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Vocational education and training in Luxembourg: Short description

Vocational education and training in Luxembourg: Short description

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Vocational education and training in Luxembourg: Short description
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English

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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Training quality and relevance

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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. 

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24 Oct 2015
Luxembourg’s vocational education and training (VET) is highly differentiated. Apprenticeships and school-based VET coexist. While some features may seem similar to those in other countries, taking a closer look is important to understand national concepts and terms. Luxembourg’s education and training system reflects its geographic and socioeconomic context: its small size, the close ties with its neighbours, its multilingual nature and high share of foreign nationals, and the well-established cooperation with social partners. Recently implemented reform has strengthened the links to the labour market and brought about a shift towards competence-based and modular vocational programmes. The implementation of this reform has also revealed weaknesses in the system; evaluation of the reform will provide stakeholders with evidence of a need for further changes.

By providing an insight into its main features and highlighting related policy developments and challenges, this short description contributes to better understanding of VET in Luxembourg.

Cedefop information series. http://dx.doi.org/10.2801/741212
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Vocational training

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vocational-training
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Livre blanc: Stratégie nationale du Lifelong Learning

Livre blanc: Stratégie nationale du Lifelong Learning

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Livre blanc: Stratégie nationale du Lifelong Learning
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French

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Governments

Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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There is a critical need for a greater overall investment in education and training, particularly in developing countries. Education and training investments should be closely linked to economic and employment growth strategies and programmes. Responsibility should be shared between the government (primary responsibility), enterprises, the social partners, and the individual. To make lifelong learning for all a reality, countries will need to make major reforms of their vocational and education and training systems. School-to-work schemes for young people should integrate education with workplace learning. Training systems need to become more flexible and responsive to rapidly changing skill requirements. Reforms should also focus on how learning can be facilitated, not just on training for specific occupational categories.

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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. 

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29 Apr 2015

L’apprentissage tout au long de la vie, le Lifelong Learning, est indispensable pour « permettre à l’humanité de progresser vers les idéaux de paix, de liberté et de justice sociale » (Jacques Delors, 1996). Le Lifelong Learning couvre «toute activité d’apprentissage entreprise à tout moment de la vie, dans le but d’améliorer les savoirs, savoir-faire, aptitudes, compétences et/ou qualifi- cations, dans une perspective personnelle, sociale et/ou professionnelle » (Centre européen pour le développement de la formation professionnelle, CEDEFOP 2008, p. 123). Au niveau national, les acteurs clés s’accordent sur cette définition. Le Lifelong Learning s’adresse donc à toute personne, quels que soient son âge et son cadre d’apprentissage. Il com prend aussi bien la formation initiale (enseignement fondamental, enseignement secondaire, formation professionnelle, enseignement supérieur), que l’éducation et la formation des adultes sans distinction du type de formation, qu’elle soit formelle, non-formelle ou informelle.

C’est cette conception large du Lifelong Learning qui sert de base à ce Livre blanc. Traditionnellement, la dénomination «Lifelong Learning » au Luxembourg est surtout utilisée pour qualifier la formation professionnelle continue. Faisant référence aux dispositions du programme gouvernemental concernant la définition d’une stratégie du Lifelong Learning, le Livre blanc se limite aux volets de l’éducation et de la formation des adultes, à l’exception du volet relatif à l’orientation qui couvre le Lifelong Learning dans son ensemble.

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Education and training

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Lifelong learning

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Vocational training

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