{"id":22603,"date":"2026-01-13T11:19:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antoniruiz.com\/?p=22603"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:33:01","slug":"vocational-education-and-companies-the-challenge-is-not-meeting-but-how-we-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antoniruiz.com\/en\/vocational-education-and-companies-the-challenge-is-not-meeting-but-how-we-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocational Education and Companies: the challenge is not meeting, but how we do it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creativity, shared responsibility and new formats to build VET connected to the productive reality<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need to create meeting spaces between Vocational Education and Training (VET) and companies seems obvious. No one questions it.
What truly matters today is not the what<\/strong>, but the how<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, we have relied almost exclusively on traditional formats to showcase VET: student fairs, education fairs or job fairs. Necessary initiatives, yes, but clearly insufficient. In many of these spaces, VET still plays a secondary role, almost as a visitor or guest, presenting its training offer without real and meaningful interaction with the productive sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new single and integrated Vocational Education and Training system<\/strong> demands something essential from us: the courage to be creative<\/strong>, to propose and test new meeting formats<\/strong> where VET and companies do not simply meet, but co-design<\/strong>, engage in dialogue<\/strong> and build together<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s VET system \u2014structured across Levels A, B, C, D and E\u2014 cannot be understood without the active involvement of all social stakeholders<\/strong>. And above all, without a real and committed coalition of companies<\/strong>, not only to give meaning to Dual VET, but also to ensure living, updated curricula<\/strong> aligned with the real demands of employability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who should be involved in these meeting spaces?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For these new formats to succeed, an inclusive and broad vision is required:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Educational centres<\/strong>:\n
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    • Public centres (secondary schools and integrated VET centres)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Private centres with publicly funded VET programmes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Private centres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Accredited centres<\/strong> delivering VET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Local authorities<\/strong> accredited to deliver VET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Companies<\/strong>, large, medium and small<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Business associations, federations and professional circles<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Equivalent bodies and organisations<\/strong> linked to VET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      All of them are part of the ecosystem. And all of them are essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      And how do we participate? Strategies that add value<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Sharing the same space is not enough. The logic of participation must change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Shared design<\/strong> among all stakeholders, with strong involvement from the local and municipal level.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Workshops organised by professional families<\/strong> or based on real productive challenges<\/strong>, proposed by companies themselves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Presentation of training programmes through simulations<\/strong>, at small or medium scale, allowing people to truly \u201csee\u201d and \u201cexperience\u201d VET.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Direct presentation of qualification and employment needs<\/strong> by companies, fostering honest and two-way dialogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Vocational Education cannot continue to be explained solely through brochures or catalogues. It needs living environments<\/strong>, where experimentation, listening and trust-building take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Because the future of VET is not just about expanding training provision, but about strengthening its connection with the productive reality<\/strong>. And that future is built precisely by daring to do things differently<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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