of the European hairdressing
certificate.
The European Community Ship-owners’ Association and European Transport
Workers' Federation promoted a very successful joint practice delivering a study
report on mapping of career paths in the maritime industries.
Market failure
Left to itself, a free market in
training will ignore the less
skilled
Those who already have
most will receive most
A partnership approach
• Ireland 20% unemployment in
1987 to 4% today ; LTU
eliminated
• OECD identified partnership
structures as key to this
achievement
• Need to mobilise multiple
actors
Europe a coalition of states
• Most of what is important in the European
Community takes place in the member
states…its in their competence.
• Co operation is voluntary but is systemic.
• How do you scan 25/27 labour markets?
• Cedefop