Trends on training and HRD in Belgium During the annual ETDF General Assembly meeting in Leusden (The Netherlands) on May 9 th 2009 the General Assembly disussed the trends on training and !"D in the #artii#ating ountries$ The re#resentati%es &rom 'elgium inluded (atri) 'el#aire* !ugues "ihard and +hantal ,nede)u$ Main trends on training and !"D in 'elgium inlude- .$ A &ous on (short) &undamental training* &oused on the urrent /ob o& the em#loyee* result0dri%en 2$ A &inanial #ressure on (&ormal) training$ This leads to more interest &or in&ormal 1ays o& learning on the /ob$ Talent0based de%elo#ment has been introdued 2$ A shi&t &rom training to learning The 343 adds the &ollo1ing trends &or the Flemish #art o& 'elgium- .$ Management o& talents during #eriods o& eonomi risis 2$ Labour mar)et in transition$$less borders bet1een labor mar)et and other soial systems 2$ ,nno%ati%e organi5ations$$$to1ards sel&0steering teams 6$ 7uali&iation struture enabling better ommuniation about 8uali&iation bet1een labour and soial 1orlds$ The eonomi risis is not in&luening training and !"D that muh (yet)$ !o1e%er* it leads to more integration o& de%elo#ment into other !" tools (training as 9one o& the tools: not as a se#arate issue)$ There is less time &or re&letion and benhmar)ing$ The eonomi risis also leads to lin)s bet1een eduation and training in om#anies (the i%il e&&et o& training beomes more and more im#ortant)$ Trends in training and HRD in Italy During the annual ETDF General Assembly meeting in Leusden (The Netherlands) on May 9 th 2009 the General Assembly disussed the trends on training and !"D in the #artii#ating ountries$ The re#resentati%es &rom ,taly inluded +ristina 'ertu55i and +hiara Martinelli$ Main trends on training and !"D in ,taly inlude- .$ The lin) bet1een shools* uni%ersities and training beomes stronger$ The industry is as)ing &or erti&iation ; 8uality$ There is a lot o& disussion on erti&iation o& indi%idual !"D0#ro&essionals (di&&iult to get this reali5ed)$ 2$ There are lots o& 8uestions on ho1 to &ailitate the math bet1een training needs and o&&ers$ 2$ Need &or inno%ation (ne1 tools* ne1 ser%ies* 1eb 2$0 tools et* ho1 are #eo#le learning<)$ The eonomi risis leads to a global redution in !"D=training in%estments$ There is an inreasing use o& &inaned training (li)e the training &unded by E>F subsidies)$ The training is more &oused on basis=ore and on tehnial training$ 'eause the onstant redution o& in%estment o& the go%ernment in the eduation system (shools* uni%ersities)* there is a gro1ing need in om#anies to im#ro%e )no1ledge and s)ills o& em#loyees$ T r e n d s
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E u r o # e 1 Trends in training and HRD in Spain During the annual ETDF General Assembly meeting in Leusden (The Netherlands) on May 9 th 2009 the General Assembly disussed the trends on training and !"D in the #artii#ating ountries$ >#ain 1as re#resented by ?a%ier Armaolea ?uaristi$ Main trends in training and !"D in (North) >#ain inlude- .$ An inrease in distane and online training initiati%es and lin)ed to this a &ous on the 8uality o& training* e&&et o& training* results o& training$ 2$ A &ous on short training ati%ities (2 @ 60 hours) on re8uest o& the em#loyee$ 2$ Training is &oused on #ro&essional (&untional) training (not &oused on business training)$ 6$ The number o& immigrants in inreasing$ This leads to more demands &or language and interultural training$ The eonomi risis inreases the demand &or training* sine the >#anish go%ernment is gi%ing &inanial su##ort to om#anies that are ha%ing #roblems beause o& the eonomi risis$ The money &rom the go%ernment an be s#end on training &or em#loyees$ The state e%en #ays a little salary to em#loyees during training$ Trends in training and HRD in Portugal During the annual ETDF General Assembly meeting in Leusden (The Netherlands) on May 9 th 2009 the General Assembly disussed the trends on training and !"D in the #artii#ating ountries$ (ortugal 1as re#resented by Mariado +armo 'essa and Manuel (eiAoto$ +om#anies in (ortugal are obligated to #ro%ide at least 2B hours o& training #er year to em#loyees$ The go%ernment is assessing initial and ontinues training and there is a 1ell 1or)ing erti&iation #rogram &or trainers$ Trainers are 1ell 8uali&ied and erti&ied$ !o1e%er* the &ous o& managers in the (ortuguese om#anies is still mainly on business* not on the #eo#le$ This ma)es it di&&iult to introdue and im#lement training and !"D$ A om#liating &ator is that !"D0#ro&essionals are still 1or)ing on administrati%e #roesses* not on #artnershi# in business$ Trends in training and HRD in France During the annual ETDF General Assembly meeting in Leusden (The Netherlands) on May 9 th 2009 the General Assembly disussed the trends on training and !"D in the #artii#ating ountries$ Germany 1as re#resented by Marie0(aule Moreau$ Training in%estments in Frane are #aid by the om#anies itsel&* 1ho ha%e to ontribute .*CD o& the 1age bill to training &unds$ This only a##lies &or om#anies o%er 20 #eo#le$ The #osition o& the bodies that hold the &unds is %ery strong$ There is lots o& money a%ailable &or training* but sometimes it is hard to get$ Enem#loyment is gro1ing and e%erything is &oused on this$ Main trends in training and !"D in Frane inlude- .$ Frane is in a #eriod o& hange$ ,n ?anuary 2009 FAord National ,nter#ro&essionalG is signed by the unions$ The la1 is being #ublished in the neAt oming months$ This should lead to an o#timi5ed system (&unds alloated) and seured #ro&essional areers (a F(>(F #ro/et) 2$ The #o1er o& intermediary bodies in the training system is inreasing 4(+A &or the training &unds$ These training &unds &inane 22D o& eah training$ "egional bodies (su##orted by GA"F) are beoming more im#ortant 2$ ,ndi%idualism gets stronger in training$ This is a ma/or ultural hange &or a ountry that thin)s on a olleti%e basis- D,F (droit ,ndi%iduel H le &ormation) 3AE (o&&iial reognition o& s)ills and )no1ledge) T r e n d s
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E u r o # e 2 The eonomi risis leads to a redued training budget$ ,nno%ation is &oused on the 8uestion- !o1 to lose the ga# bet1een strategi 8uestions=needs and the solutions< The #osition o& training managers gets more unseure$ GA"F is onerned about this situation and has deided to hel# its members$ Trends in training and HRD in Germany During the annual ETDF General Assembly meeting in Leusden (The Netherlands) on May 9 th 2009 the General Assembly disussed the trends on training and !"D in the #artii#ating ountries$ Germany 1as re#resented by AndrI ?Jnger$ Main trends in training and !"D in Germany inlude- .$ The setor is rede&ining the role o& the trainers (1or)ing on erti&iation* eduation o& trainers* M'A &or trainersK there are about .00$000 @ .B0$000 trainers in Germany) 2$ The res#onsibility &or training is shi&ting &rom the om#any to the indi%idual (om#anies are &ousing on &untional s)illsK so&t s)ill de%elo#ment is o1n res#onsibility o& the em#loyee)$ Training is getting shorter and more on the /ob$ 2$ >trategies &or Li&elong Learning are de&ined to su##ort training$ ,ndi%idual training %ouhers are introdued and the go%ernment is stimulating the use o& training$ The eonomi risis lead to less in%estment in training and !"D$ The ga# bet1een om#anies 1ho s#end money on training and those 1ho anel training (e$g$ ar industry) inreases$ The training to#is are shi&ting- less talent management* less so&t s)illsK &ous on #ro/et management and entre#reneurshi#$ Training is shorter and more on the /ob$ More standard trainings are used$ Trends in training and HRD in The Netherlands During the annual ETDF General Assembly meeting in Leusden (The Netherlands) on May 9 th 2009 the General Assembly disussed the trends on training and !"D in the #artii#ating ountries$ The Netherlands 1as re#resented by ?oe# >traatho& and ?olanda 'ot)e$ Main trends in training and !"D in The Netherlands inlude- .$ An inreased &ous on the return on in%estment &or training$ +om#anies 1ant to )no1 1hat the added %alue is and as) more 8uestion on the "4, be&ore they deide to in%est in training and de%elo#ment$ 2$ There is a shi&t &rom &ormal training to in&ormal learning$ More learning on the 1or)#lae$ Also an inreased demand &or areditation o& #rior learning (A(LK this is a main to#i &or the go%ernment* go%ernment is &unding A(L)$ 2$ Talent management has been introdued in se%eral om#anies$ The 8uestion no1 arises 1hat the result o& talent management is or ould be$ Talent management is lin)ed to #er&ormane management$ This also leads to disussions on di%ersity* authentiity and role o& the leader$ The eonomi risis leads to a redued in%estment in training and de%elo#ment$ ,t also leads to more 8uestion on ho1 training and de%elo#ment an ha%e added %alue in om#anies (more disussion in learning)* both on the indi%idual le%el as 1ell as on the strategi le%el$ T r e n d s
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