customized training path [ tailored training path ]

customized form | customized mask

individualized training path [ individual training path ]

learning path | learning pathway

self-paced training program

pathway for work-linked training

training process | individual learning program

8. Is deeply concerned about the levels of youth unemployment in Europe; underlines in this regard the importance of dual education such as vocational training and apprenticeships in matching the skills of young people with the demands of the labour market; calls therefore for a European benchmark on dual education which will highlight the correlation between du al education tracks and youth employment; data for such a benchmark could be collected yearly through the Labour Force Survey and should, as a minimum, measure: the amount/ ...[+++]percentage of time spent in a company (apprenticeship) during education; the number of months after graduation before employment;

48. Notes that social investment in youth may take a wide range of forms, including: developing partnerships between schools, training centres and local or regional businesses; providing targeted quality training and high-quality youth internship programmes; vocational schemes in cooperation with enterprises; senior employee sponsorship schemes aimed at the recruitment and training of young persons on the job or at securing a better transition from education to work; encouraging young people’s participation in society; and promoting regional, European and international mobility, by means of further progress towa ...[+++]rds the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills; also stresses that social investment can go hand in hand with efficient incentives, such as employment subsidies or insurance contributions for young people that will guarantee decent living and working conditions, in order to encourage public and private employers to hire young people, invest in both quality job creation for young people and continuous training and upgrading of their skills during employment, and support entrepreneurship among youth;

reducing the number of low-skilled adults, for instance by increasing incentives for adult training, by providing information on access to lifelong learning services, such as information on the validation of non-formal and informal learning (11) and career guidance, and by offering tailored learning opportunities to individual learners;

Key actions are setting national targets and strategies, increasing incentives for adult training by companies, validating skills and competences acquired outside formal education, and setting up access points (one-stop shops) that integrate different lifelong learning services such as validation and career guidance offering tailored learning to individual learners.