ACTION GROUP 3
LABOUR MARKET, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
To improve the adequacy of labour market, education and training in strategic sectors
Results

Cen Workshop Agreement (CWA)

Non-academic Tertiary Education in the European context Characteristics, Experiences, and Prospects

Tools and guidelines for the identification and assessment of a set of soft skills related to work-based learning and to the development of the Alpine economy

AG3 WORK PLAN 2023-2025
News
MISSIONS
Action Group 3 aims at improving the adequacy of the education and training sectors to address both the requests of the Alpine labour market and the challenges related to the green and digital transitions. It also seeks to improve the connection between workforce supply and demand. The action pursues the development of a common Alpine space of education and an Alpine-wide labour market.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
In the upcoming years, Action Group 3 aims to pursue the following objectives:
- Fostering dual systems in all EUSALP countries and strengthening their potential to address market needs.
- Valuing soft skills in addition and as complementary to the technical and professional ones due to their importance in learning processes and the labour market. The aim is to study, experiment on and promote tools and processes that enable the development and formal recognition of soft skills in work-based learning (WBL) contexts.
- Improving the connection between youth and the Alpine labour market by making young people aware of their possibilities in terms of mountain businesses, traditional professions, green jobs and remote working/training opportunities. These activities aim to reduce depopulation trends in inner Alpine areas, support employers in finding work force, strengthen and promote vocational education in connection with job opportunities in the Alpine region.
- Raising awareness on digital and remote opportunities of learning, training and working as a concrete solution to the abandonment of mountain areas, especially rural and internal areas.
- Strengthening VET and HVET cooperation in the Alpine Region with the involvement of political representatives.
The creation of an Alpine-wide network of VET institutions can contribute to the achievement of the aforementioned objectives by facilitating the connection and exchanges across countries, enabling the mobility of students and teachers, broadening the network of companies involved in dual training experiences, and pooling courses and training modules that respond to the evolving dynamics of the Alpine and global economies. Attention will be paid to those sectors and value chains that are relevant throughout the entire Alpine arch, such as timber/forestry, agri-food and tourism, in order to foster their contribution to circular economy practices.
CONTACTS
Leaders
LEADER
Elisabetta Sovilla
Co-leaders
Group Members

Observers
