Providers and fields of continuing vocational training in enterprises in Europe

The second survey of continuing vocational training (CVTS2) was launched by the European Commission and follows on from the first survey conducted in 1994 of the Member States of the European Union. The second survey was conducted in 2000 and 2001 in all the Member States, Norway and nine candidate countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Pomorskie region of Poland, Romania and Slovenia). Enterprises participating in the survey provided comparable statistical data on continuing training in the workplace, the supply of, and demand for, vocational knowledge and skills, the need for continuing training and the forms, contents and scope of continuing training, inhouse training resources and the use of external training providers, and the costs of continuing training. This publication provides key information on providers and fields of CVT in 21 European countries. The data for Greece, France, Italy and the UK were not available at the time of publication. Survey results indicated that private training providers were responsible for the highest proportion of CVT course hours in most countries although specialised training institutions were more prominent in candidate countries. CVT in the fields of engineering and manufacturing and computer science/computer use were most important in enterprises.

Five ‘Statistics in focus’ have been published containing results of CVTS2. These are indexed from TD/TNC 71.576 to TD/TNC 71.580.

The second survey of continuing vocational training (CVTS2) was launched by the European Commission and follows on from the first survey conducted in 1994 of the Member States of the European Union. The second survey was conducted in 2000 and 2001 in all the Member States, Norway and nine candidate countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Pomorskie region of Poland, Romania and Slovenia). Enterprises participating in the survey provided comparable statistical data on continuing training in the workplace, the supply of, and demand for, vocational ...  [+] Show more