Lifelong learning is a fundamental element of the European education area and an ongoing process for personal development, acquiring knowledge and adapting more effectively to the labour market and new life circumstances.
Experience shows that knowledge gained through formal education is not sufficient for an entire working life: accelerating technological and social changes can make existing knowledge, skills, values and attitudes outdated.
Obrtničko učilište, an adult education institution, was established in 2006. It operates in Zagreb at Ilica 49.
The college's tasks
- Connecting vocational education with the economy and regional development
- Establishing a network with companies and other educational institutions
- Taking an advisory role for other education providers and companies in the region
- Encouraging innovation in crafts
- Providing advice and information to parents and students who may participate in education for craft professions.
Our vision is to continuously research the craft sector's workforce needs, develop curricula based on occupational standards and organise programmes aligned with labour-market needs in crafts and entrepreneurship. Programmes involve craftspeople, their employees, companies, teachers and students and, through cooperation with the Croatian Employment Service, registered unemployed people. The college welcomes cooperation and will organise courses, seminars and specialist seminars in areas where stakeholders express interest or labour-market needs arise.