- Policy Brief - Strengthening apprenticeships for transitions to formality

However, apprenticeships – in particular those economy in the informal economy – need to be modernised and Employers’ and workers’ ability to seize the opportunities of transformed to respond to this paradigm shift. [...] Judicious timing of the various stages of intervention, and Quality apprenticeships help to perpetuate and consolidate selection of the best combination of elements, are of critical productive and innovative micro and small enterprises. [...] Recognize prior learning and their trade; and a training course at the end of the competences apprenticeship could include an introduction to To make the skills of apprentices and in-company trainers entrepreneurship skills and guidance on how to find more visible and improve their access to decent work employment or get finance to set up their own business. [...] apprenticeship by a credible organization, skill standards Approaches to implement RPL should maintain and and logbooks can enhance the recognition of skills and enhance the involvement and ownership of professional thus improve young people’s chances of finding a job on associations in the national assessment schemes to ensure completion of their apprenticeships. [...] In in the informal economy in West and East Africa have addition, learning programmes need to match the needs of emerged in situations where 1) governing authorities had a diverse workforce, and learning modalities need to be developed a positive view of development capacities in the adapted accordingly.