Learning while working - Success stories on workplace learning in Europe

Foreword......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Table of contents......Page 10
Cataloguing data......Page 0
Table 1. Participation in education and training by labour status
and occupation, age 25-64 (%), 2007......Page 33
Table 2. Participation in formal or non-formal education and training
by country, sex and age, 2007......Page 34
Table 3. Participation in training by economic branch, occupation
and age groups, and type of contract (%)......Page 35
2.3.1. Who participates in formal or non-formal education
and training? Facts and figures......Page 32
Executive summary......Page 13
1.1. Introduction: workplace learning contributions
to the economic recovery......Page 17
1.2. Flexicurity agendas and lifelong learning:
rebuilding the social contract between
citizens and the state......Page 20
1.3. Skill development and workplace learning:
transversal policy priorities......Page 22
1.4. Structure and concepts underlying the report......Page 25
2.1. Introduction......Page 28
2.2. To train or not to train:
the company perspective......Page 29
2.3.2. Is the workplace reinforcing learning participation inequalities?......Page 36
2.4.1. Informal learning versus more formalised training:
how to train?......Page 38
2.4.2. Why do enterprises train? Innovation versus safety
requirements?......Page 41
2.5. Conclusions and policy messages......Page 42
3.1. Introduction......Page 44
3.2. Taking on board the interests of employers
and employees when designing financial
incentives......Page 45
3.3. The foundations for learning:
key workplace competences......Page 48
3.4.1. Making competences acquired on-the-job more transparent......Page 51
3.4.2. Career guidance for better choices in learning and working......Page 54
3.5.1. Policies to increase older worker participation in learning......Page 56
3.5.2. Working environments that assist learning......Page 57
3.6. Conclusions and recommendations......Page 59
4.1. Introduction......Page 61
4.2. Widening access to learning through
collective bargaining......Page 62
4.3. Motivating employees to pursue
workplace learning......Page 64
4.4. Conclusions and policy messages......Page 68
5.1. Introduction......Page 70
5.2. Developing training approaches
that suit SMEs......Page 72
5.3. Partnership approaches to training in SMEs......Page 74
5.4. Conclusions and policy messages......Page 76
6.1. Introduction......Page 78
6.2. Partnership approaches in socially
responsible restructuring......Page 80
6.3. Tailoring training and career guidance
to needs......Page 81
6.4. Policy challenges of adult learning in socially
responsible restructuring......Page 82
6.5. Conclusions and policy messages......Page 84
7.1. Introduction......Page 86
7.2. Guardians of quality training with low
professional status......Page 87
7.3. Expanding roles and changing competences
for trainers in companies......Page 89
7.4. Successful practices in training the trainers......Page 91
7.5. Raising the quality of in-company training......Page 93
7.6. Conclusions and policy messages......Page 94
Key policy messages to develop further
workplace learning......Page 96
Raising employer awareness and bringing
together innovation policies and skill
development strategies......Page 97
Networking and shared responsibilities
supporting workplace learning......Page 98
Lifelong guidance for lifelong learning......Page 100
Trainers ensure the quality of continuing training
and should not be neglected......Page 101
Key competences provide the foundations for
further learning......Page 102
Definitions......Page 104
References......Page 107