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The European Trade Union (ETUC) just released a proposal for: "A European Quality Framework for Apprenticeships"

In the last few years there has been a sudden realisation at the national and European levels that apprenticeship training needs to be developed to assist young people in their transition from school to the world of work, but the numbers of apprentices have continued to decline. We are witnessing a ‘golden age’ of interest in apprenticeship training strategy, but this needs to be turned into a ‘golden age’ of implementation of apprenticeship training strategy. Moreover, while there is an urgent need to improve the quantity of apprenticeship places, this should not be done to the expense of quality. ETUC therefore calls upon the European Council and the European Commission:

to propose a European Quality Framework for Apprenticeships which includes a clear definition and a series of specific quality standards and quality...
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