Checklist: Evaluating funding arrangements for apprenticeship system

You may use the following checklist to evaluate the funding arrangements for the apprenticeship system in your country, to decide which elements could potentially be strengthened and to judge whether your system could be described as a Quality Apprenticeship system.

Equitable funding arrangements Yes No
In your country:    
Are initiatives taken to calculate the costs and benefits, both financial and non-financial, of apprenticeship training for enterprises?    
Are initiatives taken to calculate the costs and benefits, both financial and non-financial, of apprenticeship training for apprentices?    
Are initiatives taken to calculate the costs and benefits, both financial and non-financial, of apprenticeship training for governments?    
Do governments finance off-the-job training?    
Do governments provide employers with incentives to take on apprentices?    
Do employers finance on-the-job training?    
Do employers remunerate apprentices for the on-the-job training period?    
Do employers remunerate apprentices for the off-the-job training period?    
Are current funding arrangements sufficient to sustain apprenticeship training?    

If you have answered “no” to any of these questions, it might be worth examining ways in which the funding arrangements for apprenticeship training in your country could be clarified and supported. The equitable funding of apprenticeship systems is a key factor in the success and sustainability of Quality Apprenticeships.