Page 23 - BRIDGES_O1_Framework_EN
P. 23
LEVEL 3: LEADING AND NETWORKING
3
Build (multi)-VET, employers and stakeholders’ partnerships that transform
local, regional and/or national workforce systems, boost the growth of
targeted industries or sectors and lobbying
As VET providers and employers start establishing partnerships, they start
addressing specific economic sectors and they can extend their influence on
other VET organisations, enterprises and stakeholders acting in the same or
similar sectors, to sustain a wider and stronger local, regional and/or national
training and economic development, focused on job and business creation as
the final goal.
There are numerous ways how VET providers and employers can engage.
Organisations can use their own means to establish partnerships or can benefit
from Government programmes, such as programmes that bring business
associations and individual employers into collaboration, and from which VET
providers can also take advantage from.
Other stakeholders that can be engaged are public workforce systems; non-
profit organisations; community-based service providers; economic
development authorities; universities and other relevant education and training
providers. The wider the network of relevant partners is, the more successful it
tends to be due to the different perspectives and ideas each can contribute with.
The basis for networking is always to find common points that serve the
interests of the VET providers and the interests of employers/other stakeholders
simultaneously. This allows that the activities of the engaged parts are more
22
