The Role and Impact of the main Stakeholders in the reform of VET in Switzerland Caroline Meier

cme 2 1) Purpose 2) Context 3) Reform process of the training plan of the upper-secondary level VET sector 4) Partnership between 3 actors 5) Description of the decision-making process 6) Reform committee configurations and participative governance 7) Conditions for a participative governance

cme 3 1) Purpose to identify the conditions that facilitate the implementation of a participative approach to governance in this reform process. How? Focus on the various reform committee configurations to evaluate the positive or negative impact of these configurations on the regional representativeness on the consideration of the differences in a given occupational field.

cme 4 2) Context Analysis from experience in reform process Support and guidance in 80 reform process Analysis of the composition of Reform committee What kind of configuration?

cme 5 3) The purpose of the reform process of the training plan of the upper-secondary levet VET sector Tripartite partnership Competency-based training plans

cme 6 4) Tripartite partnership

cme 7 5) Description of the decision- making process Reform committee external consultation Reform committee Master Plan Committee Reform Committee internal consultation

cme 8 6) Reform committee configurations and participative governance  governance is perceived as a form of multi-stakeholder decision- making  participative governance is perceived to be a new means of coordinating stakeholders whereby a greater number of people become involved in the decision-making process IN REALITY Are the stakeholders involved considered to be legitimate and does the consultation process have a real impact on stakeholders in the field?

cme 9 Different configurations of Reform committees  Reform committees are dominated by professional organisations established in the Swiss German-speaking region of Switzerland  Professional organisations on the reform committee represent the interests of several occupations  Professional organisations run on a volunteer basis.  Cantonal representatives play multiple roles  The representatives of the main vocational schools and professionals are present on the reform committee

cme 10 What impact does integration or lack of integration of the various interests have on the drafting of new training plans and their implementation?

cme 11 Context for a participative approach to governance. An example: the VET programme in dance The creation of a new VET programme forces the project initiators to convince professionals in the field to become involved and this necessity leads to the creation of a participative structure.

cme 12 7) Conditions for a participative governance  a common goal  the consideration of the political, organisational and financial constraints  the raise of awareness of the stakes of the reform process.