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Other challenges listed by the professionals were:
 the relevance of these challenges can differ depending on how the
cooperation is retained and on how the VET organisation is managed

 the education level of participants may be highly variant
 the language of business and VET is completely different so it can be
challenging to identify common areas for discussion and collaboration

 lack of awareness from managers and employers on VET opportunities.
 lack of knowledge on how to incorporate VET into businesses

 lack of apprentices in general

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What qualities should be considered in a VET-business relationship?

Experts were finally asked, in an open question, which qualities are essential for
a sustainable and effective VET-business relationship. Many were frequently
repeated and considering that we organised the qualities in three groups:
 extremely important: the qualities that were referred several times
 very important: the qualities that were referred sometimes

 important: the qualities that were referred one time

Extremely important
 Communication

 Problem solving orientation
 Openness
 Trust

 Teamwork
 Cooperation
 Commitment

 Honesty
 Understanding
 Respect

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