PROJECT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES IN THE FIELD OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

The Yalova Chambers for Tradesmen and Craftsmen Union participated in a Project implemented by the Turkish Confederation for Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK) as an associated partner.

The Project included 5 persons involved in vocational training from Tradesmen and Craftsmen Unions that function under the Turkish Confederation. The 5 persons selected were managers and training experts from those appointed at vocational training and technology centres

The Project was implemented in order to define the basic educational needs of tradesmen and craftsmen, ensure life-long learning, enable career development with guidance and consultancy services and increase the experience and know- how of training experts and managers that function under tradesmen and craftsmen organizations in Turkey.

The aim of the Project was to increase the effectiveness of vocational training and ensure the adaptation of training, guidance and consultancy services provided at training centres by view of the example of partner countries. The general objective was to enable the development of beneficiaries in their activity areas.

In line with national laws 3308 and 5362 vocational unions for tradesmen and craftsmen must give vocational training and support the vocational monitoring of standards. In order to strengthen the practical side of apprenticeship training, vocational training centres were established with the support of the Turkish Confederation for Tradesmen and Craftsmen. It was established that it was necessary to increase the level of knowledge and experience of these centres through transfer of know-how from other countries and strengthen the practical side of training in cooperation with the Ministry for National Education with a life-long learning approach.

France was selected as a model country because of the increasing importance of apprenticeship training in France over the past few years, the role of vocational unions in training, successful trainings given by these unions and the guidance and consultancy services provided by them. French and Turkish Unions bear great similarities in terms of legal establishment, budget and services provided to members easing the ability to adapt the knowledge gained from the French experience to the Turkish environment. Visits, exchanges of experiences and now-how were important building blocks in the establishment of a model an example. Information gained through the project will be used by the Turkish confederation for the restructuring of vocational training and technology centers.