There may be a difficult trade-off between ensuring that the costs to firms investing in apprenticeships are not too high and ensuring suitable working conditions and quality of training for apprentices. In many emerging economies, specific work schemes and training programmes exist that can complement apprenticeship programmes. They include on the job training programmes in Hirkey, the BECATE programme in Mexico and the Joven programmes in Chile, Argentina and Colombia, which combine education, job training and internships.