Traduction de «Fonds d'accès à la formation » (Français → Anglais) :

Member States shall encourage, in accordance with national law, collective agreements or practice, employers and those responsible for access to vocational training to take effective measures to prevent all forms of discrimination on grounds of sex, in particular harassment and sexual harassment in the workplace, in access to employment, vocational training and promotion.

These measures may include, for example, providing specific training to people belonging to groups that do not usually have access to such training, or taking particular steps to ensure that certain racial or ethnic groups are fully informed about job advertisements, including, for example, publishing adverts in publications targeting these groups.[11] On the other hand, "positive discrimination" measures give an automatic and absolute preference (for example in access to employment) to members of a particular group over others for no other reason than belonging to that group.

The aim of the common framework of objectives is to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of Article 127 of the Treaty by pursuing a series of objectives such as: - improving the quality and innovation capacity of Member States' vocational training systems and arrangements; - developing the European dimension in vocational training and vocational guidance; - promoting lifelong training so as to encourage ongoing adaptation of skills to meet the needs of workers and undertakings, contribute to reducing unemployment and facilitate personal development; - giving all young people in the Community who so wish the possibility of one or, if possible, two or more years of initial vocational training after their full-time c ...[+++]ompulsory education, leading to a vocational qualification recognized by the competent authorities in the Member State in which it is obtained; - encouraging specific vocational training measures for adults without adequate vocational qualifications, in particular adults without adequate education; - promoting equality of access to initial and continuing training for persons disadvantaged by socio-economic, geographical or ethnic factors or by physical or mental disabilities; special attention must be given to persons affected by several risk factors likely to cause their social and economic exclusion; - supporting vocational training policies in such a way that all workers in the Community have access to continuing vocational training throughout their working life without any discrimination; - promoting equality of opportunity as regards access for men and women to vocational training and their effective participation therein, in particular so as to open up new areas of work to them and encourage them to return to work after a career break; - supporting activities aimed at developing linguistic skills as part of vocational training measures; - promoting the development of vocational guidance facilities with a view to providing every in ...

Under the common position, the aim of the common framework of objectives is to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of Article 127 of the Treaty by pursuing a number of objectives such as: - improving the quality and innovation capacity of Member States' vocational training systems and arrangements; - developing the European dimension in vocational training and vocational guidance; - promoting lifelong training so as to encourage the ongoing adaptation of skills to meet the needs of workers and undertakings, contribute to reducing unemployment and facilitate personal development; - giving all young people in the Community w ...[+++]ho so wish the possibility of one or, if possible, two or more years of initial vocational training after their full-time compulsory education, leading to a vocational qualification recognized by the competent authorities of the Member State in which it is obtained; - encouraging specific vocational training measures for adults without adequate vocational qualifications, in particular adults without adequate education; - supporting vocational policies in such a way that all workers in the Community have access to continuing vocational training throughout their working life without any discrimination; - promoting equality of opportunity as regards access for men and women to vocational training and their effective participation therein, in particular so as to open up new areas of work to them and to encourage them to return to work after a career break; - supporting activities aimed at developing linguistic skills as part of vocational training measures; - promoting the development of vocational guidance facilities in order to guarantee life-long high-quality vocational guidance for all.

He must admit that there are very direct links, very important ones, between access to higher education, access to post-secondary education, and the ability for young people to find jobs, and it is they who will be the primary beneficiaries of the millennium fund.

training policy and training strategies of enterprises in developing the skills of their workforce; management, organisation and forms of continuing vocational training in enterprises; the role of social partners in ensuring continuing vocational training in the workplace; access to continuing vocational training, its volume and content, especially in the context of economic activity and enterprise size; specific continuing vocational training measures of enterprises to improve the skills of their workforce; chances for employees ...[+++] in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to acquire new skills, and the particular needs of SMEs in the provision of training; the effects of public measures on continuing vocational training in enterprises; equal opportunities to access continuing vocational training; specific continuing vocational training measures for people at a disadvantage in the labour market; continuing vocational training measures geared to different types of employment contract; expenditure on training: funding levels and funding resources, incentives for continuing vocational training; evaluation and monitoring procedures.