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Demand-led VET systemDanish presentation

Exeter 2011 March 7-11

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Population: 5.511.451 Geographic region: Scandinavia

Capital: Copenhagen 1.167.569 Other major cities: Aarhus 237.551, Odense 158.163, Aalborg 100.873

Form of state: Monarchy, Queen Margrethe II

Government: Coalition of the Liberals and the Conservatives, headed by the Liberals, prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Ethnic distribution: 90,9 % Danes. Immigrants and their descendants constitute about 9.1 per cent of the population

Famous Danish brands: Lego (toys), Carlsberg (beer)Source: www.denmark.dk

Denmark

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FA – the Danish Employers’ Association for the financial

sector

• 214 members: banks and insurance companies

• 70.000 employees in the financial sector

• FA secretariat: 25 employees

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My job – political consultant at FA

• Education and training policies• Labour market policies• Dialogue and cooperation with member

companies, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science, trade unions and other employers’ or branch organisations

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 Source: Danish Ministry of Education, http://eng.uvm.dk/Uddannelse/Education%20system.aspx

                                                                                        

           

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Initial vocational education and training (iVET)

• Dual training principle: school based training + in-company training

• Ensuring theoretical and practical skills

• Various duration 2-4 years, various profiles (e.g. building and construction, healthcare, finance)

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Trade committees

• Representatives of employees and employers

• Approval of companies

• Quality assurance

• Advice on content, structure, duration of the programmes

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Adult vocational education and training (cVET)

• Main target groups: unskilled and skilled workers

• Training meets the needs of specific sectors of the labour market

• Various programmes (3000), various duration (typically 1-5 days)

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• Adult training committees: representatives of employers and employees

• One for every sector

• Develop and propose new programmes which the ministry of education approves

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Links

• Ministry of Education http://eng.uvm.dk/• Ministry of Science http://en.vtu.dk/• Agency for international education

http://en.iu.dk/• About Denmark www.denmark.dk• Employer’s Association for the financial

sector https://www.fanet.dk/English