Speakers, chairs & rapporteurs

Lea Orro is a Member of the Management Board of the Foundation
Innove. She has been one of the founders and assumed leadership
positions in 2 Foundations- the Foundation for Vocational Education
and Training (1995-2005) and the Foundation for the Development of
Lifelong Learning Innove (2003 to date) in Estonia. Both of the
Foundations have played an important role in the implementation of
the reforms in the area of vocational education and training, career
guidance and lifelong learning in Estonia. Also, she has planned and
managed new projects funded by EU Phare Programme and assisting
the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research integrating the results
of the projects into policy framework for VET and LLL strategies. She is
the Member of the Estonian Government’s Adult Education Board. She
participated in the preparation of the Estonian LLL Strategy 2005-
2008, adopted by the government in 2005.

She has contributed to conferences and seminars on the topics of
vocational education and LLL based on the experience of the Estonian
reform efforts. Among others, she made a presentation for CEDEFOP
staff on the Estonian VET system’s latest developments in the context
of achieving Lisbon goals in 2004. She was also the rapporteur of an
international team of the European Training Foundation peer review
„CVT in the context of LLL in Bulgaria”.

Lea Orro has also played an important role in Estonia’s preparation and
planning for the implementation of the EU Structural Funds in the area
of HRD. When Estonia joined EU in May 2004, Foundation Innove was
one of the first Estonian Implementing Agencies to be accredited for
the implementation of the EU Structural Funds. Up to now European
Social Fund is one of the main contributors to CVT in Estonia.

Her interests include reforms and innovation in vocational education,
how to create motivation for LLL and assisting new developing
countries in finding their solutions in developing vocational education
and LLL in the drastically changing socio-economic framework.