Employer's organizations

Cedefop — European Centre For The Development Of Vocational Training

Description

Their involvement in the development of a European vocational training policy
Vocational training

Sujets

• Employers' organization
• International organization
• Vocational education
• Institutions of the European Union
• Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques

Informations

• Publié par: CEDEFOP-EUROPEAN-CENTRE-FOR-THE-DEVELOPMENT-OF-VOCATIONAL-TRAINING
• Nombre de lectures: 11
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

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Sr Franz Casti n
Ό February 1987
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First edition, Berlin 1987
^^ Published by:
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Vocational Training m Bundesallee 22, D-1000 Berlin 15
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JH? The Centre was established by Regulation (EEC) No 337/75
^J of the Council of the European Communities This publication is also available in the following languages:
DE ISBN 92-7200-5
FR ISBN 92-7202-1
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1987
ISBN 92-825-7201-3
Catalogue number: HX-48-87-387-EN-C
Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged.
Printed in Belgium - 1 -
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
4 INTRODUCTION
PART 1 IN COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS (EC)
Chapter 1 : Standing Committee on Employment
Section 1 General 6
Section 2 Composition 7 n 3 Objectives 9
Section 4 Working structure 10 n 5 Subjects 11
Section 6 Assessment 12 n 7 Prospects 13
Chapter 2 : Advisory Committee on Vocational
Training 14
14 Section 1 Working structure
16 n 2 Evaluation
19 Chapter 3 : ECSC Consultative Committee
Section 1 General 19
20 n 2 Mixed Steel Committee
25 Section 3d Coale
27 Annex Outline
29 Chapter 4 : European Social Fund
29 Section 1 Structure, task and management
30 n 2 Working structure
33 Section 3 Rules of the game
38 n 4 Prospects and evaluation
40 Chapter 5 : Economic and Social Committee
43 Chapter 6 : Tripartite Conferences - 2
Chapter 7 : CEDEFOP 4 5
Section 1 General5 n 2 Structure
Section 3 The role of the social partners 46
PART II IN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BEYOND
THE EC
Chapter 1 : At OECD Level 50
Section 1 Generaln 2 Joint statement of TUAC and BIAC on
"full employment and growth, a social
and economic goal"1
Section 3 Work flexibility4 n 4 The report on training in and by
industry within the framework of
education andg after
compulsory schooling 56
Section 5 BIAC statement (4 June 1986) 59 n 6C comments on future policies
(1982) 60
Chapter 2 : International Labour Organization
"~ (ILO) ' 62
Section 1 Generaln 2 Brief sketch of the juridical
instruments of ILO3
Section 3 Conclusion6
Chapter 3 : Council of Europe 67
Chapter 4 : Union of Industries of the European
Community (UNICE) and the Employers'
Liaison Committee (ELC) 70
Section 1 General 7n 2 Contacts with the European Trade
Union Confederation (ETUC)1
Section 3 Employers' Liaison Committee 76 - 3 -
PART III IN THE SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
78 Chapter 1 Overall Picture
80 In Agriculture Chapter 2
1 Origins 80 Section
2 Structures 81 n
3 Activities 82 Section
4 Financing CEPFAR n 84
5 Assessment Section 85
88 Chapter 3 : In Metal Industries
Section 1 ORGALIME 88 n 2 Western European Metal Trade
Employers' Organization (WEM) 88
Section 3 At the level of the International
Labourn (ILO) 89
Section 4 Evaluation 94
Chapter 4 : In the Construction Sector 95
Section 1 General 95 n 2 Consultative Committee 96
Section 3 At CEDEFOP level 97 n 4 Commission of the European Communities 98
Section 5 Other FIEC activities 99 n 6 Hopes and prospects 102
104 Chapter 5 : In the Services Sector
104 Section 1 Insurance n 2 106 Banking
108 SUMMARY AND PROSPECTS
List of organizations and committees ANNEX
in which the social partners work
together 113 - 4 -
INTRODUCTION
CEDEFOP has carried out a number of in-depth studies of the
role played by the social partners in the organization of
vocational training. Over and above the national studies
undertaken in the twelve EC Member States, the aim was to
assess the extent to which the social partners cooperated
in training at European level.
This document is pitched exclusively at this level; more­
over, it is seen more particularly from the position and
stance of the employers* organizations. A second study has
been undertaken from the position of the trade union
organizations by a different author. This document is one
of the two parts of a diptych. Vocational training is an
area of little confict, conducive to cooperation between
partners whose interests often converge here.
As far as Community social policy is concerned, the
employers are often very reserved: they are afraid of
having to open a "second round" of concessions in respect
of social benefits at EC level. Do they have the same fear
where vocational training is concerned? This does not seem
to be the case, even if employers in some sectors "refuse
to organize themselves for fear of being drawn into
negotiating".
The methods used in this study are simple: the material
stems first and foremost from the direct personal
experience of the author, and from interviews with those - 5 -
responsible for vocational training in international
employers' professional organizations, in European
administrations (Commission of the European Communities,
OECD, Council of Europe, Economic and Social Committee),
and in the universities, etc.
By cross-checking and double-checking, clear trends could
be identified in a relatively unsettled area which is not
without its contrasts and inequalities.
A synthesis report of all the studies undertaken by CEDEFOP
is to be prepared in 1988 and discussed in a larger forum.
Burkart Sellin
Project Coordinator - 6 -
Part 1
IN COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS (EC)
Chapter 1
THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT
Section 1 - General
Established by the Council of Ministers of the European
Community in 1971 at the request of the social partners,
the Standing Committee on Employment is not, legally
speaking, a "Community institution" .
However, in view of the important role it could be
encouraged to play in defining Community social policy, it
is the only official body which provides for consultation
between the social forces at EC level. It gives the social
partners an opportunity to try to influence Community
social policy at decision-making level.
Vocational training is clearly one of the main elements in
employment policy. And the work of the Standing Committee
deals directly with this. It is, however, rare for train­
ing to be discussed "per se". This is done more
particularly at the level of the Advisory Committee on
Standing Committee on Employment
Council Decision of 14 December 1970 No 70/532/EC
(O.J. No L 273 of 17.12.1970)