Traduction de «Enseignement à caractère non professionnel » (Français → Anglais) :

In spite of an overall positive image and perceived benefits of vocational education and training, 41% of respondents aged 15-24 would rather recommend general secondary or higher education as a preferable choice for young people, compared to 27% who would recommend vocational education and training.

ECVET should be based on the principles and technical specifications set out in Annex II. Furthermore, it should be underpinned by the common principles for quality assurance set out in the Council conclusions of 28 May 2004 on Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training and the Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the establishment of a European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training

Council Resolution of 19 December 2002 on the promotion of enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training (‘the Copenhagen process’), and the 2004 joint interim report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work programme , stress the importance of a credit transfer system for vocational education and training, while the 2008 joint progress report of the Council and the Commission stresses the need to step up efforts to improve the quality and attractiveness of VET.

In accordance with their own systems and traditions, Member States should make particular endeavours to: (a) improve the development possibilities of the individual through enhanced education and training, as an essential element in working life; (b) offer all young people recognized broad vocational education and training, to make them better qualified for the labour market and to motivate and commit them to undertake further training courses; (c) ensure that the vocational education and training system is attractive to young people; (d) use relevant vocational education and training as an important instrument to support employment, ...[+++]and enable unemployed people to gain access to jobs in order to avoid social exclusion; (e) take account of the needs of the economy and the competitiveness of enterprises.

2. The Council stresses that special account should be taken of trends becoming increasingly important in the 1990s, in particular: (a) the crucial importance of vocational education and training in the context of developing new technologies, changed forms of decentralized work organization and new working methods; in this connection, educational strategies which integrate general learning and practical training, should be encouraged; (b) the links between the broad-based, basic vocational training provision and vocational in-service training and further training provision designed to give employees the opportunity of training througho ...[+++]ut their working career; (c) the reduction of barriers to mobility and the maintenance of flexibility among the workforce, by means of a broad-based effort regarding supplementary and further vocational training; (d) the introduction of new technologies, giving rise to the need for Member States to encourage the development of new qualifications and expanded training programmes dealing with technological transfer and adaptation to industrial change; (e) the promotion of a greater emphasis on training as an important part of companies' corporate strategies.

More specifically, the Council invites the Commission: (a) to work towards greater coherence at Community level between vocational education and training programmes and other policies which support Member States' efforts in this field; (b) to promote the development of European co-operation on qualifications, in line with the Council Resolution of 3 December 1992 on transparency of qualifications; (c) to strengthen transnational co-operation by reviewing the possibilities for students and trainees to undertake recognized training courses, or part of them, in another Member State, where this is relevant to their training goals, as well as increasing exchange opportunities for educators and planners in the vocational training system; (d) t ...[+++]o intensify transnational initiatives designed to promote information exchanges and the level of knowledge in the field of vocational education and training, with a view to enhancing the transparency of qualifications and facilitating the mobility of the workforce within the Community; (e) to promote the transfer of innovation and the development of applied research with a view to supporting modernization, adaptability and quality in vocational education and training; (f) to take account of this Resolution in its proposals for reviewing and co-ordinating Community education and training programmes, alongside the responses of the Member States to its memorandum on vocational training in the 1990s, and the Council discussion on the Commission guidelines for education and vocational training.