Objectives of the project are to identify the factors of failure and/or success of dual approaches in other contexts than the original one; to assess the feasibility of incorporating dual structures in Portugal and Spain in the footwear industry; and to make policy recommendations aimed at policy makers concerning the potential adoption. Currently are we analysing the “state of the art” of the different VET-systems in the shoe sector. We adopted the 11 “constitutional elements” of the German VET-regime described by Euler (2013) to estimate potentials of exporting apprenticeship. But we prefer not to talk about German “constitutional elements” but about central questions that must be answered by any VET regime – and the German answers on some of these questions differ from the Spanish or Portuguese and open the field for policy learning. For any games on this field the beliefs and interests of stakeholders like teachers, employers, trade unions, chambers etc must be considered as well. So a row of interviews with the relevant stakeholders in shoe industry will be performed, the answers and trends will reveal the potentials of incorporating dual structures and will compose the main part of the presentation of DualTrain project.

DualTRAIN project on adam.europe.eu: Search for "DualTRAIN" Euler, D. (2013) Germany's dual vocational training system: a model for other countries? Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung