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Mobility an economic necessity, a cultural opportunity
Peter Cras, general director KCHEuropean Conference of the regions for the promoting of mobility in Vocationel Education and Training, Barcelona, May 2009
Expertise CentreVET
creating conditions for lifelong learning
KCHKnowledge Centre
KCHTesting &
Assessments
KCHInternational
KCHHuman Capital Management
• Development and maintenance of National Vocational Qualifications
Trade sector and Fashion and Textile production sector• Accreditation and support of companies that participate in formal vocational education• Research Labourmarket in relation to VET
• exams
• tests
• assesments
• evaluations
• audits
• promote and support international mobility within formal
educational programs• initiate and participate
in international projects in order to innovate and improve
vocational education
• advise and support companies in setting up HCM• competence analisys
and development• provide companies and organisation wih practicle HCM advise and tools
Expertise CentreVET
Different activities,
KCH Knowledge CentreKCH Testing & AssessmentsKCH InternationalKCH Human Capital Management
same perspective
In companies/organisations where professional development is adopted in the mindset of management and implemented in the day to day operations, both company and employees benefits from it.
Different activities, same perspective
• information: any place, any time, anywhere
• the world has become the playing field• flexibility and mobility will change from “nice” to “must” for many people
Mobility: an economic necessity
Mobility: a cultural opportunity• broaden your horizon about people and systems• learn to understand that “your set of values” is just “one set of values”• become “richer” as a person• the cultural opportunities depend on the position in
which the mobility takes place
KCH: Involvement in mobilityContributed to transparency of information in the National Vocational Qualifications Framework in the Netherlands:
• a competency based description of qualifications (NVQ’s Netherlands)• using the same method for all sectors• by using the same principles and language we understand a lot better what competencies are needed in what occupations• the national experience helps us in our work in international projects
KCH: Involvement in mobilityAccreditation and support of companies abroad that participate in formal vocational education
• database of 600 accredited companies abroad based on commonly agreed quality criteria• focus on Belgium, Germany, UK and Spain• working together with educational institutes that sent students abroad • working together with institutes/experts in the different countries to accreditate and support companies• evaluate apprenticeships
KCH: Involvement in mobility
• approach of common objectives/jobprofile: Cominter/Recomfor project• approach of membership of structural network: European vocational Association of VET (EVTA.eu)• approach of Euregional needs: Germany-Netherlands-Belgium.
A demand driven reality.
Participation in international projects
Cominter-Recomfor project
Objectives:Common European qualification for international trade:• validated by social partners in 9 European countries• implemented at (inter)national level
Stimulating mobility in international trade by in initial VET:• using ECVET• creating a European network of recognized training centres and
companies
KCH: Involvement in mobility
Certicom project: example of network approach
• within EVTA network starting from needs of its members using mobility and European instruments as mean (www.evta.eu)• diversity in needs and solutions within a structured network
with resources (technical staff, technological support, history of collaboration since 1996)• focused on continuous and/or adults• one of the projects: the construction of an European internet
application with a database of companies selected according to common agreed quality criteria (= certicom project)
KCH: Involvement in mobility
Euregional context
• in the Euregions Germany-Netherlands-Belgium real socio-economic context• consumers moving, SME’s doing business• need and necessity to involve VET and in particularly mobility between trainees, expressed by regional stakeholders. VET providers, stakeholders• KCH involved in exchange and pilot project related to mobiity. Involving companies, trainees and trainers. Use of European tools envisaged in particularly ECVET
KCH: Involvement in mobility
We are available for further questions and contact
Peter CrasGeneral director [email protected]
Pasqualino MareManager KCH [email protected]