Transcript Cluster of knowledge

Cluster of knowledge (CoK)
Modernizing the VET system –
improving performance, quality
and attractiveness of VET
Framework and expectations
The Bruges Communiqué on enhanced
European cooperation in VET for 2011-2020
Challenges
- Globalization
- Demographic changes
- Labour market changes
- Economic and financial crisis
Europe wants to become smarter, more sustainable
and more inclusive
Europe needs flexible, high quality education and
training systems which respond to the needs of
today and tomorrow
A GLOBAL VISION FOR VET IN 2020
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Attractive and inclusive VET
High quality initial VET
Easily accessible and career-oriented continuing VET
Flexible systems of VET, based on a learning
outcomes approach
• A European education and training area
• Substantially
increased
opportunities
for
transnational mobility
• Easily accessible
and
high-quality lifelong
information, guidance and counselling services
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE PERIOD
2011-2020
• IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF
VET AND ENHANCING ITS ATTRACTIVENESS
AND RELEVANCE
• MAKING LIFELONG LEARNING AND MOBILITY
A REALITY
• ENHANCING CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• PROMOTING EQUITY, SOCIAL COHESION AND
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
Countries and organizations
involved in the CoK
• Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, the Former Republic of Macedonia,
the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro,
Romania and Serbia
• European Training Foundation (ETF), the
Centre for Education Policy on behalf of the
Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern
Europe (ERI SEE), and KulturKontakt Austria
(KKA) on behalf of the Task Force Fostering
and Building Human Capital (TFBHC)
CoK’s goal
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To share
Data (common format)
Information (common semantic)
Knowledge (common representation)
• To create new knowledge
- By enabling constructive
(empathy)
perspectives
CoK’s objective
• The cluster
Modernizing the VET system –
improving performance, quality and attractiveness
of VET aims to support the regional cooperation in
VET in accordance with the diversified needs of the
countries for mutual learning, regional exchange of
experience and good practice and for encompassing
the specific phases of national reforms in VET.
• Synergies with the SEE-VET.NET
• Synergies with projects in the framework of the
Danube Region Strategy
Reference to the ERISEE
The overall objective is consistent with the 2008-2010 mission
statement and objectives, and specific objectives and ERISEE work
programme for 2011:
• “Development of mutual policy learning practices through
enhanced institutional cooperation in Vocational Education and
Training in South East Europe “,
• “Further support to country initiatives in the domain of mutual
policy learning and cooperation in the field of education in general”,
and
• “Initiating regional exchange of policies and practices in the area
of equity and access to education, a measure of particularly
relevance for reducing the percentage of early school leavers …., as
suggested by EU2020 education benchmarks”.
Specific objectives
• knowledge transfer on the national policies on:
– quality assurance
– social partnership in VET and matching VET supply with
labour market demand
• developing mutual policy learning practices and
strengthening the exchange of information and good
practice among the countries represented at the
cluster
• supporting intra-country and inter-country cooperation on VET at regional level
• formulation of recommendations for future ERI SEE
support to regional cooperation in VET
Key outputs
• a Compendium of Good Practices
focussing
on
quality
assurance
mechanisms at VET providers’ level and
social partnership in VET
• thematic reports, with key policy
conclusions summaries on themes
identified
Compendium of good practices
-content proposal- Executive summary
- Objectives and scope
- Contexts
- Benefits experienced
- Factual data
- Sources and methods
- Who to contact
2-3 pages
Goals for developing the compendium
• To identify factors that constitute and are
related to attractiveness of VET
• To map the countries policy measures
• To improve attractiveness of VET and to
some extent CVT
ENVISAGED TIMELINE
ACTIVITIES
• Kickoff meeting - 30-31 May 2011, Bucharest
• Workshop on improving quality in VET and developing a quality
culture at VET providers’ level - 24/25 of November 2011 Austria;
starting working on Compendium of Good Practices
• Workshop on development of:
- A Compendium of Good Practices in a number of thematic areas
focussing on quality assurance mechanisms at VET providers’ level
and social partnership in VET in participating countries
Meeting for concluding on good practices included in the
compendium , April 2012, ROMANIA
• Meeting for concluding on cluster’s outputs and for identifying
priorities for further development of VET policy in region, adapted
to national needs - recommendations for further cooperation,
September – October 2012, ROMANIA
Thank you!
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