Transcript Towards a European VET area: Zooming in on 2010 Aviana Bulgarelli Director Cedefop 26-27 April 2007 AGORA Thessaloniki XXVI: Building a European VET area Helsinki 2006 Outline Copenhagen.

Towards a
European VET area:
Zooming in on 2010
Aviana Bulgarelli
Director Cedefop
26-27 April 2007
AGORA Thessaloniki XXVI: Building a European VET area
Helsinki 2006
Outline
Copenhagen 2002
Maastricht 2004
Lisbon 2000
 Copenhagen-Maastricht-Helsinki
Progress in VET policy areas
 Contextual challenges
 Policy challenges
 How Cedefop supports the process
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Copenhagen – Maastricht – Helsinki
Copenhagen
Declaration
2002
Strengthen the European dimension
Improve transparency, information & guidance systems
Recognise competences & qualifications
Promote quality assurance
Maastricht
Communiqué
2004:
national
&
EU-level
priorities
Put Copenhagen tools into practice
(quality assurance, validation, guidance & counselling; Europass)
Improve public/private investments, training incentives, use of EU funds
Address the needs of groups at risk
Develop flexible & individualised pathways, progression
Strengthen VET planning, partnerships, identify skill needs
Develop pedagogical approaches & learning environments
Expand VET teachers’ & trainers’ competence development
EQF, ECVET; identify TT learning needs; improve VET statistics
Helsinki
Communiqué
2006
Improve image, status, attractiveness of VET; good governance
Develop further, test & implement common tools by 2010
(EQF, ECVET, CQAF/ENQA-VET, Europass)
More systematic mutual learning; more & better VET statistics
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Take all stakeholders on board to put Copenhagen into place
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Progress since Maastricht
Where most countries report progress:
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National qualifications frameworks (NQF)
Validation of non-formal and informal learning
Quality improvement and assurance – CQAF
Integrating learning with working
Access and equity
Guidance and counselling
 stay focused
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How attractive is the VET option?
Citizens would recommend to a young person who is finishing
compulsory education or secondary education...
…vocational training or apprenticeship
Students in pre-/vocational and general programmes at ISCED 3
Pre-/vocational
…general or academic studies
%
60
General
%
75.0
60.0
45
45.0
30
30.0
15
15.0
0
0.0
EU-25
EU-15
Source: Special Eurobarometer 216, "Vocational Training", 2004
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MNS-10
EU-25
Source: Eurostat; UOE data collection, 2004
EU-15
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! 80 million Europeans formally low skilled
Europe’s skill level scores:
low skills: high
high skills: low
intermediate skills: strong
(mostly through VET)
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skilled & highly skilled jobs in demand
within 10 years:
- 9% jobs for low skilled workers
+ 31%
for medium
+ 58%
for high skilled
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Educational attainment of adult population aged 25-64, 2003/2006
60
55
49
47
47
44
40
38
44
39
38
36
34
30
34
31
30
26
23
20
16
16
13
11
0
USA
Japan
Low skilled
EU27
Korea
Canada
Upper/post-secondary education
Russian Fed.
Australia
Tertiary education
EU27: 2006; Australia, Canada, Korea, USA: 2004; Japan, Russian Fed.: 2003
right skill mix for Europe requires
Sources: Eurostat (EU27); OECD, 2006 (other countries); countries sorted by attainment of upper/post-secondary education
secondary & tertiary level qualifications
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The demographic time bomb
Population in EU25 aged 15 to 24 and 55 to 64, 2005-2030 (in million)
70
65
 by 2030 …
+ 14 million
55 -64 year olds
60
55
 labour market more dependent on:
older workers, women re-entering
the labour market, migrants
 2 million fewer learners in
secondary & tertiary VET
 strong potential for continuing skills
development of adults
50
- 9 million
15-24 year-olds
45
40
2005
2010
2015
2020
Source: Population projection 2004, Eurostat, baseline variant.
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2025
2030
 anticipate skill needs
 validate non-formal learning
 systemic changes: better
quality in initial/continuing VET,
skills development for adults
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Europe risks wasting its potential
fewer young people
 continuing training is
crucial for skills
development & renewal
Population aged 25-64 participating in LLL, by age groups (EU-27, 2005)
20.4%
EU Benchmark 2010:
12.5%
12.5%
10.9%
10.0%
9.5%
8.4%
6.7%
5.2%
3.2%
Total
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
Source: Eurostat; EU Labour Force Survey (LFS), 2005;
LLL=formal/non-formal education/training during four w eeks prior the survey
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55-59
60-64
but:
 the older people are,
the less they participate
in learning
 educational & learning
deficits add up
 develop guidance &
training for older workers
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Persistent learning divide
Formal and non-formal learning - participation by working status and
educational level (EU-25, 2003)
low
medium
high
40.0
Formal learning
Non-formal learning
33.7
Participation rate (%)
30.0
22.7
18.9
20.0
15.1
14.8
14.3
13.0
10.3
10.0
7.3
9.0
7.6
7.0
3.8
1.3
9.0
6.7
2.8
1.6
0.0
Employed
Unemployed
Source: Eurostat; LLL ad hoc module,
2003
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Inactive
Employed
Unemployed
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Lifelong learning revisited:
frequency↔ intensity?
Non-formal learning of employed people: participation and intensity
140
HU
Hours per participant
120
ES
100
RO
80
PT
GR
FR
AT
DE
BG
EU-25
60
PL
40
FI
SI
SK
IE
DK
SE
UK
20
0
0
10
20
30
40
Participation rate (%)
Source: Eurostat; LLL ad hoc module, 2003
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50
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Europe can‘t afford to waste its potential
We need to
 make VET attractive for young people & adults
 ensure all have access to learning/training opportunities &
more adults participate, whether (un)employed or inactive
 prevent early school leaving
 value older workers & their skills
 tailor VET better to the needs of different target groups
 know more about the skills we need
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Zooming in on 2010
Knowledge development for all
Particular policy challenges:
 Financing
 Governance
 Lifelong guidance, quality, transparency,
validation of non-formal learning
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Financing
 Sharing costs to foster efficiency & equity in CVET
(state/regions, enterprises, individuals)
 Different sources of funding to meet different
objectives & needs, public policy for equal access
 Emerging models in the Member States
(training funds managed by social partners, apprenticeship,
tax relief, ILA, vouchers..)
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Governance
Common challenges for
VET, employment, social, finance & economic policies:
 ageing population
 changing labour market & skills needs
 global competition & social inclusion
need an integrated policy approach & agenda
 co-operation of actors
(ministries, state/regions & local authorities, social partners)
 role of social partners
support & steer VET policy; develop, design & manage CVET policies
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Social partner support counts
Percentage of employees in small enterprises, participating in CVT courses
%
without "joint CVT agreement"
with "joint CVT agreement"
75
60
45
30
15
0
EU25
SE
DK
IE
NL
FI
UK
LU
BE
Source: Eurostat; Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS2), 1999
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FR
DE
ES
PT
IT
LV
SI
EE
BG
LT
PL
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Lifelong guidance &
validation of non-formal learning
Elements for effective lifelong learning policies
 Valuing the role of continuing VET
 Lifelong guidance
 Validation of non formal learning
 Linking sectoral qualifications &
national qualification systems
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How Cedefop supports the process
 research, statistics, policy analysis
(government & social partner policies,…)
 looking at VET as an interface between education,
employment, social & economic policies
 EQF, ECVET, quality assurance (CQAF)
 Europass, guidance & counselling
 teachers & trainer development
 study visits & peer learning activities
monitoring progress – next review in 2008
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Looking forward to your contributions
Thank you for your attention !
www.cedefop.europa.eu
www.trainingvillage.gr/policyanalysis
With many thanks to colleagues who helped organise this event!
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