Antonio Silva Mendes, European Commission, DG Education and Culture, Directorate B, Director
10.20-10:50
Cedefop’s 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*
Working groups (set 2) (in parallel)
*including 20’ coffee break during the session
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 for the labour market
Three sub-themes for each theme will be discussed in parallel working groups.
17:30-18:00
Rapporteurs' debriefing*
*Session only for rapporteurs of working groups
18:00-
Dinner
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
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
