The role of the private sector in vocational education and training in the Belgian‐Flemish community

Abstract

In a country such as Belgium, social dialogue – in the shape of negotiations between social partners–constitutes the basis of the country′s social structure. In general, vocational training is a topic in which a consensus among social partners is reached easily. Describes the different roles of the private sector in the Belgian‐Flemish community at national, regional, local and sectoral level, how the private sector acts as a training partner, as a training organizer, and its position as a training consumer and as a training provider. Illustrates the structures of the consensus model and the role of the private sector with regard to training.

Citation

Geers, F. (1995), "The role of the private sector in vocational education and training in the Belgian‐Flemish community", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 19 No. 7, pp. 26-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003988