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EQFOA projectThe outdoor leisure industryIn Europe, outdoor leisure is a fast growing industry facing an interesting situation: - the demand for leisure services is growing and hence the employment potential, - potential employees are trying to come into the industry but do not find proper training, - but corresponding vocational training is practically non-existent or very limited depending on the countries and lacks of co-ordination and implementing control at European level, which clearly limits staff mobility and employment potential. And so it can be concluded that although the market is growing, employers and employees have difficulties matching each others requirements because vocational training is at best unclear and at worse non existent in the outdoor sector. Over the last 2 years, national outdoor employer organisations, some of them regrouped under the umbrella of EASE, had consequently discussed the necessity of organising the outdoor sector in terms of vocational training, through a clear definition of the needs of employers in terms of positions to be held and of employees' competences. The specific aims of the project1. to create an “Industry Occupational Map” 1. bis to create an “Individual Job Description” per occupation, with a more detailed one for the animator occupation. Each of these “Individual Job Description” needing to include: A. “General Description”, B. “Basic Tasks”, C. “Entry Requirements”, D. “Competence Fields” in terms of level as per EQF 2. to create an “Industry Functional Map” The “Industry Occupational Map” and the “Individual Job Description” together with the “Industry Functional Map” then allowing: 3. to create a “Competence Framework for Animator”, that will include: A. “Non-Technical Competences” such as: a..“Generic Competences” b..“Environmental Competences” in the “Blue”, “Green” and “White” sectors, B. “Technical Competences” 4. to research the feasibility of a “Structure of a Verification Process” based on the Copenhagen Declaration supported by the EQF 5. to establish the commercial sport commission (outdoors part) within EASE More detailsThe project was being led by employers organisations and training providers from 8 different European countries in order precisely to create common tools for the different partners but also for those who would join in during the dissemination part of the project; hence the presence of EASE. Due to the extreme mobility of outdoor participants, the project must involve and take into account the needs of all European employers and create reference material in favour of trans-national training to give labour trans-national competences. This project introduced two major changes into national vocational training systems and practices: first of all, it introduced a trans-national reference material that did not exist for that time being and secondly, it would bring into national markets new training opportunities at European Level. There is also another major point in the project. One of its aspects, being to establish the commercial sport commission (outdoors part) of EASE, the project automatically led to the creation of a network, not only between the partners and the various experts involved, but also between those organisations which will join EASE during and after the project. Such organisations as employer organisation did have existing contacts with training providers at national Level, and the synergy created by the project would allow new contacts at European level to be established and thus bringing a new dimension to vocational training at both national and trans-national levels. Impact of the project1. In the short term, the impact of the project was to provide training providers a set of European standards in terms of vocational training. This would allow universities and other training providers to offer accurate training programmes that would match employers' needs thus ensuring a high level of post-university employment. In the long term, this project set up the bases of social dialogue amongst social partners within the outdoors together with establishing a strong link between employer organisations and taining providers. 2. The final results of the project were put into practice by the partners at national and local level and by the 3 European partners (EASE, EOSE, ENSSEE) at trans-national Level. Each partner made sure its network was aware of the existence of the work of the project and its members were working in accordance with the existing standards. 3. The existence of the network would continue beyond the life of the project and the social dialogue together with the link established with the training providers was to be pursued in the coming years. Also, some of the partners had already worked together on other projects; some of the partners had already planned to establish working links. 4. The concept of social dialogue in terms of vocational training and that of a strong partnership between employer organisations and training providers is recognized at European and national level. Any group, sector in any geographical context can - and even in some countries must - use the methodology of this project. In fact, the methodology of this project had already been used in the past in many branches and countries. EASE roleThe role of EASE was to mobilise its commercial sport commission to validate the products developed but also to ensure the promotion, the dissemination and exploitation of the results to its network. More articles |
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