The European Social Fund: Changing Approaches to VET

Autor/in	Welbers, Gerhard
Titel	The European Social Fund: Changing Approaches to VET
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 46 (2011) 1, S.54-69 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/j.1465-3435.2010.01460.x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Vocational Education; Institutional Research; Education Work Relationship; Educational Development; Regional Cooperation; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Organizational Objectives; Organizational Theories; Educational Needs; Educational Resources; Labor Needs; Foreign Countries; Regional Programs; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Institutionelle Forschung; Bildungsentwicklung; Regionale Zusammenarbeit; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Business goal; Unternehmensziel; Organisationstheorie; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsmittel; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Ausland; Regional program; Regional programme; Regionalprogramm
Abstract	Since its creation in 1958, the European Social Fund (ESF) has played a major role in supporting the development of vocational training in the Member States. However, compared to other, more recently launched, EU programmes and initiatives in the area of education and training, the ESF has not made a significant contribution to the debate about European cooperation in this field. This article argues that the ESF has made a mistake in this respect. It also seeks to illustrate and analyse the important changes that the ESF has undergone over the years in addressing the issue of vocational education and training (VET) and to demonstrate that it has substantial resources, in terms of money and experience, that can be used to adapt education and training systems to labour market requirements and to the needs of a knowledge-based economy. The article places a deliberate, though not an exclusive, emphasis on vocational education and training for young people and on the extension of transnational cooperation within the framework of the ESF. (Contains 12 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10