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ERIC Number: ED458450
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 41
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-92-896-0062-4
ISSN: ISSN-1562-6180
EISSN: N/A
Vocational Education and Training in Belgium. Brief Description. CEDEFOP Panorama Series.
Cotton, Paul
The past, present, and future of vocational education and training (VET) in Belgium were examined. The examination focused on the following topics: Belgium's education system; VET for young people; continuing vocational training; financing of continuing VET; qualitative aspects of VET; training of trainers; and trends and prospects. The following were among the key findings: (1) although continuing training in Belgium is undoubtedly on the increase, participation by adults remains below the European mean and major inequalities exist from the standpoint of access; (2) training schemes organized and financed by employers chiefly benefit better qualified workers; (3) guidance and training are viewed as interrelated, with the aim being to encourage people to take a proactive attitude toward adapting their skills during their working lives so that they can progress or find new positions; (4) Belgium has 12,000 agencies working in the 8 main fields of training and offering 14,000 specific training schemes; (5) regulation of training is increasing; and (6) developing an evaluation culture for VET will require ensuring that available data are comparable and that all programs and measures implemented have clearly stated objectives. (Thirteen figures/tables are included. A list of acronyms and abbreviations and addresses of 13 useful organizations are appended.) (MN)
CEDEFOP, P.O. Box 22427, Thessaloniki, GR-55102 Greece (#5117 EN). Tel: 30 31 49 01 11, Fax: 30 31 49 01 02; e-mail: info@cedefop.eu.int; Web site: http://www.trainingvillage.gr/. For full text: http://www2.trainingvillage.gr/download/vetsystem/BE 0601 en .pdf. Also available in French: http://www2.trainingvillage.gr/etv/vetsystems/report/BE 2706 01 fr.pdf and Dutch: http://www2.trainingvillage.gr/download/vetsystem/BE 0601 nl .pdf.
Publication Type: Information Analyses
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece).
Identifiers - Location: Belgium
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A