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Combining Learning and Working: regional task with national support
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First: A task
• Working in six groups (2 or 3 people)• (15 minutes) Discussion about:
– Group 1: Profit of VPL for individual– Group 2: Profit of VPL for organisation– Group 3: Profit of VPL for society– Group 4: Costs of VPL for individual– Group 5: Costs of VPL for organisation– Group 6: Costs of VPL for society
• Short presentation of your findings to the group
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Dutch VPL ExampleRockwool
ROCKWOOL:•1200 employees•8 productlines•Crosstraining •Courses adviseurs•Working together with ROC Maastricht•Context VaProGoal:•In-company development of employees•(from working with hands to operator)
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Dutch VPL ExampleRockwool
Situation/Problem:• Obstacle = 4 – 5 year education to become operator
• Technical developments / flexibility / shortage of employees
• Insufficient recognition of working experience
• Education not able to deliver tailor made education
• Function/Technical and diploma focus and not competences
Solution:• Education has to be tailor made; you don’t have to learn
things twice
• Competence management : valuation of function, education, development all in under the same name
• VPL within HRD policy and practice
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Dutch VPL ExampleRockwool
How?:• Information (creating basis)
• Training team leaders and internal assessors
• Quick scan
• Selection of employees (on experience, background, level, motivation)
• Making a “portfolio”
• Internal and external assessment
• Consultation / Personal development Plan
• Evaluation
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Dutch VPL ExampleRockwool
Standards:
External:
• Kwalificationstructure Vapro
Internal:
• Move on model Production
• Function profile
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Dutch VPL ExampleRockwool
Benefits:• Loosing obstacles
• Motivation for valuation: show what you can
• Employees want to develop further
• Efficiency (less hours for training)
• Using the present competences
• Using national competence profiles
• Aimed at practice
• Individual route possible
• Shorter study / same diploma
• Educational costs reduction for Rockwool:
€105k in stead €160k
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Dutch VPL ExampleRockwool
Back to the results of the Project Unit Learning and Working >
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Combining Learning and Working: regional task with national support
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Why enforcing Life Long Learning?
• In 2010 Europe wants to be the top economy of the world
• In 2010 the Netherlands want to be in the top 3 of Europe
• Social Inclusion: empower everybody
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What are the goals?
• Going from 16,4% to at least 20% education for adults
• From 73% to 80 % of total employees with start qualification
• In 2004 20-30% more higher educated people
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A lot has been done…
• Local and regional initiatives, focussed on youth and jobseekers
• Taskforce jeugdwerkloosheid (unemployed youth)
• Courses and education within organisations• 3,5 billion is spend by the government on adult
education
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But still…
• 25% of working population without start qualification
• 250.000 illiterates and 1 million people with language and mathematical problems
• Shortage of higher educated people
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What should be done?
• More attention for learning of working people and jobseekers
• Making Life Long Learning possible for everyone
• Platform: learning from each other, use Good Practices
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Interdepartmental project unit
• Temporaly project (2 years, till December 2007) of Ministries of Labour ánd Education, with support of Agriculture and Economic Affairs
• Project unit Learning and Working make deals with regional and sectoral players
• Helps to solve problems• Subsidies communities of practice
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Working together with
• Enterprises • Representatives of employers and employees• Local governments• Educational institutes• Public Employement Services (CWI´s)• Chambers of commerce• Education funds
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Three project lines
• 1. Dual education: regional communities of practice to accomplish 15.000 extra dual places
• 2. Learning / Working Desk : VPL, career guidance, portfolio and on-line portal
• 3. Remove obstacles, promote and innovate
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Results now…
35 covenants with sectors or regions with:• Dual places:,
19.950 dual places• Learning / Working Desk: 16.645 VPL-
procedures
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Covenants + learning / working desks
Rotterdam CarrosserieRivierenland Groene KenniscoöperatieWest-Brabant LevensmiddelenGroningen Hoofdbedrijfschap
AmbachtenDen Haag & Overheid Noord-Holland NoordEindhoven Rijn GouweKC Handel Start en MKB NederlandAmsterdam UtrechtBouw ZeelandDoetinchem UWV en BoreaArnhem-Nijmegen Horeca
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On line portal
• Online portal• www.opleidingenberoep.nl together with
Taskforce Jeugdwerkloosheid• September 2006: promotion campaign• September 2007: portal full operational
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www.leren-werken.nl
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