With a view to the above-mentioned challenges, JOBS4ALL partners recognised the need to upskilling their VET professionals and provided a cutting-edge methodology for fitting VET business for the future employment of all. The project's objectives were: 1.Suppling VET providers with a bespoke employer engagement methodology for shaping VET-business cooperation and fostering its sustainability. 2.Involving and upskilling VET professionals in effective employer engagement that has the required impacts, through a blended CPD course and practical resources toolkit. 3.Providing a set of video case studies emerging from the piloting trials, aiming to raise awareness and reflection among VET professionals on common challenges. 4.Engaging associated partners and key stakeholders in development, validation, dissemination and exploitation actions, through the local experts’ groups, community of practice and multiplier events. 5.Boosting the excellence, attractiveness and inclusiveness of VET and WBL.
The world of work is evolving at a brisk pace. Changing and increasing skills demands, coupled with economic, demographic and technological developments are posing considerable challenges as well as providing opportunities for innovative and inclusive responses from VET systems. Several reforms are underway across Europe to introduce more apprenticeship models or to implement other forms of work-based learning. However, since systems coming from very different institutional set-ups and legacies are trying to move in that direction, it is expected that the process of reform will be rather long and difficult. Aside from work-based learning, meaningful VET-business cooperation can pave the way for VET systems to raise the quality and attractiveness of VET. These were the reasons why JOBS4ALL partners applied for this project, because they recognised that VET provision needed to be based on effective governance at all levels, and that strong employer engagement is vital for delivering excellent and inclusive VET that offer opportunities for both economic and social cohesion, tackle mismatches between employers' needs and workers' skills and support competitiveness and sustainable development.