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ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA RICERCA, LA STATISTICA E LA FORMAZIONEISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA RICERCA, LA STATISTICA E LA FORMAZIONE
Lombardy – a Northern Italian Region
promoting VET:
‘Training voucher system' and vocational apprenticeship: a VET policy
providing personalized services
Roger Hessel [email protected]
ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA RICERCA, LA STATISTICA E LA FORMAZIONEISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA RICERCA, LA STATISTICA E LA FORMAZIONE
ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA RICERCA, LA STATISTICA E LA FORMAZIONEISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA RICERCA, LA STATISTICA E LA FORMAZIONE
ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA RICERCA, LA STATISTICA E LA FORMAZIONE
Lombardy
• 10 million inhabitants• Leader among Italy’s 20 regions• More than 800.000 SMEs• Manufactoring-based bussinesses• Home to stock-echange, fashion, la Scala, Lake Como, Lake Maggiore
• World Expo 2015 in Milan
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EUPOLIS Lombardia
• Regional Institute for Research, Statistics and Training
• Mission: policy advice, applied research & training to the Region
• Policy background: national pro-cess of devolution of competences from Rom to the Regions
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The Regional VET Policy• Vision: for staying competitive, it is the
person who makes the difference• Paradigm change: to increase the
appeal of VET; technical vocational training no more “Serie B”
• Active labour market policies: pro-moted by the Reg. Employment Agency
• Voucher System: individual learning accounts
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• Delegation of delivery of training to over 600 ‘operators’ close to the citizens (freedom of choice)
• Tight budgets: competition between the service providers
• Most demanded sectors: IT, web-marketing, administration of personnel, English, entrepreneurial skills, fund-raising skills, job-searching skills
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Training Voucher System
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Conclusions• Strength: the new, citizen-centred
regional voucher system has made training more accessible
• Challenge: trade unions have other priorities than VET
• Challenge: SME engagement in VET is often weak; training is perceived as cost
• Challenge:need for more tailor-made VET offers for micro-enterprises
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Challenges• No public budgets for short-term work
and state-funded training • Weak enterpreneurial culture• Unflexible VET institutes weak
modularisation of training schemes• Weak labour market information (LMI)• Weak culture of practical-oriented
training
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Outlook
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• Tranferability of the « Lombardy Way »? Yes, at national level!
• Policy aim: more attention to international experiences!
• CAREER GUIDANCE CONFERENCE in Athens (27-30 April)Organisator: Europ. Association of Career Guidance Wanna come? Have a look…!
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