information about regional project VET

1. VET UMBRELLA PROJECT

2. VET UMBRELLA PROJECT
VET Umbrella project is an initiative which was created on OP Summit in
Slovakia, December 2016. It´s an initiative for Europe to tackle SDG 8 and
decrease the unemployability rate in VET sector.
People that were working on creation of the project and its planning:
 Ira Pidkovych - OST (GV Product Head)
 Hugo Munarini - MCVP B2B in Albania
 Kristina Kanckova - MCVP iGV in Slovakia
 Klara Onallah - MCVP iGV in Czech Republic
 Matheus Pasa - MCVP iGV in Poland
 Larisa Pop - MCVP iGV in Romania
 Julija Vinciunaite - MCVP iGV in Lithuania

3. “
Vocational Education and Training (VET) is a critical element in
supporting and accelerating development, inclusive growth and
poverty reduction through economic transformation and job
creation. Formal vocational training and new forms of skills
development should equip people with the skills enabling them to
get good jobs and to face the key challenges posed by globalisation,
the informal economy and, in the shorter term, recovery from the
global crisis.

5. INTERESTING FACTS
 Weak employment growth indicates that there may be an oversupply of people with high-
level qualifications in the short term, but by 2020, Europe will have the most highly-
qualified workforce in its history.
 VET often does not adequately prepare young people for jobs and for the fast-changing
world of modern economies
 In the period up to 2020 most job openings will be in services, but due to replacement
demand there will also be significant numbers of job opportunities in manufacturing, crafts
and agriculture
 The trend towards more skill-intensive jobs at all levels will continue and many traditional
manual or routine jobs will decline
 The trend towards more service-oriented economies will continue and most new job growth
will be in the service sector
 Total numbers of job openings will be positive, however results indicate some risk of job
polarisation as the new jobs will be created mostly on the top or bottom of the job spectrum
than equally distributed across.
 Despite signs of polarisation of job growth, most jobs will require medium-level
qualifications (including many vocational qualifications).

6. VET Project
 The Goal
 Main purpose
 Description

7. THE GOAL
 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or
training
 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job
creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization
and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to
financial services

8. MAIN PURPOSE
The purpose of the project is to spread awareness and educate
people towards vocational skills in order to decrease the
unemployability rate in this sector in Europe.

9. DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the project is to spread awareness and educate
people towards vocational skills in order to decrease the
unemployability rate in this sector in Europe.
THE WHY
Awareness of vocational trends:
The participants know about the importance about vocational
sector, the demand in the jobs and with these trainings we want
to create a shift in the mindset that these jobs are not
qualitative enough.

10. DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the project is to spread awareness and educate
people towards vocational skills in order to decrease the
unemployability rate in this sector in Europe.
THE HOW
Self - awareness:
Based on the knowledge from the first part of the project, the
participants will work on connecting their own skills and
strengths to specific vocational jobs by creating for themselves a
career development plan together with exchange participants.

11. DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the project is to spread awareness and educate
people towards vocational skills in order to decrease the
unemployability rate in this sector in Europe.
THE WHAT
Call to action:
Participants work together with the exchange participants and
enablers, gathering more knowledge and experience for building
their own business plan for their future.

12. TARGET GROUP
 1. pupils - focus: raise more awareness
 2. students - focus: practical skills
 3. adults - focus: education, discussion and workshops
IMPORTANT!!!(Each entity can choose for whom to run the project)

13. PROJECT FLOW
IMPORTANT!!! Realization of the project in Summer 2017
Week 1: IPS + trainings
Week 2: Workshops on awareness of VET
Weeks 3-4: Self-awareness and interests
Week 5-6: Entrepreneurship

14. TIMELINE
Here is link for timeline of the project:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IyVgcL1ZNtDPxWtnh_V3s7VvfPo0yq3Ce
GCGSf9euaw/edit?usp=sharing

15. What is the current state of
vocational sector in your entity?
Check the reports:
https://goo.gl/wXSsmU 

16. Thanks!
Any questions?
CONTACT:
Ira Pidkovych – OST - ira.pidkovych@aiesec.net