Austria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Vocational Training Act No. 142/1969 Adult Education Promotion Act No. 171/1973 School Organisation Act No. 472/1986 School Education Act No. 33/1997 Youth Training Provision Act No. 91/1998 Apprenticeship (No. 13/66) s No. 5/71, 56/83, 123/85 and 154 (I)/99 Human Resource Development (No. 125 (I)/99) School Act No. 561/2004 Act No. 347/1997 on the establishment of higher-level administrative unit Act No. 563/2004 on pedagogical staff Act on VET (No. 183 of 22/03/2004, will be amended in 2006); Regulation on VET (No. 184 of 22/03/2004); Regulation on the Basic Course on VET (No. 689 of 28/06/2004) Act on Labour Market Training Programmes (No. 446 of 10/06/2003) Act on Institutions Providing VET (No. 954 of 28/11/2003); Act on Transparency and Openness (No. 414 of 06/06/2002) Vocational Education Institutions Act of 1998 Private Schools Act of 1998 Institutions of Applied Higher Education Act of 1998 Adult Education Act of 1993 Professions Act of 2000 Company-based apprentice training; vocational schools and colleges. Support methods for adult education. Responsibilities and structure of school system. Training for adults at VET schools and colleges. Political intervention in the labour market for the purpose of rectifying shortages of training places at schools and in enterprises. VET system. Primary, secondary general and secondary technical and vocational institutions. Standards for vocational qualifications, vocational guidance, and cross-border activities. IVET up to the level of higher professional schools; adult education in education sector. Administrative framework of IVET. Requirements on performance, continuing training and career system. VET system. Vocational training programmes. Institutional structure, including providers and delivery mechanisms. Provision of VET at upper and post-secondary (non tertiary) level; foundation and operation of VET institutions, including private VET institutions. Provision of training longer than 120 hours organised by legal persons in private law as well as the foundation and operation of private educational institutions. Provision of applied higher education, including that in VET institutions. Education and training provision for adults. Work of the Vocational Councils and the qualifications system. Page 1 of 5
Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Vocational Education Act (630/1998) and Decree on Vocational Education (811/1998) Act 631/1998 and Decree 812/1998 on Adult Vocational Education 71-757/1971, amended in1984 78-754/1978 83-635/1983 91-1405/1991 92-675/1992 93-1313/1993 Vocational Training Act of 1969; Crafts Code of 1965; Promotion of VET Act of 1981; Ordinance on Trainer Aptitude of 1972 Employment Promotion Act of 1969 (amended in 1997); Social Code III of 1997 (complemented by regulations in the Works Constitution Act and the Youth Protection Act of 1976) Vocational Qualifications and Training Act 5/2002 2009/1992 Education Organic of 2006 Act LXXVI of 1993 on VET Act LXXIX of 1993 on Public Education; Act CXXXIX of 2005 on Higher Education Act CI of 2001 on Adult Training Act IV of 1991; Act LXXXVI of 2003; Decree 24/2004 of the Ministry of Employment and Labour; Decree 8/2006 of the Minster of Education IVET for both young and adult students and the available qualification. Upper secondary and further vocational qualifications, preparatory training for further and specialist vocational qualifications and other types of upper secondary level additional VET. Vocational training system. Training undertaken on the employee s own initiative and training on employer s initiative. Responsibilities for vocational training for State and regions. Training crated by social partners. Company as training venue and the sharing of responsibility with training centres and the Ministry of Education. Funding of vocational training; gradual decentralisation of vocational training. Organisation of the out-of-school vocational training. Continuing vocational training. Training and vocational guidance. Established the National Vocational and Educational Training System. Pre-university and university levels of educational system. Framework of VET system; regulating the process of defining the professional and examination requirements; provision of vocational training programmes. Operation, administration, and financing of institutions providing IVET within public and higher education. Provision of adult training outside the formal school system. Support of the development of training; accreditation procedure and requirements of the adult training institutions and programmes; conditions of providing VET; operation of the professional advisory board of regional integrated vocational training centres. Page 2 of 5
Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Vocational Education Act, 1930 (and amendments) Education Act 1998 Qualifications (Education and Training) Act of 1999 No. 53/2003 No. 388/2000 of Education of 1991 amended in 2001 of Vocational Education of 1999 amended in 2001 on VET of 1997 (will be amended in 2006) on Higher Education of 2000 on Support of the Unemployed of 1990 on Non-formal Adult Education of 1998 of 5 th January 1929 and Decree of 8 th October 1945 Regulation of 18 th April 1988 of 4 th September 1990; Grand Ducal Regulation of 29 th July 1993; of 3 rd June 1994; amended of 22 nd June 1999 of 12 th February 1999; Grand Ducal Regulation of 17 th June 2000 Vocational training within the education system; Amendment 1994: Introduction of a levy system to fund apprenticeship, but this has since been replaced by the National Training Fund Act (2000). Makes provision for the education of every person in the State, it makes specific provision for the promotion of continuing educational opportunities for adults. Set up structures for a national framework of qualifications. General principles and the framework of vocational training. Continuing Training. Principles of educational system including VET (both IVT and CVT). Principles of organisation and implementation of VET; principles for awarding qualifications; CVT for adults. Structure, management, organisation and control of the VET system, regulation of IVET and CVET. Defines the system of higher education and also non-university higher studies: it enforces the legal basis for the establishment of colleges (higher education establishments with prevailing non-university studies), which have influenced the development of VET system. VET for unemployed; structure and functions of the labour exchange. Structure, management and provision of non-formal adult education. IVET and apprenticeship. Rules for a type of practical vocational training leading to a certificate similar to the technical and vocational proficiency certificate. Secondary technical education and CVT. Adult apprenticeship and access to education in technician training. Page 3 of 5
Netherlands Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Act on Vocational and Adult Education Work and Income Act Act on Regional Registration and Coordination Education System Act of 7 th September 1991 amended in 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2003 Ordinances of the Minster for National Education and Sport of 2003 and 2004 of Higher Education of 1 st September 2005 Act on Promoting Employment of 20 th April 2004 Comprehensive on the Education System, ( No. 46/1986) Decree- No. 401/1991 Decree- No. 405/1991 Education Organic of 2006 Vocational Training and Qualifications Act of 2002, Educational Quality Act of 2002 School Act 1985:1100; Municipal Adult Education Ordinance 1992:403 Higher Education Act 1992:1434; Ordinance 1993:100 Act on Commissioned Education 1991:1109 Employment Training Ordinance 1987:406 Secondary vocational education and adult education; national qualifications structure. Framework for the training for unemployed. targets those under 23 years old, who are no longer of compulsory school age. It aims to coordinate and fight the problems of early school leaving at regional level. Educational system, including vocational education and continuing education for youth and adults. Standards for examinations leading to vocational qualifications; types, organisation and operation of public continuing education establishments; curricula for particular vocations. Public and private, academic and vocational higher education. Training of unemployed and other job seekers; vocational guidance and counselling. Structure of the education system; competencies in terms of vocational training and qualification. Training within the education system. Labour market related training. National system of qualifications and vocational training. Training at the IVT and CVT levels. CVT in the public school system for adults; curriculum for upper secondary schools. CVT at universities, university colleges run by the State, municipalities or county councils. Regulates the conditions under which companies and organisations purchase CVT from municipalities and county councils. Employment training. Page 4 of 5
Norway Education Act,1998, latest amendments 2004 Act relating to post-secondary, non-tertiary professional training, 2003 Act relating to universities and university colleges, 1995 Adult Education Act of 1976, latest amendments 2003 Notes: IVT: Initial Vocational Training; CVT: Continuing Vocational Training. Primary, lower and upper secondary general education and VET: objectives and scope, organisation and division of responsibilities, financing and content of education and training. Public and private vocational colleges offering vocational courses building on upper secondary education and training and the 2-year technical schools. Organisational and professional aspects, including certification and quality assessment, also for IVT and CVT. Education and training for adults not covered by the Education act. Sources: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, CEDEFOP, VET (http://www.trainingvillage.gr/etv/information_resources/nationalvet/), accessed 4 October 2006. Page 5 of 5