Mrs. Rosa García Torres Innovation, Training and Employment Area

Cedefop Study visit programme

TRAINING AGREED BY BOTH SIDE OF INDUSTRY: A SECTORAL APPROACH

- The challenge of establishing a fair and transparent system of assessing actual skills -

Copenhagen, Denmark 1-3 march 2004

Mrs. Rosa García Torres

Innovation, Training and Employment Area

Spain’s location in Europe

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Spain Aragon

Area 506.030 Km2 47.720 km2 Population 42.717.064

1.217.514 (71% in

Zaragoza) Labour Force 18.340.500 503.520 I n employment 16.257.600 474.000 Unemployment rate (registered)

11,2% 5,60% (EU in 8%)

I nflaction rate 2,3% 2,1% Education spending as % of the PI B

4,9% (4.500 mill. Euros)

3,8%

Education indicators Less than 3 years 3 years 4-15 years 16-17 years 18-20 years 21-24 years 25-29 years Total students

12,1%

98% 100%

86,7% 60,3% 32,4%

7,9%

8.352.709 (28,3% in private centres)

1. Clear difference between Aragon and rest of Spain, with regard to unemployment rates ; Aragon shows 5,6% face to 11,2% (last rates), even lower than the EU average on 8%. Employment grows, but not at the same rhythym.

2. Relevant inequalities ; Alarming ageing degrees and serious depopulation´s problem: Zaragoza, the Capital, agglutinates more than the 50% of Aragonese population. Rural areas´ impoverishment.

3. Unemployment rate keeps twice bigger among women than men (7,65% face to a 4%) but getting better.

Social Situation in Aragon

4. Real problem focused on people less 24 up 45 years

• Not qualified enough• Lack of skills• Not experience enough• Gap between labour market demands and

training.• Women return to work• Recognition of skills….

INITIAL OREGULATED

14-16 year

16-18 year

Middle degree VT

Higher degree VT

Social Guarantee

ESO

Bachelor degree

OCCUPATIONAL(Unemployed)

LIFELONG T.(employees)

BASE VT

SPECIFICVT

NOTREGULATED

SPANISH VOCATIONAL TRAINING / 3 SUB-SYSTEMS

LIFELONGVT

VOCATIONAL TRAINING

• UNEMPLOYED (OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING)

It is under Labour Administration´s competence and one of the key active employment policies.

Training adressed to unemployees to improve their labour insertion. Free of charge for people from 16 to 65 years.

Carried out by the following institution :

INAEM (Aragonese Employment Institute).

• National Training and Labour Insertion Plan (FIP)

• Regional Aragonese Training and Labour Insertion Plan, also cofunded by the ESF.

VOCATIONAL TRAINING

• EMPLOYEES (LIFELONG TRAINING) Regulated by agreement among Administration and social partners.

Training adressed to employees for competences´s improvement or for their requalification.

Carried out by the following institutions :

FORCEM (Foundation for lifelong training´s development). Borned in 1993 as a signed agreement, at national level, among goverment and social parties ; businesses organizations and trade unions.

The Autonomous Goverment of each different Spanish region, (INAEM) also cofunded by the ESF

FORCEM (life-long training for employees)

Enterprises training plans: promoted for enterprises with 200 or more employees

Sectorial training plans: promoted for enterprises associations and/or trade unions which involve 200 or more employees.

Intersectorial training plans: courses directed to enterprises with different activities

Personalised training plans

Complemetary activities: projects for the improvement of lifelong training.

Apprenticeship training

SOCIAL AGENTS IN ARAGONESE REGION

• Planning and performance of occupational and lifelong training, regional (Autonomous Goverment) and national (Forcem) funded. NOT REGULATED TRAINING

• Up to 60.000 employees participate each year on training actions.

• An average of 4.000 courses on all different forms; presential, semipresential and on-line.

• Percentage participation is over the state´s average (16% face to a 12%).

LONG WAY TO NPCS (National Professional Competence System)

•PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE CATALOGUE

•EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION SYSTEM

•INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT ON VT AND EMPLOYMENT

•EVALUTATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NPCS QUALITY

MILESTONES:

Dates from Aragonese VT Council Secretary

IN ARAGON……

Educative Administration

Labour Administration

Social PartnersEmployer’s Associations

Trade Unions

ARAGONESE VT COUNCILConsultant Depart. Of Science and Education Ministry


ARAGONESE VT COUNCIL: FUNCTIONS

Analysis of VT necessities

Coordination of the VT actions in the Spanish Subsystems

Elaborate an Aragonese VT strategic Plan

Suggest actions referred to VT assessment.


ARAGONESE VT PLAN

ACTIONS:

Create a Professional Qualification Agency in Aragon

Permanent Info-point

Autonomic Map of VT Resources

Vocational Orientation Assessment Program


Background Background InformationInformation

INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

Aprox. 82.750 active enterprises (jan 2003) Up to a 50% have no employees and micro-companies represent almost the 95% of total no. of companies. Services is the dominant sector (50%) with more aprox. 39.000 companies. Last unemployment rate in Aragon is 5.60 % (11.20 % national and 8 % EU average)

CONFEDERACIÓN DE CONFEDERACIÓN DE EMPRESARIOS DE ARAGÓNEMPRESARIOS DE ARAGÓN(CREA) - Spain(CREA) - Spain

OBJECTIVES

•To boost and contribute to steady development in Aragon .

•To represent and defend the collective interests of Aragon businesses.

•To counsel and provide services to its members.

•To support the establishment and implementation of businesses in a free-market economy.

•To foster the principle of corporate unity and solidarity.

•To make Aragon a real presence in Spain, Europe and the rest of the world.


Innovation, Training and Labour Insertion Unit

More than 300 short and medium term courses on different Knowledge areas, adressed to all different target groups, from in-class to e-learning

delivery Euro-in programme: 3 post-graduate masters on euro-marketing, euro-quality and health and safety at work & a non-funded one in Human Resources Labour insertion unit (UIL) and practical training programme. Specific plan for youngs 16-21 years National and International projects area Business advice in the following areas :

Enviroment, health and Safety at work Business management & innovation

I CT

CONFEDERACIÓN CONFEDERACIÓN DE EMPRESARIOS DE DE EMPRESARIOS DE ARAGÓNARAGÓN(CREA) - Spain(CREA) - SpainLABOUR INSERTION UNIT (2003)

Total requests from enterprises 175 Final Labour Insertions 47% Total collected claimants 4500

NO LABOUR PRACTICES PROGRAMME

Students inserted on Aragonese enterprises on practical training

STUDENTS 585

A 15% aprox becomes contracts.


OTHER SERVICES

•Environmental Advisory Board•European Business Information Centre (Euro Info Centre)•Economy and Surveys•Computing•Communications and documentation•Labour Relations Board

CONFEDERACIÓN CONFEDERACIÓN DE EMPRESARIOS DE DE EMPRESARIOS DE ARAGÓNARAGÓN(CREA) - Spain(CREA) - SpainEUROPEAN PROGRAMMES

•Leonardo Da Vinci •Equal•e-learning action plan•Pacte•Prince•Businesses meetings INTERPRISE•Al-Invest•Safe•Midas network•E-Gateway•Seminar JEV (Joint European Ventures)•Business centre in Banja Luka-Bosnia •Training centre in Mostar-Bosnia

•To provide businesses with information on activities, programs and community legislation related to EU funding, commercial policies, development support, public contracting, foreign policy and the latest calls for tender published by the EU.

•To maintain permanent contact with the European Commision in order to help businesses develop and present projects to European Union Institutions.

•Enable Aragon businesses to conclude business cooperation agreements with companies through the major international cooperation networks.

•To publish detailed information on the activities of the European Commision in the magazine “European Information”.

•To organize conferences, seminars and meetings that provide information on current European Union issues.

CREA´s HeadquaterCREA´s Headquater

Address: Avda. de Ranillas 20. PC 50015. ZaragozaTfn. +34 976 460 066 / fax. +34 976 460 136www.crea.es [email protected]

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Mrs. Rosa García Torres Innovation, Training and Employment Area