Vocational training
The Spanish Chamber of Commerce, together with the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation and the Bertelsmann Foundation, has concluded the second edition of its 'Support for Tutors' program, which has facilitated the integration of 168 new SMEs into Vocational Training. The program is expanding geographically and now has 310 participating companies in two years.
La Cámara de Comercio de España, in collaboration with the Fundación CaixaBank Dualiza and Fundación BertelsmannThe second edition of the program has successfully concluded. 'Support for the Mentor of SMEs and Micro-enterprises', an initiative co-financed by the Fondo Social Europeo Plus to integrate small and medium-sized enterprises into the Vocational training.
This program addresses a strategic need within the Spanish productive sector, which is comprised of 99,8% SMEs and micro-enterprises. The initiative enables these companies to assume their role as training providers without a lack of resources or unfamiliarity with the model posing a barrier. To this end, the program introduces the role of a specialized external tutor, provided by the Cámara de Comercio, who accompanies the company tutor in key tasks such as coordination with educational centers, student selection, learning planning and administrative management.
"With a business fabric made up mostly of SMEs, the successful development of Vocational Training depends on these companies having the appropriate support to assume their training role," he pointed out. José Luis Bonet, President of Cámara de España"The Tutor Support program has demonstrated in two editions that this support makes all the difference," he concluded.
Results and territorial expansion of the initiative
The second edition of the program, corresponding to the 2025/2026 academic year, has concluded with the participation of 168 companies , 26 educational centers, and coverage of 25 different vocational training cycles, of which 8 are intermediate-level and 17 are advanced-level. With this new cohort, the total number of companies benefiting from the program across its two editions (2024/2025 and 2025/2026) has reached 310.
The professional fields with the highest concentration of participating companies were Administration and Management , Commerce and Marketing , and Installation and Maintenance . Among the most in-demand vocational training programs were Cooking and Gastronomy (Intermediate Level), and at the Advanced Level, Electronic Maintenance and Renewable Energies.
| Indicator | Figure |
|---|---|
| Participating Companies (2nd Edition) | 168 |
| Total companies benefited (two editions) | 310 |
| Educational centers involved | 26 |
| Training cycles covered | 25 (8 Intermediate Level / 17 Higher Level) |
In addition to consolidating its results, the program has expanded its territorial reach. To the Chambers of Commerce of Alicante, Barcelona, Gijón, Sevilla y Valencia, have been added in this second edition the following Cáceres, Castellón, Murcia y TerrassaThis expansion reinforces the objective of providing SMEs throughout the country with the necessary tools to actively participate in the training of future talent, thus improving the quality of learning and avoiding overloading their internal structures.
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