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The article examines work-based learning programmes for young people in ten Mediterranean countries: Algeria; Egypt; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Morocco; Syria; Tunisia; Turkey; and the West Bank and Gaza. Although these countries are characterised by a large share of informal apprenticeships and skills development, there is a wide variety of formal programmes in place that combine work with learning in institutional settings. A comparative analysis has revealed nearly 30 such work-based programmes or schemes which can be classified into three categories, each of them facing specific challenges: well-established programmes; long-established programmes; and relatively recent pilot programmes. Balancing growth and quality improvement, integration and governance within the vocational education and training systems and learning from other examples within the region are among the major challenges. Strong evidence was found that apprenticeship and work-based learning are moving up on the national policy agenda in some countries.
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Sweet, R., Zelloth, H. (2010). We Need Them, They Need Us: Work-Based Learning Programmes for Young People in the Mediterranean Region. In: Smith, E., Rauner, F. (eds) Rediscovering Apprenticeship. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3116-7_9
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