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Apprenticeship Support Services: getting started March 2019
Why Apprenticeship Support Services?
1
To improve the quality
and effectiveness of
apprenticeships
2 To provide tailored
support to
stakeholders involved
3 To further strengthen the
European
apprenticeships
across the EU in delivering community
apprenticeships
To support Member
4 States in reforming
apprenticeship
5 To effectively address
common challenges
in promoting and
6 To increase
knowledge base on
apprenticeships
schemes and in implementing
implementing the apprenticeships
EFQEA
Recommendation
What concrete benefits for different
stakeholders?
Learning from best practices through networking and
For Member States (and targeted support services for apprenticeship reforms and
EFTA & Candidate Countries): implementation of the EFQEA Recommendation
Access to knowledge and networking services,
For social partners: networking and support for mutual learning and capacity
building
Access to knowledge, materials and training tools, online
For VET providers and and face-to-face exchanges and networking as part of a
employers: Community of Practitioners
For apprentices (young Improved offer and delivery of quality apprenticeships to
people and adults): boost employability and the development of relevant skills
Governance and implementation of the Service
Key Principles of the Support Services Demand driven Engagement Gradual and relevant to and deployment stakeholders commitment of needs Service users
Services organised under three pillars
Knowledge- Networking Benchlearning
sharing
Targeted support and
Library of resources Online networking capacity building
Online training modules Events: high-level, Excellency model
stakeholder meetings,
Inspiring examples Self-assessments and
learning seminars
mutual learning
Progress reviews
1. Example of support for Knowledge-sharing
Dynamic search Online library of tools and resources
function for quality- • Existing tools e.g. Apprenticeship Toolbox, ILO Toolkit
checked tools, for Quality Apprenticeships
knowledge and • Key literature and reports on apprenticeships, including
information CEDEFOP reports
• Existing databases with interesting practices
• Relevant EU legislation and policy documents
• Links to national websites, key legislation and reports
2. Example of support for Networking
Promotion and
Support for EAfA events including in 2019:
delivery of content- • EAfA meeting in cooperation with the European
Parliament: Mobility of Apprentices
rich networking
• EAfA meeting in cooperation with the Czech Chamber
supporting quality
of Commerce: The role of Chambers in apprenticeships
and effective and work-based learning
apprenticeships • 4th EAfA-ETF Regional Seminar Topic: Supporting
candidate countries
• WorldSkills Coalition Conference: EAfA workshop
3. Support via Benchlearning
Support Member States to improve quality
Identify needs and
deliver targeted
and efficiency of apprenticeships through:
and sustained • Establishment of an excellency model and indicators
against which to measure progress, based on EFQEA
support
• Tools for self-assessment and targeted expert and peer
support, including mutual learningAnd more services to come!
Gradual deployment from early 2019…
Modular online Learning seminars, Targeted support based
training webinars on benchlearning
Inspiring practices Online networking Monitoring and
community progress reviews
Online resource Mutual learning
centre eventsSupport Services Website From early 2019
Key milestones – Year 1
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
• Website launch • Pledge portal • Testing of first training • Training modules
development modules part I
• EAfA LinkedIn Group
community • Set up of EAfA • Webinars part II • Digital inspiration
management Promoters Group video I
• 4th EAfA-ETF
• Online library of tools • Webinars part I Regional Seminar • Webinars part III
and resources (TBC)
• Learning seminar I • Learning seminar II
development
• WorldSkills Coalition
• EAfA meeting in • 4th European
• EAfA meeting in Conference: EAfA
cooperation with the Vocational Skills
cooperation with the workshop (TBC)
Czech Chamber of Week: EAfA meeting
European Parliament
Commerce (TBC) • Benchlearning self-
(TBC)
assessments • First benchlearning
• Development of country visits and
• Development of
benchlearning reports
benchlearning
excellency model &
excellency model &
indicators
indicatorsKey milestones – Year 2
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
• Training modules • Training modules part • Training modules part • Digital inspiration
part II III IV video II
• Webinars part IV • Monitoring of pledges • Webinars part VI • Webinars part VII
• EAfA event year 2 • Webinars part V • EAfA event year 2 • Learning seminar IV
(TBC) (TBC)
• Learning seminar III • EAfA event year 2
• First benchlearning • Benchlearning progress (TBC)
• EAfA event year 2
country visits and reports
(TBC) • Benchlearning
reports
• Progress report on progress reports
EFQEA implementation
• Country-specific fiches
on apprenticeship
Quarterly newsletters, animation of EAfA LinkedIn group, website and online library updates, digital
Ongoing inspiration products, EAN secretariat, support for EAfA Promoters Group, identification of training
needs, monitoring of EFQEA implementation, collection of country-specific information on
apprenticeships...Join us through the EAfA LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5026659/
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