Estonia - increasing importance of apprenticeship

Developing and promoting apprenticeship training is an important objective set out in the Estonian lifelong learning strategy for 2020.
As identified in the partnership agreement for the use of European structural and investment funds (ESIF), one of the significant problems of the Estonian economy is structural unemployment.  This means that the labour market is characterised by a lack of jobs and shortage of labour force. Thus, vocational education and training (VET) needs to be better connected to the world of work to help people gain knowledge, skills and competences relevant to the labour market. More...