THE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS FOR THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE SPHERE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

Abstract

The actuality of the article was determined by the need to substantiate the main trends in the development of the public-private partnership in the field of vocational education and training in the European Union countries. The trends had to be considered in the establishment of a partnership between the government, business, the public and vocational (vocational and technical) education in Ukraine for the training of qualified workers according to the needs of labour market.

The goal was to identify and characterize the main trends in the development of the public-private partnership in the field of vocational education and training in the European Union countries, to ascertain the possibilities of considering them in domestic practice while realizing the potential of partnership in Ukrainian vocational (vocational and technical) education.

The methods included the study of scientific sources, legislative, regulatory and legal documents, empirical data on the development of the public-private partnership in the field of vocational education and training in the countries of the European Union to identify the state of the research problem. Theoretical analysis and synthesis, generalization of views on the investigated problem were used to determine the main trends in the development of the public-private partnership in the field of vocational education and training as well as for the formulation of conclusions.

The results were based on the analysis of the latest legislative, regulatory and legal documents, scientific sources and empirical data, which allowed to determine the main trends in the development of the public-private partnership in the field of vocational education and training in the European Union countries. The proposals for institutions of vocational (vocational and technical) education, private companies, enterprises, the public sector in the development of sustainable public-private partnership were formulated.

Conclusions. The main trends in the development of the public-private partnership in the field of vocational education and training in the European Union were highlighted. Firstly, the motivation for the development of the partnership was based on financial incentives for the training of qualified specialists and their further successful employment. Secondly, the public-private partnership was regulated by federal and regional legislation in the field of vocational education and training and was implemented on the basis of contractual relations and co-financing. Thirdly, the risks of the public-private partnership in the field of vocational education and training were related to issues of quality assurance and compliance of professional skills with the ever-changing requirements of the labour market. Fourthly, the role of the private sector was higher than the role of the regulator of the service provider in the field of vocational education and training, as the private sector had a greater interest in the quality of professional skills. Finally, the private sector was motivated to solve the problems that concern the professional skills compliance to the needs of the labour market and market competition.