Qualifikationsplan Wien 2020. Strategie zur Verringerung des Anteils formal gering qualifizierter Personen

The present article introduces the Vienna 2020 Qualification Plan, which was started in 2013 as a joint initiative aiming at significantly reducing the number of Viennese with low skilled education. In the field of adult vocational training, the strategy’s objective is to offer educational modules that build on each other and lead participants step by step to obtain educational credentials while they work or while they are unemployed. Another goal is to facilitate the recognition of non-formally and informally acquired vocational competences as well as of educational credentials acquired abroad. The article presents the background and areas for action of this broad initiative and introduces the “Qualification Pass” for recording qualifications and practical experience and the Vienna Qualified Employee Initiative (Fachkräfteinitiative Wien in German). It describes first experiences with training offerings in the context of the modular course system for obtaining the apprenticeship diploma Competence with System (Kompetenz mit System in German).