Building European VET

time to move on
2930 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 Cedefops 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
Ren 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 lovec
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 Tams Jank 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
mtiers 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 VET
time to move on
2930 September 2014 : Thessaloniki