{"id":16492,"date":"2016-05-30T19:30:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.p-consulting.gr\/towards-a-shared-vision-of-apprenticeships\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T15:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:03:38","slug":"towards-a-shared-vision-of-apprenticeships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.p-consulting.gr\/en\/towards-a-shared-vision-of-apprenticeships\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a shared vision of apprenticeships"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20160527_141126\"<\/a>Achieving the proper functioning of the apprenticeship system, how cost-effective is for companies\u00a0and whether it reflects their needs in the employee skills, are the priorities to be highlighted at European level in order to mobilize the interest of businesses upon the process of apprenticeships.<\/p>\n

This was the key message of\u00a0Maxime Cerutti<\/a><\/strong>, Director of Social Affairs\u00a0at\u00a0BUSINESSEUROPE<\/a><\/strong>, during the joint conference\u00a0of the European Social Partners at\u00a026-27 of\u00a0May\u00a02016.<\/p>\n

The results of the joint project \u201cThe cost-effectiveness of apprenticeship schemes \u2013 Making the case for apprenticeships<\/strong>\u201d were extensively discussed by the European social partners\u00a0BUSINESSEUROPE<\/a>,\u00a0CEEP<\/a>,\u00a0UEAPME,\u00a0UTEC<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and training providers\u00a0EfVET<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0EUproVET<\/a><\/strong>, regarding the cost-effectiveness of apprenticeship systems and the proposal for a European quality framework for apprenticeships by the European Commission.\u00a0European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Market<\/strong>\u00a0Ms.\u00a0Marianne Thyssen\u00a0<\/strong>was also there.<\/p>\n

The importance of\u00a0apprenticeships.<\/h3>\n

The conference ended with a video in which representatives of the European Social Partners and Training Providers commented on this topic, including\u00a0Panagiotis G. Anastasopoulos<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0p-consulting.gr<\/strong>, as national representative of\u00a0EfVET<\/strong>\u00a0in Greece. The\u00a0\u00a0European Commissioner commented on the video and promised immediate initiatives to institutionalize a successful framework implementation of apprenticeships system in the coming years.<\/p>\n

At\u00a0this meeting, a special emphasis was made, on how \u201capprenticeship\u201d could provide quality not only in large enterprises, but also to those under 50 employees, particularly those that employ up to 10 employees and almost\u00a0are the\u00a095% of European companies.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The European social partners BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP, UEAPME and UTEC (employer and employee representatives) are ready for further discussions with the European Commission, Member States and trade unions on the future of lifelong learning in Europe, which was confirmed by the definition of next meetings at predetermined dates.<\/p>\n