Apprenticeship supply in the Member States of the European Union: Final report
The present study is intended to provide an overview of the supply of apprenticeship-type schemes in the EU Member States. For this purpose, the study discusses the effectiveness of these schemes in raising employability and facilitating labour market transitions of apprentices in the EU. Also, the study provides a number of recommendations for improving the functioning and performance of this type of VET schemes.
This study has also elaborated an in-depth analysis of nine specific case studies of concrete relevant apprenticeship-type schemes in an array of selected EU Member States (Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom).
This in-depth analysis shows the existence of important differences amongst schemes and countries in terms of the main actors involved in the design of these schemes, the role that enterprises play in the provision of vocational skills and professional qualifications, the uneven distribution of work-based training and school training, the existing requisites for enterprises and students to participate in the schemes, and different available financing and quality assurance mechanisms.