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Sectoral support for training: a review of international practice

This report sets out the findings of a short comparative study of the approach that ten countries have adopted to s ... Show more
This report sets out the findings of a short comparative study of the approach that ten countries have adopted to support occupational training in particular sectors of their economies. The countries are Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, Denmark, Japan, Singapore and Finland. The study reviews international approaches to sectoral support for education and training, examines the evidence on the relative successes of these approaches and considers how transferable they might be beyond the national contexts. It highlights potentially useful lessons for sectoral support in the United Kingdom (UK). Other areas that were of interest were the presence of sectoral training support structures, the roles and objectives of sectoral support, and the existence of links with other key players. The report is set out in a number of sections. Section one provides an overview of the project, the background and research methodology. Section two provides an overview of the different training systems and their sectoral arrangements. Section three examines the countries (Australia, Canada, France and the Netherlands) with systems incorporating reasonably well developed interventionist sectoral frameworks. Section four reviews the training systems and the sectoral arrangements within the remaining countries. Section five draws conclusions and highlights potential lessons for National Training Organisations (NTO) in the UK. Show less

Authors: Barrett, George; Dewson, Sarah

Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment (DfEE)

Date: 1998

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

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Research report

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Assessment; Research ... [+] Show more

Sectoral support for training: a review of international practice