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1.2 Strengthening Inclusive VET

1.2 Strengthening
inclusive VET

Supporting employers to provide more efficient workplace-based learning
pathways for all, with special focus on those vulnerable to exclusion, creating an
open, inclusive learning environment, considering the Salzburg Education
Declaration “Towards more inclusive learning environment in Europe”.

VET systems should provide inclusive VET, offering opportunities for social and
economic cohesion, transmitting European values, and fostering citizenship. All
learners must be given the opportunity to develop their full professional and
personal potential, in a lifelong learning perspective.

To be considered inclusive, a VET inclusive pathway must consider and integrate
the four following principles:

 acquisition of competences and qualifications that guarantee personal
and professional development, employability, active citizenship, and
adaptability of learners

 accessible, attractive, relevant, and innovative curricula
 response to economic and social needs
 diversity integration and shared responsibility

From these principles, several concrete measures can be put into practice, so
VET pathways are inclusive, guaranteeing training opportunities for all. This can
be done by providing:
 gender-balanced access to VET

 opportunities for both young and adults
 recognition of prior learning

 validation of non-formal and informal learning
 certification of the training acquired

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