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related to training in a sustainable way. If a partnership is really interested in
regional development, it helps to reduce trust barriers that often inhibit
employers to share information and collaborate effectively. For VET partners

and other education and training providers, these partnerships help to ensure
that curricula respond to employers’ needs.

Some additional recommendations for leading partnerships are:

▪ Establish a formal structure and a memorandum of agreement to manage
the partnership

▪ Promote the sharing of best practices of participants
▪ Keep a basis of permanent organisations to support cooperation with

other stakeholders that can enter/exit the partnership
▪ Allow partnerships to grow, develop and adapt to the ever-changing
environment of the economic sector and to the consequent labour
demands

▪ Mapp VET providers in the area, their training offer, and resources,
helping employers understand how they can support their workforce
development;

▪ Evaluate the impact of partnerships and encourage constant
improvement. Collect data on the progress and results of participants,
analyse them and ask employers’ feedback once they hire participants
after WBL. This way, the return on investment for all parties is assessed.

Next are presented concrete procedures that are taking place in the eight
partner countries of BRIDGES project regarding leading and networking among
VET providers, employers, and stakeholders.

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