At the 16th Franco-German Ministerial Council, which took place in Paris on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 the German and French Ministers for Employment took stock of a series of proposals submitted by the social partners in both countries within the framework of the Franco-German working group on employment and training. On top of the observation that the German training system, because of businesses’ active and central role, is way ahead of the French system in terms of attractiveness and efficiency, the report points out that, in both cases, it is important to keep opening vocational training up compared with other training branches and undertake structural reforms in this respect, notably in France where the system is very school-oriented and too far from businesses. Finally, adjusting training systems to globalization is seen as unavoidable. Taking account of the international dimension is considered a priority not only in the content of training but also in training the trainers. Germany and France should also set an example regarding the harmonization of vocational training at European level, the report’s authors say.
A group of experts mandated by the Franco-German working group on employment and training, made up, for unions, of representatives from the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) and from the French CGT, CFDT and FO unions and, for employers, of representatives from the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA), the MEDEF and the CGPME, send a series of concrete proposals to the two countries’ Ministries of Labor and Employment, i.e. Andrea Nahles for Germany and Michel Sapin for France. This working document primarily addresses the functioning, effectiveness and renovation of work-study vocational training systems.
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