Dual Vocational Education and Training Systems’ Governance Model and Policy Transfer: The Role of the European Union in Its Diffusion

Luis Martínez-Izquierdo () and Mónica Torres Sánchez
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Luis Martínez-Izquierdo: Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Mónica Torres Sánchez: Department of Theory and History of Education and M.I.D.E., Faculty of Education, University of Malaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-22

Abstract: Some southern member states have undertaken the reform of their vocational education and training (VET) systems so as to promote dual apprenticeship, such as that which is promoted in Germany. During this process, the European Union (EU) has exercised an extensive influence. This paper advances the analysis of the role exercised by the EU in this stage of cross-national attraction by analysing the model of VET governance promoted by European institutions. The methodology consists of a reflexive thematic analysis of the EU VET texts. A total of 35 texts from the EU institutions was analysed by using NVivo. This produced three themes under the overarching theme of fostering a more pluralistic governance system: promoting cooperation among stakeholders in the design, management and financing of the system, enhancing social dialogue and strengthening responsiveness to change in the world of work. This analysis concludes that the EU, as an agent of the policy transfer process, encourages the implementation of a cooperative governance model of VET systems, such as that present in the dual VET systems of certain member states with collective skill formation governance regimens such as Germany, Austria and Denmark.

Keywords: vocational education and training; policy transfer; governance; collective skill formation; policy analysis; apprenticeships (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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