2022 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages 37-44
In order to examine the vocational education and training policies of the Nordic cooperation within the framework of the EU, a comparative study of the vocational education and training policies of the EU and the Nordic cooperation was conducted. First of all, the EU’s vocational education and training policies required to introduce workplace training in order to enhance competitiveness and employment. On the other hands, the Nordic cooperation accepted the EU’s vocational education and training policies because it required to cope both the welfare state and competitiveness, and because it required to expand workplace training by referring to the EU’s policies. However, at the same time, it became clear that they are exploring their own unique policies based on the EU’s vocational education policies by examining the advanced cases in the Nordic countries.
