This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission launches the second-phase consultation of European social partners to update the 2014 EU Quality Framework for Traineeships. It follows the conclusion on 15 September of the first-phase consultation, which elicited responses from 13 European social partners. Based on those replies, the […]Improving the quality of traineeships: Commission launches second-phase consultation of social partners
September 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission launches the second-phase consultation of European social partners to update the 2014 EU Quality Framework for Traineeships. It follows the conclusion on 15 September of the first-phase consultation, which elicited responses from 13 European social partners. Based on those replies, the […]Improving the quality of traineeships: Commission launches first-stage consultation of social partners
July 12, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission launches the first-stage consultation of European social partners on reinforcing the EU Quality Framework for Traineeships. The existing framework sets out 21 quality principles for traineeships that Member States are recommended to put into practice to ensure high-quality learning and adequate […]Eurobarometer survey shows that traineeships help young people land their first job
May 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. A new Eurobarometer survey released today shows that traineeships are an important stepping stone for young people into the labour market. Four in five young people (78%) surveyed did at least one traineeship, and for one in five (19%) their first work experience was […]Traineeships: Commission evaluation analyses impact of European quality framework
January 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has published an evaluation of the 2014 Quality Framework for Traineeships, assessing its implementation and contribution across the EU to strengthen the quality of traineeships as well as possible scope for improvement. Traineeships play a key role in helping young people […]Statistics show the ugly face of youth training schemes
November 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
Thank God Eurostat, the EU statistical service and the Eurobarometer surveys, are still there and can produce reports refuting some commonly accepted pseudo-truths. Of course statisticians can also lie but it’s easy to expose them, while it’s much more difficult to expose the lies commonly used by politicians. A characteristic example is traineeships. This is […]
