Fiscal efficiency and vocational education in the EU8 countries
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International organizations
Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.
Financing of training
Initial education and training and lifelong learning benefit individuals, employers and society as a whole. Economic principles dictate that the costs for services with public and private benefits should be shared between public and private funding, or else too little training will be provided or taken up. Effective mechanisms for financing skills development vary according to countries’ economic and political circumstances and the degree and level of social dialogue established.
Research papers
Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.
It begins by describing the inherited system of vocational education in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe which was based on the assumption that everyone had to be trained for a specific occupation before starting work and that it was the function of vocational schools to provide such training. The report recognizes that there are differences within the initial vocational education system between schools which concentrate on imparting skills for use in the workplace (sometimes designated as 'vocational' schools) and schools which also impart some theoretical knowledge relevant to a vocation (sometimes designated as 'technical' schools). Partly because of this complexity, because of data limitations and because the EU8 countries are not a homogenous group, it is very difficult to assemble information on vocational education that is fully comparable between countries. Therefore, not all EU8 countries are always included in the analysis.
The report contains a number of policy options to inform a program of VE reform to the benefit of fiscal efficiency.
Financing training
Vocational training
Europe and Central Asia
