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Digital toolkit for quality apprenticeships

  1. What are quality apprenticeships?
    1. ILO definition
    2. National definitions
    3. Other forms of work based learning
    4. Checklist
  2. Why quality apprenticeships?
    1. Committments to promote apprenticeships
    2. Benefits
  3. System and policy level
    1. Social dialogue
      1. Tripartite and bipartite bodies
      2. Strategies and negotiations
      3. Checklist
    2. Regulatory framework
      1. Regulation at national level
      2. Regulation at sectoral level
      3. Regulation at enterprise level
      4. Quality assurance system
      5. Checklist
    3. Roles and responsibilities
      1. Young people and apprentices
      2. Enterprises and employers
      3. Workers’ representatives in enterprises
      4. In-company mentors/trainers/supervisors
      5. TVET institutions offering off-the-job training
      6. TVET teachers and trainers
      7. Local/sectoral coordination support services
      8. Trade unions
      9. Employers’ associations
      10. Ministries and public agencies responsible
      11. Checklist
    4. Funding arrangements
      1. Cost-benefit structure of Quality Apprenticeships
      2. Incentives to promote Quality Apprenticeships
      3. Checklist
    5. Labour market relevance
      1. Skills needs assessment and anticipation
      2. Use of information on skills needs
      3. Translating skills needs into training
      4. Guidance, counselling and support services
      5. Evaluation
      6. Checklist
    6. Inclusiveness
      1. Quality Apprenticeships and gender
      2. Quality Apprenticeships and people with disabilities
      3. Other vulnerable groups
      4. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
      5. Pre-apprenticeship training
      6. Checklist
  4. Programme and project level: The quality apprenticeship training life cycle
    1. Developing quality apprenticeship programmes
      1. Developing an institutional framework for social dialogue
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      2. Identifying skills needs in sectors and occupations
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      3. Developing occupational profiles and curricula based on skills needs assessments
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      4. Providing instructional and learning materials
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      5. Checklist
    2. Preparing quality training places
      1. Engaging and registering enterprises to provide apprenticeship training
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      2. Formulating apprenticeship agreements
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools: Formulating apprenticeship agreements
      3. Building partnerships in apprenticeship programmes
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      4. Ensuring the capacity of TVET providers to provide the off-the-job component of apprenticeships
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      5. Preparing staff to train and mentor apprentices
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      6. Checklist
    3. Organizing apprenticeship training
      1. Attracting candidates to join apprenticeship training
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      2. Recruiting apprentices
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      3. Developing a training plan
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      4. Effective training delivery methods
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      5. Monitoring, assessment and certification
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      6. Social inclusion
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      7. Checklist
    4. Post-training transitions and evaluation
      1. Transition to the labour market or into further education and training
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      2. Evaluation of quality apprenticeship programmes
        1. Steps and tips
        2. Tools
      3. Checklist
  5. Innovations and strategies
    1. Innovations and emerging trends in apprenticeships
      1. Technology-driven transformations in apprenticeships
      2. Addressing rising demand for digital skills to be delivered through apprenticeships
      3. Pre-apprenticeships
      4. Adult entrants to apprenticeships
      5. Modular and shorter apprenticeship programmes
      6. Higher level or degree-level apprenticeships
      7. Adapting apprenticeships to the needs of SMEs
    2. Strategies for promoting quality apprenticeships
      1. Creating an enabling environment for quality apprenticeships
      2. Making apprenticeships more attractive to enterprises and, in particular, to SMEs
      3. Making apprenticeships more attractive to young people
      4. Promoting inclusiveness in apprenticeships
      5. Promoting quality apprenticeships in the informal economy
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  7. Strategies for promoting quality apprenticeships

Strategies for promoting quality apprenticeships

This section outlines the following strategies to overcome the main challenges faced by countries in implementing and scaling up quality apprenticeships:

In developing and implementing the strategies, policy-makers and practitioners should work collaboratively.

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