19.30

Welcome reception

09.00-09.30

Registration

09.30-10.30

10.30-10.45

Chair: Juan Menéndez-Valdés, Chairman, Governing Board of Cedefop 

Welcome
Juan Menéndez-Valdés, Chairman, Governing Board of Cedefop

Opening speeches

• Ján Figel’, Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
• Jakub Dürr, Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic
• Konstantinos Kouskoukis, Secretary General for Lifelong Learning, Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs, Greece

The Bordeaux Communiqué – How it was developed, what it means
Elisabeth Arnold, Ministry of Education, France

10.45-11.15

Tea/coffee break

11.15-12.00




12.00-13.30

Chair: Christian Lettmayr, Cedefop

Cedefop’s policy analysis: Continuity, consolidation and change
Aviana Bulgarelli, Director, Cedefop

Discussion

Round table discussion

From Copenhagen to Bordeaux: Progress in implementing European VET priorities

• Mario Sepi, President, European Economic and Social Committee
• Shawn Mendes, National Agency for Education (Skolverket), Sweden
• Anders Vind, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
• Barbara Dorn, BusinessEurope
• Ute Hippach-Schneider, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung - ReferNet
  
  

13.30-15.00

Family photo and lunch

15.00-17.30

Parallel working sessions

Chair: Mara Brugia, Cedefop
Rapporteur: Loukas Zahilas, Cedefop

Working group I: Implementing European tools and principles: a catalyst for lifelong learning  


Qualifications frameworks: catalysts for lifelong learning?
Jens Bjørnåvold, Cedefop

Recognition of non-formal and informal learning: emerging issues, cost and benefits
Patrick Werquin, OECD

Shift from VET to LLL in the Czech Republic
Jitka Pohanková, National Institute for VET (NUOV), Czech Republic

Chair: Mária Hrabinská, Cedefop
Rapporteur: Tom Leney, Qualifications and Curriculaum Authority (QCA), UK

Working group II: Promoting excellence and innovation in VET: towards world class standards


Principles and indicators for quality in VET
Tina Bertzeletou, Cedefop

Apprenticeship: a learning path in higher education
Silvia Spattini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Exploration and analysis of creativity and innovation in initial VET
Gabriele Stöger and Walter Stach, lege_artis, Austria

Chair: Patrycja Lipińska, Cedefop
Rapporteur: Ivica Milicevic, Training and Employment Authority (FÁS), Ireland

Working group III: Improving links between VET and the labour market: meeting the demand for skills


Anticipating skills for European recovery
Alena Zukersteinova, Cedefop

Forward looking studies on employment, occupations and qualifications in France: tools, users, networks and transfer into practice
Marc-Antoine Estrade, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment, France

20.00

Conference dinner

9.00-10.00

Chair: Peter Kreiml, Governing Board of Cedefop 

Reports from the working sessions

10.00-11.00

The future of vocational education and training - challenges and opportunities
Manfred Tessaring, Cedefop

Discussion

11.00-11.30

Tea/coffee break

11.30-13.00

Chair: Ioánna Nezi, Cedefop

Round table discussion

From Bordeaux to Bruges: VET beyond 2010 

• João Delgado, Directorate General for Education and Culture, European Commission
• Sebastian Stetter, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
• Micheline Scheys, Ministry of Education and Training Flemish Community of Belgium
• Andrea Benassi, Secretary General, The European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME)
• Margareta Nikolovska, European Training Foundation
  
  

13.00-13.30

Closing speech
Hélène Clark, Director, Directorate General for Education and Culture,  European Commission

13.30-15.00

Lunch

15.00

Social event