CVTS3 
The Istat survey on training of personnel in enterprises, In collaboration with the Isfol and coordinated with similar surveys conducted in EU countries under the Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS) - aims to provide an overview on training activities of employees of industry and services at least 10 people.
The survey collects information on initial and continuing training activities organized and financed by businesses.
CVTS detection is carried out every five years, through sample surveys on the population of industrial enterprises and services with 10 employees, based on a European Regulation.
E 'currently in its third edition (
CVTS3 ). Statistical activities have been launched by Eurostat in 1992. The previous surveys are:
- the
CVTS1 , carried out during 1994 from the year 1993;
- the
CVTS2 , conducted in 2000-2001 from the year 1999.
The CVTS3 is the first survey conducted in the scheme mandatory for EU countries, as established by Decision 1552/2005. In December 2004, Eurostat launched - in cooperation with the 25 EU countries and candidate countries - the operations of the new design CVTS, which was conducted in 2006-2007, with reference to the year 2005. The main innovation of
CVTS3, compared to previous surveys, the inclusion of a section in the questionnaire on the "initial", which allowed the respondent enterprises to provide an overview of their training, both initial and ongoing.
The guidelines of the survey - in addition to being included in a new Methodological manual - are also summarized in a legal instrument, the Commission Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 of the Commission on 3 February 2006 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and Council on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises.
The Regulation provides specific information on statistical information to be collected, on the characteristics of the sampling process, the methods of correction and data processing and reporting on each country must produce documentation purposes of statistical activities.
CVTS3 The survey was conducted in Italy by ISTAT and
Isfol, coordinated by Eurostat.
Istat.
detection CVTS3 collects information on the activities of initial and continuing training organized and funded by enterprises in 2005.
- Training activities
continues are those linked to the undertaking for persons engaged in a regular employment contract, temporary or permanent (including part-time), or collaboration agreement. This includes employers and family members that they participate in the company.
- Training activities
initial are those addressed to apprentices and staff under contract to insert or job training (CFL).
The survey does not take into consideration the activities of vocational training for the unemployed, those financed entirely by public or outside the enterprise or whose costs are borne by individual workers.
The information gathered about mainly:
- policies and strategies for management training by enterprises;
- the management and organization of training;
- access to training, its size and contents;
- the expenditure and financing received training;
- the effects of government support for training;
- evaluation of training and its effect on the business environment.
The survey takes into account other aspects of the training process as:
- training for the disadvantaged in the labor market and non-standard contracts.
- the role of social partners in the definition of all aspects of training;
- the factors that prevent or restrict the activities of training for businesses.
CVTS3 The results of the survey will be used by the European Commission to produce high quality statistics and their goal-oriented monitoring of policies to promote education and training at European level in the monitoring and assessment of the progress of European countries within the framework of the Lisbon process.
Attached pose to your attention the
questionnaire administered in Italy by ISTAT.
