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Karmel, Tom, Ed.; Beddie, Francesca, Ed.; Dawe, Susan, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) commissioned six leading thinkers to offer insights into what is meant by a training market, constraints upon that market and the areas for improvement in the system which would allow consumers greater choice. These papers, along with responses and an introduction by NCVER's Managing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Job Training, Labor Force Development
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1999
The current state of continuing vocational training in Central and Eastern European countries and its most important challenges were analyzed. The analysis found that the former continuing vocational training systems in these areas were characterized by generally low training levels and interdependence among the state-owned enterprises that…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Culpepper, Pepper D., Ed.; Finegold, David, Ed. – 1999
This book examines the effectiveness and distributive ramifications of the institutions of German skill provision as they functioned at home in the 1990s and as they served as a template for reform in other industrialized countries. The volume relies on multiple sources of data, including in-firm case studies, larger-scale surveys of companies,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Office of Inspector General (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2000
This document contains the reports on audits of the one-stop systems in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Vermont. The overall audit conclusions were as follows: (1) the states have made substantial efforts toward forming new comprehensive workforce investment systems as mandated by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA); (2)…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation, Employment Services