1. The power of coöperation
in the regions
counters for learning and workingcounters for learning and working
Marianne Zoetmulder Programmemanager Leerwerkloketten
17th of February 2016
NLEU2016 conference on vocational education and training
‘Skills for a lifetime – towards a future proof VET’
2. Counters for learning working
Have originated from:
• Lisbon: LifeLong Learning agenda
• Struggle for cohesion between
education – labour market
• Regional approach of regional and economic
issues
• Economic necessity
• Labor market getting more flexibele
• Knowledge economy
4. What is a Counter for Learning and
Working (CLW)?
• It offers information on and access to the process of
life-long learning to employers, employees and the
unemployed, which includes those who have finished or
are about to finish school.
• It has a regional infrastructure, running parallel to the
35 labor market regions in The Netherlands
• There are 33 regional counters for learning and
working
• Partners: municipal authorities, educational and
training institutions, PES*, employers
* PES: Public Employment Service
5. <27 years
Jobsecurity 27-50 years
(Basic) qualification >50 years
Leerwerkloketten (CLW)
Effective & Efficiënt
strong links
national-regional-sectoral
Welfare/
Care
EconomyEducation Labour market
Programme CLW
(Basic)qualification
Education > work
Work > worktransition
work and training
Financial engineering
Social Return
on investment
Illiteracy
Economic
necesssity
Lack of cohesion
Our role
• Coördination
• Facilitation
. Expertise
•Strategic
•Tactical
•Operational
6. Structure of CLW´s
Ministry.
Social Affairs
CLW
Ministry
Education
Regional
partnership
Regional
partnership
Regional
partnership
Regional
partnership
National
program
team
CLW
CLW
CLW
Focus in the regions, facilitated national
10. What does a CLW do?
• Information and advice about learning while
working for employers, employees, the
unemployed and students.
• Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and of
achievements through learning while working
• Information about financing educational
requirements/ arrangements and budgets
11. • Up to date knowledge
• Knowledge on regulations and budgets
• Independent (career-) advice
• Designing and creating (educational) arrangements
• Database of potential employees
• Accreditation of training companies
• Support in finding a on-the-job-training
Value according to our partners
12. Best practices
• CLW Friesland: Illiteracy
• CLW Rijnmond: Social return on Investement
• CLW Eindhoven: Regional training institute
13. If you want to make them work together:
Think like Ollie and act like Tom