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    New European framework promotes quality apprenticeships

    npsBy nps16 March 2018 No Comments2 Mins Read
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    New European framework promotes quality apprenticeships

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    (BRUSSELS) – EU employment ministers boosted the development of a skilled and qualified workforce Thursday with the adoption of a recommendation for a European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships.

    The recommendation, aimed at helping young people to enter the world of work, encourages the development of a highly skilled and qualified workforce which is responsive to the needs of the labour market.

    By applying common criteria for the quality and effectiveness of apprenticeships, EU member states will be better able to develop and promote their national apprenticeship schemes.

    “It’s very positive that in a short period of time the Council managed to reach a common understanding for the quality and effectiveness criteria to be used to maintain and develop the national apprenticeship schemes,” said Bulgaria’s Labour Minister Biser Petkov, for the EU presidency: “It’s a step in the right direction to support further young people’s entry in the labour market, as well as adults’ career progression and transition into employment.”

    Apprenticeships are seen as an essential element in vocational education and training systems. They benefit both employers and learners, and strengthen the link between the world of work and the world of education and training.

    In addition to providing a pathway to excellence, quality apprenticeships also help encourage active citizenship and social inclusion by integrating people of different social backgrounds into the labour market.

    The recommendation foresees different criteria for learning and working conditions, including the following:

    • a written agreement should be concluded to define the rights and obligations of the apprentice, the employer and, where appropriate, of the vocational education and training institution within a clear and consistent regulatory framework,
    • there should be clear results leading to recognised qualifications,
    • apprentices should be paid or otherwise compensated,
    • apprentices should be entitled to social protection,
    • career guidance, mentoring and learner support should be provided to apprentices both before and during the apprenticeship in order to ensure a successful outcome,
    • pedagogical support should be provided to teachers, trainers and mentors, specially in micro-, small and medium-sized companies.

    The framework is a follow up to the Council declaration on the ‘European Alliance for Apprenticeships’ of October 2013.

    Council recommendation on a European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships

    Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (Employment and Social policy), 15/03/2018

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