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From preserving to renovating Australian apprenticeships: insights from recent international experience

In June 2009, the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney (formerly known as [Australian Centre for I ... Show more
In June 2009, the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney (formerly known as [Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training] ACIRRT) was commissioned to provide a report to [the Council of Australian Governments’] COAG’s Apprenticeship Taskforce on how other industrialised countries are supporting their apprenticeship system during the current downturn. The project involved scrutiny of readily available publications and interviews/correspondence with 15 of the world leading experts in skills, labour markets and workforce development in the USA, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Germany and Denmark. Two questions guided the project: (a) How are apprenticeship systems as currently structured responding to the downturn? (b) How can apprenticeship systems be structured to respond more effectively to downturns like this now and in the future? This research identified important insights into how apprenticeship systems evolve over time. These are summarised in the form of five challenges policy makers and stakeholders need to manage in the medium term: (1) the need to rebalance the blend of employment and institution based learning; (2) employers are the greatest and weakest asset in the apprenticeship system; (3) on-the-job training is a public good - not just something of benefit to the worker and employer concerned; (4) apprenticeship systems which give excessive priority to responsiveness in the short run appear to impair longer term adaptability; and (5) stakeholder cohesion is a prerequisite for establishing and maintaining quality apprenticeship systems. Two recommendations are made. The first is to promote Irish style intervention along with compensated short time work and green skill initiatives as a first step to achieving a joint stakeholder led revitalisation of apprenticeships which are actively supported by the government. The second is to provide clear direction on where apprenticeships sit within both the education system and the labour market.
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Authors: Buchanan, John; Jakubauskas, Michelle; Schutz, Hanna

Corporate authors: Australia. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2009

Geographic subjects: Oceania; North America; Europe ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Economics; Governance ... [+] Show more
Current situation regarding vocational training in Latin America and the Caribbean

This report provides an overview of the main vocational training systems in Latin America including the role of gov ... Show more
This report provides an overview of the main vocational training systems in Latin America including the role of governments, private providers, in-house training and non-government organisations. There follows a set of regional reports covering the Andean Pact, the Caribbean, Central America, Mercosur and Chile, and Mexico. Show less

Corporate authors: European Commission. Directorate-General XXII, Education, Training, and Youth

Date: 1997

Geographic subjects: Central America and the Caribbean; North America; South America ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Studies (European Commission Directorate - General XXII, Education, Training, and Youth)

Subjects: Vocational education and training
Continuing vocational training: Europe, Japan and the United States of America

This publication contains reports and analysis of the characteristics of continuing vocational training systems in ... Show more
This publication contains reports and analysis of the characteristics of continuing vocational training systems in the fifteen Member States of the European Union - Austria, Flanders (Belgium), French-speaking Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, plus Norway, the United States and Japan. European participants were required to submit national reports on the situation of continuing vocational training and on major developments and perspectives in the area. There are also contributions from America and Japan which provide the opportunity for comparison and transfer to other economic blocs. The information is presented in a consistent form for each Member State report and there is a list of authors and a list of published national reports appended.
A synthesis report on nine case studies is indexed at TD/INT 58.526. Show less

Corporate authors: European Commission. Directorate-General XXII, Education, Training, and Youth

Date: 1997

Geographic subjects: North Asia; Europe; Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; Japan America; Asia; Europe ... [+] Show more America">North America; States">United States; Britain">Great Britain; [-] Show less

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Governance
Activities in the fields of education, training and youth, 1994-96

Section I of this monograph sets the general context of the activities designed for Articles 126 and 127 of the Tre ... Show more
Section I of this monograph sets the general context of the activities designed for Articles 126 and 127 of the Treaty on European Union (EU) under the Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and Youth for Europe III programs. It looks briefly at the implementation of the programs and at future prospects. Sections II to V outline the Treaty, the Community institutions, committees and authorities and the cooperation with other international organisations. Section VI describes in more detail the community programs and activities from 1994 to 1996 including general education, vocational training and youth programs. Section VII describes Council directives and objectives in the recognition of qualifications, education and training, research and technological development, environmental education and training, consumer education and training, equal opportunities for men and women and the educational integration of disabled people. Section VIII presents the various programs for the European Free Trade Area; Central and Eastern Europe; United States, Canada and Japan; non-EU Mediterranean countries; Latin America; African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries; and South Africa. Section IX, in conclusion, comments briefly on the experience gained through the European Year of Lifelong Learning and stresses the need to transform the emerging information society into an instrument which is conducive to individual development and to equal opportunities.
This document was presented to the 19th meeting of the standing Conference of European Ministers of Education, organised by the Council of Europe, Kristiansand, Norway, 21-24 June 1997. Show less

Corporate authors: European Commission. Directorate-General XXII, Education, Training, and Youth

Date: 1998

Geographic subjects: Central America and the Caribbean; North America; Asia ... [+] Show more

Resource type: General publication

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Youth; Disability ... [+] Show more

From preserving to renovating Australian apprenticeships: insights from recent international experience

Current situation regarding vocational training in Latin America and the Caribbean

Continuing vocational training: Europe, Japan and the United States of America

Activities in the fields of education, training and youth, 1994-96