ISSN 1725-5376 European Employment Observatory Review: Autumn 2007 European Commission EUROPEAN COMMISSION Romania: Cătălin Ghinăraru Hungary: Tibor Bors Borbély, Ministry of Egbert Holthuis (DG EMPL D/2) National Labour Research Institute Employment and Labour Susana Pratt (DG EMPL D/2) Bucharest Oliver Demkó, Public Employment Service Slovenia: Miroljub Ignjatović Malta: Edwin Camilleri, Ministry of Education, University of Ljubljana Youth and Employment SYSDEM Network Ljubljana Netherlands: Martin Blomsma, Ministerie van Belgium: Luc Sels Slovakia: Luboš Vagač Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid Steunpunt Werk en Sociale Economie, K.U. Center for Economic Development Theo Keulen, Central Organisation for Work Leuven Bratislava and Income Leuven Finland: Hannu Kaseva Austria: Tanja Jandl, Ministry of Economy and Bulgaria: Pobeda Loukanova The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy Labour Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ETLA) Gudrun Nachtschatt, Arbeitsmarktservice Sofia Helsinki Österreich Czech Republic: Daniel Münich Sweden: Dominique Anxo Poland: Beata Chromińska, Ministry of CERGE-EI CELMS - Centre for European Labour Market Economy, Labour and Social Policy Prague Studies Marcin Dygoń, Voivodship Labour Office in Denmark: Per Kongshøj Madsen Gothenburg Rzeszów CARMA, Aalborg University United Kingdom: Eleanor Breen Portugal: Pedro Bogalho, Ministerio do Aalborg Breen and Partners Trabalho e da Solidariedade Germany: Kurt Vogler Ludwig London Angela Costa, Employment and Vocational ECONOMIX Research & Consulting Croatia: Predrag Bejaković Training Institute Munich Institute of Public Finance Romania: Cristina Mereuta, Employment Estonia: Reelika Leetmaa Zagreb Department (MLSS) PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies Turkey: Hakan Ercan Sonia Diaconescu, National Employment Tallinn Middle East Technical University Agency Ireland: Jerry Sexton Ankara Slovenia: Damjana Kosir, Ministry of Labour, Dublin Norway: Knut Larsen Family and Social Affairs Greece: Dimitris Karantinos ECON Analyse AS Alenka Rumbak, Employment Service of National Centre of Social Research Oslo Slovenia Athens Slovakia: Roman Brunovsky, Ministry of Spain: Elvira González Gago Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Centro de Estudios Económicos Tomillo, S.L. MISEP Network Republic Madrid Belgium: Joseph Remy, Ministère de l’Emploi Finland: Marja-Riitta Pihlman / Marjukka France: Sandrine Gineste et du Travail Piiparinen, Ministry of Labour Bernard Brunhes Consultants Bulgaria: Todor Krastev, Ministry of Labour Sweden: Pontus Ringborg, Ministry of Paris and Social Policy Industry, Employment and Communications Italy: Giuseppe Ciccarone Boyka Gyosheva, Employment Agency Bengt Härshammar, Swedish National Labour Fondazione G. Brodolini Czech Republic: Miloš Tichý / Stanislav Market Board (AMS) Rome Beneš, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs United Kingdom: Satish Parmar, Department Cyprus: Louis N. Christofides Denmark: Leif Christian Hansen / Tayyiba for Work and Pensions University of Cyprus Ahmad, National Labour Market Authority Peter Sydserff, Jobcentre Plus Nicosia Germany: Arnold Hemmann, Latvia: Alfreds Vanags Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Wolfgang Müller, Bundesagentur für Arbeit Croatia: Marina Gašpar-Lukić, Ministry of Studies Estonia: Nele Labi / Ülle Marksoo, Ministry of Labour and Entrepreneurship Riga Social Affairs Turkey: Ali Ercan Su, Ministry of Labour and Lithuania: Boguslavas Gruževskis Ireland: Marie Dempsey, Department of Social Security Institute of Labour and Social Research Enterprise, Trade and Employment Berrin Karabüber, Turkish Employment Vilnius Kevin Quinn, FÁS Organisation Luxembourg: Roland Maas Greece: Eirini Kalavrou, Ministry of Labour Iceland: Frank Fridriksson, Directorate of CEPS / INSTEAD Kleoniki Fotiadou, OAED Labour Differdange Spain: Elvira Gonzalez Santamarta / Marina Norway: Ola Ribe, Ministry of Labour and Hungary: Almos Telegdy Garcia Lopez, Ministero de Trabajo y Asuntos Government Administration CEU - Central European University / Institute Sociales of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of France: Caroline Méchin, DGEFP, Sciences Département synthèses, Ministère de l’emploi EEO NETWORK SERVICES Budapest Régine O’Neill, Agence Nationale pour GHK Consulting Limited Malta: Manwel Debono l’Emploi (ANPE) 30 St Paul’s Square Centre for Labour Studies, University of Malta Italy: Antonella Buonopane / Pietro Birmingham B3 1QZ, United Kingdom Msida Tagliatesta, Ministero del lavoro Netherlands: Joop Schippers Cyprus: Eleni Kalava, Ministry of Labour and Tel: +44 121 233 8900 VanDoorneHuiskes en Partners Social Insurance Fax: +44 121 212 0308 Utrecht Savvas Procopides, Human Resource E-mail: [email protected] Austria: Ferdinand Lechner Development Agency Lechner, Reiter & Riesenfelder OEG Latvia: Imants Lipskis, Ministry of Welfare, Director: Gill Whitting Vienna Labour Department Manager: Caroline Lambert Poland: Elżbieta Kryńska Grieta Tentere, State Employment Service Editors: Inga Pavlovaite, Michelle Harrison, IPiSS - Institute of Labour and Social Studies Lithuania: Rasa Malaiškienė, Ministry of Social Fiona Dearling Warsaw Security and Labour Portugal: Reinhard Naumann Inga Buckaite, National Labour Exchange This publication is based on articles provided DINAMIA Luxembourg: Jean Hoffmann, by the SYSDEM correspondents. 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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2008 ISSN: 1725-5376 Printed in Luxemburg PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE -FREE P A P ER Table of contents Overview of SYSDEM experts’ national articles on lifelong learning and skills development: a review of trends and policies with a particular focus on gender and age .............................. 5 National Articles on learning and skills development: a review of trends and policies with a particular focus on gender and age .............................. 21 Member States Belgium ......................................................................................................................... 23 Bulgaria ........................................................................................................................ 27 Czech Republic .............................................................................................................. 31 Denmark ....................................................................................................................... 35 Germany ....................................................................................................................... 41 Estonia .......................................................................................................................... 47 Ireland ......................................................................................................................... 51 Greece ......................................................................................................................... 57 Spain ............................................................................................................................ 61 France .......................................................................................................................... 67 Italy .............................................................................................................................. 73 Cyprus .......................................................................................................................... 79 Latvia ............................................................................................................................ 83 Lithuania ....................................................................................................................... 87 Luxembourg ................................................................................................................... 91 Hungary........................................................................................................................ 97 Malta ........................................................................................................................... 101 The Netherlands ............................................................................................................ 105 Austria .......................................................................................................................... 113 Poland .........................................................................................................................