Thursday, 15 October 2009

Welcome and opening speeches
Aviana Bulgarelli, Director, Cedefop
João Delgado, Head of Unit, Directorate General for Education and Culture, European Commission
(speech , 115KB)

Cedefop’s analysis: Sharing the costs of training in the newer EU Member States
Patrycja Lipińska, Cedefop
and
Rimantas Dumčius, Public Policy and Management Institute, Lithuania

Systemic perspective: country examples

Financing VET in Hungary: main cost sharing schemes
Zsófia Lux, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, Department of Adult Training and Vocational Training, Hungary
(presentation , 221KB),   (abstract , 9KB),   (paper , 49KB)
Financing of adults training - Bulgarian example
Galia Bozhanova, Director, VET center, Bulgarian Industrial Association, Bulgaria
VET financing policies from two points of view
Juraj Vantuch, Comenius University, Slovakia
(presentation , 284KB)

Encouraging private sector investment: financing instruments
Parallel working sessions

Working group I: Incentives for individuals

Hungarian experience in student loaning with reference to some other European countries
Edina Berlinger, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
VET financing in Latvia in times of change
Jānis Gaigals, Director, Ministry of Education and Science, Department of Vocational and General Education, Latvia
(presentation , 283KB)
Incentives for initial and continuous VET learners in Estonia
Andres Pung, Director, Ministry of Education and Research, Vocational and Adult Education Department, Estonia
(presentation , 84KB)
Significance of training costs for Romanian employers and employees
Ovidiu Mantaluta, Institute for Educational Sciences, Romania
(presentation , 521KB)

Working group II: Incentives for employers

An overview of tax incentives to encourage legal entities to promote VET in the EU with special reference to Lithuania
Simonas Gaušas, Public Policy and Management Institute, Lithuania
(presentation , 154KB)
ESF co-financing for vocational training: grant schemes for training of employees in Lithuania
Dalia Čiupailaitė, Public Policy and Management Institute, Lithuania
(presentation ,1MB)
Co-financed training aid in Malta
Joseph Galea, Employment and Training Corporation, Malta
(presentation , 264 KB)
Supporting companies in financing CVET – Czech example
Vera Czesaná, Department Manager, National Training Fund, National Observatory of Employment and Training, the Czech Republic
(presentation , 2,6MB)

Working group III: Obligations for employers

The Human Resource Development Fund in Cyprus: Recent developments and effects of the economic crisis
George Panayides, Director of Training Services, Human Resource Development Authority, Cyprus
(presentation , 166KB),   (abstract , 10KB),   (paper , 121KB)
Sharing the costs and responsibility in VET in Slovenia
Janja Meglič, Chamber of Crafts and Branko Kumer, Director, School Centre of Ptuj, Slovenia
(presentation , 1,2MB)
Training fund in Poland - its effectiveness and future prospects
Łukasz Arendt, University of Łódź, Poland
(presentation , 1,8 MB),   (abstract , 54KB),   (paper , 160KB)
How to ensure that micro enterprises have access to the Vocational Training Fund in Hungary
Tamás Rettich, Hungarian Association of Craftsman’s Corporations (IPOSZ), Hungary
(presentation , 580KB)

Friday, 16 October2009

Reports from the working sessions
Working Group I (, 118KB)          Working Group III (, 79KB)

The role of European funds in supporting training. Response to the crisis.
Viktorija Šmatko, Director, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
(presentation , 248KB)
The EIB Education Lending Paper: Implications for VET Finance
Albert Tuijnman, European Investment Bank
(presentation , 800KB)
Examples of anti-crisis measures supported by the ESF in Poland:
How to revitalise the economy by investing in training
Paulina Mucha, Ministry of Regional Development, Department for European Social Fund Management, Poland
(presentation , 135KB),   (abstract , 9KB),   (paper , 26KB)