Adult Education, Training of Employees and Life Long Learning System in Austria

1. Adult Education, Training of Employees and Life Long Learning System in Austria Mag. Novka Piljic Regional Secretary, GPA-djp Austria Zrece, Slovenia, 22.-23.05.2014

2. Folie für Diagramme u. ä. Mag. Novka Piljic

3. Statistic April 2014 Austria • People in education • Up to 19 years old 15.195 • Between 20 - 24 14.403 • 25 - 29 9.809 • 30 - 34 9.468 • 35 - 39 8.221 • 40 - 44 7.892 • 45 - 49 7.764 • 50 - 54 6.129 • 55 - 59 3.281 • 60 and older 610 • all in all 82.772 Mag. Novka Piljic

4. Education and Training Opportunities in Austria Mag. Novka Piljic

5. Adult Education • Isimportant • toreducethedifferencesbetweenyoungandold, educatedandlesseducatedpersons • togiveselfconfidence • toimproveknowligeandqualifications • Togivepossibilitytomakecarrier • togivenewchances on thelabourmarket Mag. Novka Piljic

6. Adult education For employed For unemployed - AMS The Public Employment Service provides financial support - The training takes place with BFI • - In the company, on the costs of employer • - In the institutes for education with financial support of AMS, ESF, WAFF and Chamber of Labour • - on the own costs in the free time Mag. Novka Piljic

7. Vocational Training Institute bfi • Owned by the Chambers of Labour and the Austrian Trade Union Federation, the bfi vocational training institute is the largest educational institution for workers in Austria. Bfi activities focus on vocational education and (continuing) training for workers as well as educational and occupational schemes for unemployed persons and workers threatened with unemployment. Mag. Novka Piljic

8. BFI priorities: • • Specific education and training schemes for individual industries • • Customised company courses • • Preparation for schoolleaving exams • • Apprentice education and training • • Labour market courses • • Projects Mag. Novka Piljic

9. BFI innovative courses • Persons in employment are offered a large variety of evening and weekend classes covering both vocational and personal subjects, personality development, IT, foreign languages, social and health care occupations, tourism, logistics, technology, business administration, management, etc. Highly committed trainers, innovative adult-centred teaching methods and topical subjects ensure that participants benefit from attending BFI courses. • The BFI adapts its programmes accordingly to include new job clusters. Mag. Novka Piljic

10. WAFF • The waff Counselling Centre for Career and Further Education offers extensive information, expert advice and financial support for the professional future. It is an one-stop centre offering individualized consultation tailored to individual situation and is free. Mag. Novka Piljic

11. WAFF • - Individualised consultation for a career change • - Analysis of career biography, skills and personal strengths • - Consultation regarding further education options • - Joint planning of training and further education • - Support throughout the duration of the course • - Financial support for vocational training and further education Mag. Novka Piljic

12. Training Opportunities for unemployed • AMS - The Public Employment Service is Austria’s leading provider of labour-market related services. AMS matches candidates with job openings and assists jobseekers and companies who turn to AMS by offering advice, information, qualification opportunities and financial assistance. Mag. Novka Piljic

13. AMS Services for job-seekers: • Early intervention in support of young and older people • Integrate long-term jobless into the labour market • Improve effectiveness of training measures Mag. Novka Piljic

14. AMS Services for enterprises: • Increase market share • Strengthening labour market chances of women • Facilitate re-entry into the labour market after parental leave • Promote adaptability of labour force • Deployment of social partners´ and governments´ programmes Mag. Novka Piljic

15. VIENNA 2020 QUALIFICATION PLAN • A new, comprehensive, joint strategy for reducing the percentage of people with a low formal education in Vienna • It is aimed at noticeably reducing the percentage of people in Vienna who have no further education beyond compulsory school by the year 2020. Mag. Novka Piljic

16. VIENNA 2020 QUALIFICATION PLAN • All stakeholders have joined forces: the City of Vienna, the Vienna Economic Chamber and the Vienna Regional Group of the Federation of Austrian Industries, the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) and the Vienna Chamber of Labour, the Public Employment Service Vienna, the waff, the Federal Social Welfare Department and the Vienna Board of Education. Mag. Novka Piljic

17. VIENNA 2020 QUALIFICATION PLAN • - School and vocational training - youth • - Vocational training for adults • - Information and motivation • Employees having a low level of formal qualification are actively approached with information and advice on job-related training and further training offers. Mag. Novka Piljic

18. The European Social Fund • - helps people attain educational and training qualifications and to reduce disadvantages on the labour market • - The following organisations are involved in the implementation of the ESF Programme: The Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture, the Federal Ministry for Science and Research, the Public Employment Service, the Länder administrations and in Vienna, the Wiener ArbeitnehmerInnen Förderungsfonds (Vienna Employment Promotion Fund). Mag. Novka Piljic

19. Lifelong Learning • The term LLL recognizes that learning is not confined to childhood or the classroom but takes place throughout life and in a range of situations. • Learning can be seen as something that takes place on an on-going basis from our daily interactions with others and with the world around us. Mag. Novka Piljic

20. Links • www.bmask.at • www.ams.at • www.bfi.at • www.waff.at • www.oegb.at • www.wko.at • www.akwien.at • www.esf.at Mag. Novka Piljic

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