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- Fact about the agreement
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Central elements of the tripartite agreement
- This is how the social partners wish to increase Danes’ use of continuing education:
- Better re-training opportunities: Some 400 million kroner earmarked for a re-training fund, to give skilled and un-skilled workers the chance to take initiative for their own adult and continuing training.
- Strengthening basic skills: Improved opportunities for reading, writing and numeracy education, plus a 10 million pot for increasing the awareness of what education is available. New courses in IT and English.
- More than 400 million kroner to improve the quality of AMU courses.
- A more flexible selection of AMU courses, tailored to individual businesses’ needs.
- Higher compensation for everyone participating in AMU courses.
- One portal for adult and continuing education, making it easier for businesses and employees to find information about continuing education opportunities, signing up for courses and applying for course compensation.
Source: The Danish Ministry of Education
- The use of adult and continuing education (VEU)
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More than half of Danish employees had no continuing education in 2016.
Peer-to-peer training is the most common form of VEU. 68 percent of businesses have used peer-to-peer training in 2016. Next are intensive courses – 45 percent. 43 percent of businesses have used private VEU courses.
Public VEU courses are the least used among businesses. AMU (labour market training) is the most used public training offering, followed by upper secondary school courses and training, which is being used by 15 percent of businesses.
Public sector business use VEU to a greater degree than private sector businesses.
Smaller private businesses rarely have a systematic approach to VEU and might lack the time and resources to send employees for VEU.
There are more non-skilled and skilled workers receiving training through obligatory certification courses, while workers with upper secondary education to a greater degree participate in specialised or general further training courses.
Many workers with upper secondary education consider VEU to be a personnel bonus and part of their career path.
Businesses’ main aim by offering VEU to employees is to maintain their qualifications and help them master new technology.
Businesses believe VEU participation is particularly beneficial to workers’ motivation, efficiency and quality of work. AMU is the exception, as businesses say AMU has the least effect on efficiency, quality and innovation.
More than half of the workers think they have sufficient opportunities for continuing education during working hours or in their spare time. Those who do not feel there are enough opportunities during working hours, say this is because of a lack of time, they are indispensable or the business does not have sufficient means.
More than half of the workers do not or very rarely feel they need continuing education, most of these have elementary education and most are men over 50. They do not consider losing their job to be a great risk.
Businesses that do not use VEU say the main reason is they do not see the need.
Source: Analysis of individuals’ and businesses’ use of adult and continuing education, the expert group for adult and continuing education, April 2017
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