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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