Anastasia Fetsi Head of Thematic Expertise Development Department, ETF
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VET AT A CROSSROADS
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Complex policy area at the intersection of education, labour market, economic and social policies:
Different types of client: youth and adults (employed, unemployed, inactive)Different levels of qualifications: low, medium, highFormal, non formal, informal learningDifferent contextsDifferent actors: ministries of education, ministries of labour, sectoral
ministries, executive institutionsMultiple stakeholders
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TITLEMULTILEVEL
GOVERNANCE (MLG)
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MLG is about shared responsibility and coordinated action by different actors in policy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
It has a vertical (different tiers of government) and a horizontal(among different stakeholders) dimension of responsibility sharing, action and coordination
It concerns both public and private actors
It is based on the subsidiarity principle according to which policies are conceived and applied at the most appropriate level
MLG is not a model; it is a dynamic process and approach
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VERTICAL DIMENSION
HORIZONTAL DIMENSION (Social Partners, NGO’s,
Associations)
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ACTORS IN VET MULTILEVEL
GOVERNANCE
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THE ETF STUDY ON VET GOVERNANCE
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A methodology for mapping, analysing, assessing and identifying future steps
The study piloted the methodology
Countries involved: Azerbaijan, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Tunisia, Ukraine
Implementation period February – March 2012
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GRID FOR MAPPING VET GOVERNANCE
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Stakeholders roles (legend):
-(I) Initiator;-(D) Decision Maker or Co-Decision -(C) Consultative/Consultee -(A) Acts on instructions/implement decisions.-(E) Evaluator.-(F) Funder or co-funder.-(P) Partner. - Other (specify).
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TITLEPROPOSED PRINCIPLES FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE IN VET
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Principle Working definitionRelevance Responsiveness to needs of the economy and learners
Effectiveness Delivering policies timely, on the basis of clear objectives and learning from experience
Subsidiarity & proportionality
Decisions are taken at the most appropriate level;
Transparency Open processes and sharing of information
Accountability Roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and practices comply to standards
Participation Inclusive approach throughout the policy chain
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TITLE PRELIMINARY RESULTS
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Steps towards participatory governance
Although countries are starting from rather centralised governance, they all understand the need for more openness and involvement of actors
Positive developments are taking place in all countries though at a different pace and with different results
Engagement of stakeholders through consultative processes and inthe phase of policy design seem to be more developed than in policy implementation
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Where do the main strengths lie?
Flexibility and openness at central level to engage actors
Clear signs of success in the involvement of stakeholders at theinitial stages of the VET reform process
Linking VET to the broader national development policy – skills based approach
Adopting support measures: quality assurance, qualifications, VET curriculum
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Where do the main weaknesses lie?
Stakeholders engagement is rather formalistic
Vertical engagement is poor
Horizontal engagement is not effective
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING
TITLE WHAT’S NEXT
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Effective leadership at national level (workshop 2)
Skills policies and the regional/local level (workshop 1)
Institutional leadership at training provider/school level (workshop 3)
Social dialogue and effective partnership (workshop 4)
Evidence based policy development (cross-cutting)
Governance that fits for purpose (cross-cutting)
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