1. Vocational Education and Training From the perspective of Competitiveness (PA8) of the EUSDR in Danube region 10th December, 2015 Budapest By Ágnes Dobrotka Project coordinator

2. Content Competitiveness with Knowledge society Vocational education and training system A transnational initiative: Danube cluster A DRS project: Learning by Doing

3. Competitiveness, with knowledge society Education system LLL strategy Integration New technologies Creative Transferable Skills, competences, strategies Research, development, innovation Institutions, organizations, SMEs Community need Resources Business environment Productivity Labor market Prices and costs Investment, financial development Sustainable growth

4. The Danube Chambers of Commerce Association (DCCA) STRATEGY STRATEGY based on the participation of EUSDR priority areas. From the beginning (2010) important topic – dual vocational training system

5. Vocational Education and Training System I. Challenge: transition from compulsory schooling – employment system Dual principle: theory and practice / thinking and acting /systematic and case-based learning Vocational training: compulsory school attendance and workplace-based training Involvement: State, business community, young people and their parents

6. Vocational Education and Training System II. Why? / What? / How? / Where? Raise the non-academic educational level Defining training standards and structural models Experiences in dual vocational training model (companies, pilot project, project preparation) cross-compliance of competences, examination procedures, summarize and share the best practices – establish a uniform system and transpose in the Danube Region With help of government, enterprises, institutions, experts– international cooperation on wide level of society In the Danube region – huge differences between the countries – functioning system for decades, no VET system existing

7. Pilot project, as an inspiration A National Operative Programme (HU): TÁMOP-2.2.7 B-3-13/1 pilot project for dual vocational training: analysis and comparison – competencies, practice oriented training by business organizations, cooperation of vocational training institutions/ enterprises/examination centers - First results, ended in 30th November 2015 Achievments – revision of the project is ongoing, planned to use the experience for larger projects –transnational and cross-border projects

8. Danube Vocational Education Cluster 2015 – Ministry of National Economy – Year of Vocational Education across the borders Danube Vocational Education Cluster – 19th March 2015 – initiated by National Office of Vocational Education, Training and Adult Education (MNE) Members (16): Institutes dealing with vocational education, Secondary and higher education schools, chamber, research institute, municipality, NGO Countries: Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Hungary. Raise the prestige of the VET – innovation/competitiveness Development of existing methodology, update ICT solutions, supporting green approaches Enlarge the membership - involve additional actors from each countries 2016 – Year of young enterpreneurs across the borders

9. Learning by Doing Targeted capacity building of VET partnerships in the Danube Region for the effective modernization of VET systems (PA4. Well governed Danube region) improve the capacities of VET actors through reinforcing national and transnational partnerships necessary for the effective renewal of VET systems in the Danube countries developing permeable secondary education and training schemes helping labor mobility and responding to fast economic changes. Modern VET systems could contribute: to resolve labor market disparities, to promote youth employment by easing the transition from training to work. lack of institutional preparednesss cultural bottlenecks cooperation based institutional capacity building of VET actors on administration level – involvment of chambers/ministries/VET institutions

10. Transposing the Dual Vocational Training System in the region Sharing the best practices Coordinate the transposition of Dual Vocational Training System in each Danube-country Monitoring/Advisoring/Examining with help of experts and coordinators from the region Pilot projects in Danube Region – potential National Operative Programs Extention of DVTS for 150 professions in Hungary and additional professions’ involvement in the region

11. Potential benefit of Vocational Education and Training Supports 3 PA of EUSDR: – PA7: „To develop the Knowledge Society (research, education and ICT)” – PA8: „To support the competitiveness of enterprises” – PA 10: ”Stepping up institutional capacity and cooperation” Business associations/companies: Notable cost-saving with on-site training, minimizing the risk of mistaken employment, improving the level and quality of employment e.g. competitiveness of the company Students: Employment in the relevant profession, practice-oriented, high- quality training - skilled and immediately available workforce right after the educational period. Raise of economic productivity / social integration / individual development Region-wide acceptance of qualifications and certificates Free movement of labour and available workforce on the area of the investment Significantly increasing competitiveness of the region.

12. Thank you for your kind attention! Danube Chambers of Commerce Association 1016 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 99. www.bkik.hu Ágnes Dobrotka Project coordinator E-mail: dobrotka.agnes@bkik.hudobrotka.agnes@bkik.hu Tel.: +36 1 488 21 61