Special Measures in the Field of Vocational Training
Special Measures in the Field of Vocational Training
Following on the agreement on vocational training reached between the Government and the social partners, a decree (No. 140/93, 6.7.1993) now governs the promotion, organisation and implementation of special measures in the field of vocational training. The aim of these measures is to promote the social and occupational integration and skills of persons "facing especially difficult situations" or which belong to socially disadvantaged groups.
These special vocational training measures are based on the idea of mutual adjustment between trainees and training establishments, whereby the training provided by the latter differs from normal training in the following respects:
- its programmatic content
- the educational level
- pedagogical methods
- number of daily teaching hours, time-structure and overall length of the courses, and
- the inclusion of social-policy measures.
The target groups consist primarily of the long-term unemployed, the handicapped, ethnic minorities, immigrants, convicts and ex-convicts, drug addicts and former drug addicts, together with other individuals which, while not belonging to any of these groups, face particularly difficult individual situations.
Their integration into working life is to be facilitated by:
- retraining measures
- traineeships and complementary on-the-job training
- in-firm further training.
Technical and financial support is provided by the Institute for Labour Vocational and Training (IEFP). Applications are made to the employment office responsible for the relevant support-institution.
The following can function as training support-institutions: private, socially-oriented institutions, associations and collective organisations, cooperatives and other organisations offering support to specific social groups, and local authorities.
Employment offices and social-insurance institutions can function both as support institutions and as training centres.
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