Building European VETtime to move on ––29–30 September 2014 : Thessaloniki

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME MONDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2014 09.30 – 10.00 Registration of participants Chair: James Calleja, Cedefop Director

10.00 – 10.20 Welcome and opening of the conference

James Calleja, Cedefop Director Antonio Silva Mendes, European Commission, DG Education and Culture, Directorate B, Director

10.20 – 10.50 Cedefop’s VET Policy Monitoring – key trends in EU and candidate countries Lore Schmid and Jasper van-Loo, Cedefop Georgios Zisimos, ETF

10.50 – 11.00 Flash Info Session (1) Dmitrijs Kulss, Cedefop Introduction to the first set of themes to be discussed in working groups.

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 13.30 Working groups (set 1) (in parallel) Debates with stakeholders on positive experiences, progress, obstacles and bottlenecks based on country/organisation examples, that will help identify success factors and lessons that can be learnt from the current sets of priorities and short-term deliverables. Theme 1: Monitoring labour market outcomes and ensuring feedback to VET

provision Theme 2: The use of incentives in VET Three sub-themes for each theme will be discussed in parallel working groups.

13.30 – 15.00 Lunch

15.00 – 15.10 Flash Info Session (2) Dmitrijs Kulss, Cedefop Introduction to the second set of themes to be discussed in working groups.

15.10 – 17.30* *including 20’ coffee break during the session

Working groups (set 2) (in parallel) Debates with stakeholders on positive experiences, progress, obstacles and bottlenecks based on country examples, that will help identify success factors and lessons that can be learnt from the current sets of priorities and short-term deliverables. Theme 3:The role of VET for innovation Theme 4: Key competences in VET Three sub-themes for each theme will be discussed in parallel working groups.

17.30 – 18.00 Rapporteurs' debriefing* *Session only for workshop rapporteurs.

18.00 – Dinner

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

TUESDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2014 09.15 – 09.45 Arrival of participants

09.45 – 10.25 Reflecting on the outcomes of the working groups (part I)

Session moderator: Steve Bainbridge, Cedefop Pascaline Descy, Cedefop Inta Susta, Ministry of Education, Latvia Agnes Roman, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) John Huber (tbc), The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry George Kostakis, Cedefop, rapporteur on Theme 1 Kostas Pouliakas, Cedefop, rapporteur on Theme 2 Discussion with moderators and stakeholders on main points raised by working group participants for each theme, with a view to main findings of the Policy Report on the themes and the role and areas of activation of stakeholders.

Theme 1: Monitoring labour market outcomes and feedback to VET provision Theme 2: Using incentives effectively in VET

10.25 – 10.50 Coffee break

10.50 – 11.30 Reflecting on the outcomes of the working groups (part II)

Session moderator: Ioanna Nezi, Cedefop Mara Brugia, Cedefop Inta Susta, Ministry of Education, Latvia Agnes Roman, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) John Huber (tbc), The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry Jan Varchola, DG EAC, EC, rapporteur on Theme 3 Jasper van-Loo, Cedefop, rapporteur on Theme 4 Discussion with moderators and stakeholders on main points raised by working group participants for each theme, with a view to main findings of the Policy Report on the themes and the role and areas of activation of stakeholders.

Theme 3: The role of VET for innovation Theme 4: Key competences for the labour market

11.30 – 12.30 On the way to 2020: learning from the past (Panel discussion)

Chair: Antonio Silva Mendes, Director, DG EAC, EC Petri Lempinen, Finnish Confederation of Professionals Salvatore Pirrone, Director General for VET, Italy Nikolaos Gavalakis, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises René van Schalkwijk, EUproVET Giuseppina Tucci, OBESSU

12.30 – 13.30 Light lunch

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29 September, 11:30-13:30 Theme 1: Monitoring labour market outcomes and ensuring feedback to VET provision

1.1 Feedback mechanisms 1.2 Labour market outcomes 1.3 Sharing results to maximise impact

Moderator Dana-Carmen Bachman, EC Alena Zukersteinova, Cedefop Jan Varchola, EC Contribution Ruud Baarda (via Skype) Carina Cronsioe Martin Úlovec Foundation for Cooperation on VET

and the Labour Market - SBB (Netherlands)

National Agency for Higher Vocational Education (Sweden)

National Institution for Education (Czech Republic)

Example What is the Dutch experience in using monitoring for VET provision?

How VET providers and companies participate in monitoring labour market outcomes?

How to disseminate labour market intelligence to VET learners through a web platform?

Rapporteur Jasper van-Loo, Cedefop Juraj Vantuch, SIOV (Slovakia) George Kostakis, Cedefop Location Library room Rousseau room Foyer (table 1)

Theme 2: The use of incentives in VET 2.1 Incentives for learners 2.2 Incentives for SMEs 2.3 Incentives for VET institutions

Moderator Patrycja Lipinska, Cedefop Kostas Pouliakas, Cedefop Dmitrijs Kulss, Cedefop Contribution Tamás Jankó Mihalis Tzamalis Ken Seery

Ministry for National Economy (Hungary)

Small Enterprises' Institute IME GSEVEE (Greece)

Further Education and Training Authority SOLAS (Ireland)

Example How did the VET school scholarship scheme spur students training for jobs with shortage in supply?

How can financial incentives be linked to occupational profiles and be matched with validation of learning?

What is the experience of introducing performance-based incentives for VET providers? The Momentum initiative.

Rapporteur Lidia Salvatore, Cedefop Giovanni Russo, Cedefop Kersti Raudsepp, Cedefop Location Europa room Montessori room Foyer (table 2)

29 September, 15:10-17:30 (including coffee break)

Theme 3: The role of VET for innovation 3.1 Entrepreneurship 3.2 Innovation clusters 3.3 Partnerships for innovation

Moderator Ernesto Villalba-Garcia, Cedefop Alin-Adrian Nica, Committee of Regions Lore Schmid, Cedefop

Contribution Iris Hermens Veronique Gueguen Adrijana Hodak

Entreprenasium school (the Netherlands)

Ministry of Education (France)

Intercompany Training Center (Slovenia)

Example How entrepreneurship learners can be in charge of their own education and their own enterprise?

How can innovation clusters involve VET at regional level? Campus des métiers et des qualifications’

What is the experience of the cooperation between the Nova Gorica School Center and enterprises?

Rapporteur Georgios Zisimos, ETF Jan Varchola, DG EAC, EC Lore Schmid, Cedefop Location Library room Rousseau room Foyer (table 1)

Theme 4: Key competences in VET 4.1 Career management skills 4.2 Basic skills in working life 4.3 Basic skills in adult learning

Moderator Pedro Moreno da Fonseca, Cedefop Irina Jemeljanova, Cedefop Alexandra Dehmel, Cedefop Contribution Auli Harkonen Vigdis Lahaug Liliana Preoteasa

Amiedu adult education centre (Finland)

Agency for Lifelong Learning (Norway)

Ministry of Education (Romania)

Example How career management skills can be developed in adult education? The example of Amiedu

What is the experience in promoting basic competences at the workplace? The BCW programme.

How can young adults who did not complete compulsory education access a basic education programme?

Rapporteur Pavel Trantina, EESC Jasper van-Loo, Cedefop Vlasis Korovilos, Cedefop Location Europa room Montessori room Foyer (table 2)

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Building European VETtime to move on ––29–30 September 2014 : Thessaloniki