VET systems of Euro southern area countries, despite having undergone reforms in recent years, still show shortcomings: poor motivation of students/families; mismatch between the training and the productive structures needs; scarce development of apprenticeship in enterprises, lack of technical knowledge and
experience in organizing apprenticeship as well as shortages of skills among tutors, high rates of dropouts.
Specifically, the retail sector is one of the most senses the lack of motivation of learners and where is considered more beneficial to increase apprenticeship during the students training.
The apprenticeship in the Retail sector within the Euro southern countries demands more systematic approach, the need of apprenticeship tutors as well as the learning from the experiences of the countries, which have well developed models of the apprenticeship.
Aware of this, UPPRETAIL considering the experiences of the apprenticeship development from the countries with different institutional models of VET and socioeconomic models of society (DE, UK, Netherlands and France) aims to develop and test guidelines and recommendations for VET centers and trades, to implement the apprenticeship in the current Retail VET system of Euro southern countries.
Lead by Fondo Formación Euskadi the project is financed by the European Commission, in the framework of Transfer of Innovation of Leonardo da Vinci Program for Vocational Training and it will be developed during 2013-2015 in a coordinated way among Spain, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania and Portugal.
