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Practical VET Development Opportunities with EU Support

Explore challenges, logic, opportunities, and next steps in enhancing vocational training with EU assistance for effective policy innovation, resource concentration, and managerial autonomy in educational institutions.

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Practical VET Development Opportunities with EU Support

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  2. The opportunities for development of practical vocational training with the support of the EU structural assistance Haroldas Brožaitis

  3. Key questions: • What are the key challenges? 1.1. What is the logic? 1.2. Why start yesterday? 2. What are the key opportunities? 2.1. Policy innovation and learning; 2.2. Concentration of resources; 2.3. Increased managerial autonomy and capacity; 2.4. More flexibility and responsiveness 2.5. High levels of investment. 3. What are the next steps? sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  4. What are the key challenges? • What are the key challenges? • What are the key opportunities? • What are the next steps? • Two positions in the policy debate: • To pump the money to the existing network; “the key issue as seen by most national stakeholders is to <…> restore an institution that was perceived to be doing just fine”. P. Grootings, S. Nielsen, 2006. • To optimise the network. Optimisation: activity, which aims at doing something as well as possible. sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  5. What are the key challenges? • 1.1. What is the logic? • What are the key opportunities? • What are the next steps? What is the logic (1)? • The key objectives of the VET system are: accessibility and quality; • Optimisation should seek to improve quality without damaging accessibility; • Effective functioning of the VET network is the key precondition for high quality investments sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  6. What are the key challenges? • 1.1. What is the logic? • What are the key opportunities? • What are the next steps? What is the logic (2)? sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  7. What are the key challenges? • 1.2. Why start yesterday? • What are the key opportunities? • What are the next steps? Why start yesterday (1)? • There is a dramatic mismatch between the supply and demand in the labor market sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  8. What are the key challenges? • 1.2. Why start yesterday? • What are the key opportunities? • What are the next steps? Why start yesterday (2)? • The VET network is not efficient: it is populated by large number of small schools, which have high operating costs; sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  9. What are the key challenges? • 1.2. Why start yesterday? • What are the key opportunities? • What are the next steps? Why start yesterday (3)? • The quality of practical VET is hindered by outmoded infrastructure: • During the 90s the levels of investment to the VET infrastructure had been appalling; • High number of VET providers and dispersed investments have hindered effective usage of scarce resources. • The potential for better cooperation between the VET network and the employers have not been realised. sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  10. What are the key challenges? • What are the key opportunities? • What are the next steps? What are the key opportunities for development of practical vocational training with the support of the EU structural assistance? sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  11. What are the key challenges? • What are the key opportunities? • 2.1 Policy innovation and learning. • 3. What are the next steps? Policy innovation and learning • Periodic evaluation of the quality of practical VET and efficiency of the VET network; • Participation in international networks for the exchange of best practice; • Local capacity building. sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  12. What are the key challenges? • What are the key opportunities? • 2.2.Concentration of resources. • 3. What are the next steps? ŠIAULIAI TELŠIAI PANEVĖŽYS KLAIPĖDA UTENA TAURAGĖ KAUNAS VILNIUS SCHOOLS MARIJAMPOLĖ CENTERS ALYTUS SELF-GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS /viešosios įstaigos/ Concentration of resources (1) sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  13. What are the key challenges? • What are the key opportunities? • 2.2.Concentration of resources. • 3. What are the next steps? Concentration of resources (2) • Establishment of sectoral practical training centers. Key elements: • Creation of modern training infrastructure on the premises of several VET schools; • The centers will target the demand for practical training in the key economic sectors; • The schools will cooperate and jointly use the infrastructure; • The large proportion of the centres’ services portfolio will be targeted towards the continuous training paid by the private sector. sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  14. What are the key challenges? • What are the key opportunities? • 2.3. Managerial autonomy and capacity • 3. What are the next steps? Managerial autonomy and capacity • In 2003 reorganisation of status of vocational schools into self-governing VET institutions started: • Higher managerial autonomy; • Better links with the community and the business sector, who became members of the board of VET institution. • First results of this pilot reorganisation and international experience indicate positive results. It is likely that this will be continued. sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  15. What are the key challenges? • What are the key opportunities? • 2.4. More flexibility and responsiveness • 3. What are the next steps? More flexibility and responsiveness • The key issue is to increase flexibility and responsiveness to the persistently changing labor market demand by: • Introducing modular learning system; • Increasing availability of specialised practical training modules; • Increasing the share of continuous learning (practical training) services; • Better functioning of decentralised networks for transmitting information regarding labour market demand. sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  16. What are the key challenges? • What are the key opportunities? • 2.5. High levels of investment • 3. What are the next steps? High levels of investment • 98.4 mln. Lt were invested in the VET infrastructure during 2004 – 2006 (includes only assistance from the Structural funds). • Additional 851.5 mln. Lt are planned from the EU structural assistance during 2007-2013 • Implementation of the discussed measures should create favorable conditions for efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the investments sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  17. Why optimise? • What are the key elements? • What are the next steps? What are the next steps? sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

  18. Next steps • Why optimise? • What are the key elements? • What are the next steps? • Further consolidation in the VET system; • Merger between the VET system and the Labour market training system; • Better coordination between HE and VET sector. sdafasdfasdfasdf The opportunities for practical VET

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