VOCATIONAL No1. European J": September - December TRAINING * * EUROPERN JOURNAL CEDEFOP Editor: Steve Bainbridge European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Editorial committee: Europe 123 GR57001 THESSALONIKI Chairman: (Pylea) Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Jean François Germe France Postal address: PO Box 22427 Matéo Alaluf Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium GR55102 THESSALONIKI Tina Bertzeletou CEDEFOP Hilary Steedman National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Tel. (3031) 490111 London, Great Britain Fax 490 020 The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden Gunnar Eliasson Email: info@cedefop.gr Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail Alain d'Iribarne Homepage: (LESTCNRS), France wtviv.cedefop.gr Arndt Sorge HumboldtUniversität Berlin, Germany Interactive website: Reinhard Zedier Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln, Germany www. traitiingvillage.gr Jordi Planas Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona Manfred Tessaring CEDEFOP Sergio Bruno Università di Roma, Italy Published under the responsibility of: The contributions were received on Johan van Rens. Director or before 01.11.1999 Stavros Stavrou.