VET UMBRELLA PROJECT

VET UMBRELLA PROJECT

VET Umbrella project is an initiative which was created on OP Summit in

Slovakia, December 2016. It´s an initiative for Europe to tackle SDG 8 and

decrease the unemployability rate in VET sector.

People that were working on creation of the project and its planning:

Ira Pidkovych - OST (GV Product Head)

Hugo Munarini - MCVP B2B in Albania

Kristina Kanckova - MCVP iGV in Slovakia

Klara Onallah - MCVP iGV in Czech Republic

Matheus Pasa - MCVP iGV in Poland

Larisa Pop - MCVP iGV in Romania

Julija Vinciunaite - MCVP iGV in Lithuania

“Vocational Education and Training (VET) is a critical element in supporting and accelerating development, inclusive growth and poverty reduction through economic transformation and job creation. Formal vocational training and new forms of skills development should equip people with the skills enabling them to get good jobs and to face the key challenges posed by globalisation, the informal economy and, in the shorter term, recovery from the global crisis.

INTERESTING FACTS

Weak employment growth indicates that there may be an oversupply of people with high-level qualifications in the short term, but by 2020, Europe will have the most highly-qualified workforce in its history.

VET often does not adequately prepare young people for jobs and for the fast-changing world of modern economies

In the period up to 2020 most job openings will be in services, but due to replacement demand there will also be significant numbers of job opportunities in manufacturing, crafts and agriculture

The trend towards more skill-intensive jobs at all levels will continue and many traditional manual or routine jobs will decline

The trend towards more service-oriented economies will continue and most new job growth will be in the service sector

Total numbers of job openings will be positive, however results indicate some risk of job polarisation as the new jobs will be created mostly on the top or bottom of the job spectrum than equally distributed across.

Despite signs of polarisation of job growth, most jobs will require medium-level qualifications (including many vocational qualifications).

VET Project

The Goal Main purpose Description

THE GOAL

By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education ortraining

Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent jobcreation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalizationand growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access tofinancial services

MAIN PURPOSE

The purpose of the project is to spread awareness and educatepeople towards vocational skills in order to decrease the

unemployability rate in this sector in Europe.

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the project is to spread awareness and educatepeople towards vocational skills in order to decrease the

unemployability rate in this sector in Europe.

THE WHY

Awareness of vocational trends:

The participants know about the importance about vocationalsector, the demand in the jobs and with these trainings we wantto create a shift in the mindset that these jobs are notqualitative enough.

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the project is to spread awareness and educatepeople towards vocational skills in order to decrease the

unemployability rate in this sector in Europe.

THE HOW

Self - awareness:

Based on the knowledge from the first part of the project, theparticipants will work on connecting their own skills andstrengths to specific vocational jobs by creating for themselves acareer development plan together with exchange participants.

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the project is to spread awareness and educatepeople towards vocational skills in order to decrease the

unemployability rate in this sector in Europe.

THE WHAT

Call to action:

Participants work together with the exchange participants and enablers, gathering more knowledge and experience for buildingtheir own business plan for their future.

TARGET GROUP

1. pupils - focus: raise more awareness 2. students - focus: practical skills 3. adults - focus: education, discussion and workshops

IMPORTANT!!!(Each entity can choose for whom to run the project)

PROJECT FLOW

IMPORTANT!!! Realization of the project in Summer 2017

Week 1: IPS + trainings

Week 2: Workshops on awareness of VETWeeks 3-4: Self-awareness and interestsWeek 5-6: Entrepreneurship

TIMELINE

Here is link for timeline of the project:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IyVgcL1ZNtDPxWtnh_V3s7VvfPo0yq3CeGCGSf9euaw/edit?usp=sharing

What is the current state of vocational sector in your entity?

Check the reports:

https://goo.gl/wXSsmU

Thanks!

Any questions?

CONTACT:

Ira Pidkovych – OST - ira.pidkovych@aiesec.net