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▪ Empowering — a relationships that challenges and motivates employers
to develop and assume (co)leadership roles in curricula development and

other WBL-related initiatives
▪ Strategic — employers are approached in the context of specific plans,
opportunities, and objectives, rather than on a spot basis, when the VET

provider needs something
▪ Reciprocal — both VET providers and employers provide benefits to each
other because the other has provided benefits in the past or is expected

to do so in the future
▪ Rigorous — the extent to which the employers are engaged substantively
and meaningfully, promoting an in-depth dialogue about, for example,
specific skill sets, long-term labour market needs and the strengths and

weaknesses of VET programmes in meeting them
▪ Timely — potential business partners are approached at the outset of a
VET programme, rather than near the end

▪ Valuable — both VET providers and employers mutually solve problems,
take decisions, and create value, connecting the demand side (employers)
with the supply side (VET)

▪ Wide-ranging — VET-business relationships should be diverse and involve
a large number of employers, rather than relying on few of usual partners

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