TRANSFAIR

1. TRANSFAIR 14th-15th October 2004 IEA: Interactive European Apprenticeship

2. The Rhône ‘Chambre de métiers’ • The Rhône Chambre de Métiers federates: • 22 116 crafts enterprises • 60 898 people working in the crafts sector • 4 000 apprentices • The Rhône Chambre de Métiers was founded in June 1933.

3. What is a Chambre de Métiers in France? • The Chambre de Métiers is a public body, administered by craftspeople. • 106 Chambres de Métiers in France represent 250 different crafts on political, economic and social matters. • They represents the interests of the crafts sector on local and national government level.

4. European programmes : • As coordinator • As a partner • Aims : • To promote the crafts sector • To provide services for craftspeople within Europe • To identify and integrate new information and training practices into existing systems

5. Our experience of the transfer of results to existing practices: ETQ and EMA • The ETQ programme : European Trainer Qualification • 3 years programme from 1996 to 1999, extended to 2000 • 5 European Union countries involved: Germany, Belgium, Great-Britain, France, Ireland.

6. ETQ • Aims : • To develop a European qualifying programme for apprenticeship tutors.

7. ETQ • All partners work on the following subjects: • I – The legal foundations of vocational training • II – The organisation, planning and carrying-out of training programmes • III – The psychological development of apprentices • IV – The social behaviour of the trainer • V – Working and living in Europe • VI – Dealing with change

8. ETQ : Results achieved • The development of a system of reference for European apprenticeship tutors • ETQ is continuing in Germany (Cologne) and in France (Lyon), where it was directly integrated into the curriculum of the Brevet de Maîtrise (Master craftsman's qualification).

9. EMA : European Mobility of apprentices • A two year programme: 1999 – 2001 • 4 countries : Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland • Aim : • To contribute to the creation of a European apprenticeship contract by means of experimentation in five different areas of professional activity

10. EMA : Partners’ activities • Phase 1 : Exchange of methods, practices and existing content in initial training in each of the countries involved • Phase 2 : Identification of mobility problems concerning initial training in each country

11. EMA : Partners’ activities (cont.) • Phase 3 : Development of training modules in training centers and in businesses • Phase 4 : Definition of European credits and their recognition • Phase 5 : Practical applications for the 5 crafts involved.

12. EMA : follow on actions • The EMA programme enabled: • Understanding of what the notion of apprenticeship means in each of the partner countries • Examination of the legal problems involved in the mobility of apprentices, resulting in our expertise on this matter

13. The IEA programme : Interactive European Apprenticeship • Context : • European Commission call for tenders : EAC 72/03 INNOVATION TRANSFER • The Rhône Chambre de Métiers have taken part in two LEONARDO projects : EMA et ETQ • At the present time there is no regularly applied recognition of skills acquired by apprentices during periods spent elsewhere in the European Union.

14. IEA : Aims • To analyse, update and transfer the Leonardo da Vinci products: • EMA : European Mobility of Apprentices and • ETQ : European Trainer Qualification • To encourage the mobility of apprentices by creating a guide on the subject; • To develop European certification: • For European apprenticeship tutors • For skills acquired by apprentices elsewhere in the European Union

15. AEI : Expected results • The European certification of apprenticeship tutors • The institution of European recognition for training periods spent by apprentices in the European Union • The creation of an internet guide to apprenticeship mobility • The publication of an information brochure to promote the Internet site

16. ANALYSIS OF PRESENT SITUATION : Following the progress of the products since the beginning ETQ EMA UPDATING Of products in the countries previously participating in IEA STUDY of the CHARACTERISTICS of the new partner countries FORMALISATION of an identification sheet for each country DEVELOPMENT of training modules EXPERIMENTATION and VALIDATION of training modules EUROPEAN CERTIFICATION of apprentices EUROEPAN CERTIFICATION of apprenticeshiptutors INTERNETGUIDE to mobility and Information BROCHURE Transfer process of EMA et ETQ products

17. IEA : PARTNERS IMPORTER Compagnons du Devoir Other Professional Organisations in each partner country Crafts businesses in each partner country BKIK Hungary Chambre des Métiers Luxembourg COORDINATOR RHONE CHAMBRE des METIERS IFAPME Belgium Professional Organisations Automobile, Confectionary France Apprentice Training Centre in each country Apprentices and Master craftsmen in each partner country IMPORTER Cologne Handwerkskammer

18. Integration into educational and training systems: • The Rhône Chambre de Métiers : • The institution • Crafts training qualifications • Partnerships