WORK BASED LEARNING IN THE INTER-REGIONAL AREA BETWEEN SLOVENIA AND NORTH-EASTERN ITALY
WORK BASED LEARNING IN THE INTER-REGIONAL AREA BETWEEN SLOVENIA AND NORTH-EASTERN ITALY

Author(s): Mitja Stefancic
Subject(s): Economy, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Work based learning;labour markets;education management;Slovenia;Italy;
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the development of Work based learning (WBL) programmes in higher and professional education in Slovenia and Italy. Albeit challenging the wrong assumption that WBL is the solution to the problem of youth unemployment, the paper evaluates the opportunity to develop exchange programmes of education mobility between Slovenia and North-Eastern Italian regions (such as Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto). Similar economic environments and shared cultural values in the cross-border area should stimulate the development of such programmes, which may be beneficial to young students not only in terms of future economic benefits (e.g. better positioning within the labour market) but also in terms of rising multicultural awareness and active citizenship.

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