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Prishtina, 13th June 2012
ETF and Kosovo Pedagogical Institute and GIZ
BACKGROUND
The TORINO PROCESS is
a participatory process leading to
an evidence-based analysis of
VET policies in a given country.
• Launched in 2010
• Conference organised in May 2011
• Final Declaration – 250 participants
from all partner countries
welcomed idea of strengthening
evidence/knowledge base in
VET policy design and evaluation.
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FOUR PRINCIPLES
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Ownership of both process and results by partner
country stakeholders.
Broad participation in the process as a basis for reflections
and consensus building/policy learning.
Holistic approach, using a broad concept of VET for both
young people and adults and adhering to a system approach,
including links to economic and social demands.
Evidence or knowledge-based assessment.
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
VET IS
• Understood in broad sense, covering education
and training that aims to equip both young
people and adults with knowledge, know-how,
skills and competences required on the labour
market, for social inclusion and personal
development.
• Provided at different levels (including
secondary, post-secondary and tertiary), in
formal, non-formal or informal settings, in
institutions, companies or other places, and
at different stages of people’s lives.
Adapted from Commission Communication on New Impetus for VET
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WHAT IS EVIDENCE?
EVIDENCE CAN TAKE MANY FORMS
such as experience and evaluation of practice,
the results of scientific analyses, quantitative
and qualitative research, basic and applied
research, and the development of statistics and
indicators. Education and training are part of the
diverse cultural traditions and … there can be no
simple prescriptions about what makes good
policy or practice. This makes it all the more
important to know … about what works, for
whom, under what circumstances and with
what outcomes.
Commission Staff Working Document, ‘Towards more knowledge-based policy and
practice in education and training’, SEC(2007)1098, Brussels, 2007
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WHAT IS POLICY LEARNING?
‘Policy’ is about visions for development and the
ways to achieve goals.
Learning is successful, i.e. learners acquire new
knowledge, skills and attitudes, when they have
been actively engaged in learning processes.
VET reform can only be sustainable if local
stakeholders have developed their own
policy solutions. Reforms need to be
embedded in local contexts – local knowledge
and initiative is a key source and starting point
for change.
The Torino Process offers a platform for policy
learning – for sharing experience, reflection and
creating new insights, knowledge and consensus
on VET policies.
Adapted from ETF Yearbook 2008 Policy Learning in Action
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KEY MESSAGES from implementation
process 2010 in KOSOVO
FINDINGS
• Reforms of the general education and VET systems are in progress, but with
little strategic coordination and little policy impact evaluation.
• VET is poorly represented in the central structures and the government’s
budget. Low priority is given to the implementation of VET curricula.
• The relevance of VET to the labour market is hampered by the quality of VET.
There is no systematic approach to translate the analysis of the labour market
into curricula and qualifications.
• Appropriate incentives to promote the school-business interaction are lacking,
and platforms for social partnership are still in early stages of development.
• VTCs have limited discretion and flexibility to meet the needs of local markets.
There is little evidence that they provide significant advanced training.
• There could be overlap in setting education standards between NQA, CVET,
and the new curriculum authority.
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KEY MESSAGES from implementation
process 2010 in KOSOVO
CHALLENGES
To improve the external efficiency:
• Need to improve the quality and enhance the relevance of VET system to
labour market and individual needs.
• The articulation of education subsystems will decide how Kosovo’s policy
efforts will build consistency across the set of education reforms, including
higher education.
• High priorities such as the Centres of Competence (COCs) and the National
Qualifications Framework (NQF) are to be embedded in the wider reform
vision and fully scaled up throughout the system.
• Governance and financing model of VET system: need to find the ‘right’
incentives for enterprises to get involved, to link decentralisation with quality
and to build consistent institutional arrangements for the autonomy for VET
institutions.
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ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
Key Questions
POLICY VISION
INTERNAL QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY
What is the vision for VET development, and does
it comply with the broader socioeconomic
development objectives?
What further reforms are necessary to modernise
the various building blocks of the VET system?
VET IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC
COMPETITIVENESS
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCING
Do the skills offered by the VET system match
those required by the labour market and economic
development?
Are institutional arrangements, capacities and
budgets adequate for bringing about the desired
changes in the VET system?
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VET IN RELATION TO SOCIAL
DEMAND AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
Do institutions, as well as programmes and skills
offered by the VET system, match the aspirations
of individual learners and the needs of vulnerable
groups?
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THE VET DELIVERY CYCLE
SECTOR SKILL
NEEDS ANALYSIS
Companies
Employment
Jobs
SECTION B
ECONOMIC
DEMAND
EQF
CLASSIFICATION
OF
OCCUPATIONS
SOCIAL
DEMAND
SECTION C
IMPACT/
MONITORING
SECTION D
Individual learners
Disadvantaged groups
COMPETENCE
BASED
STANDARDS /
QUALIFICATIONS
DEMAND
ASSESSMENT &
CERTIFICATION
SUPPLY
TEACHERS’
/ INSTRUCTORS’
TRAINING
TRAINING
PROVIDERS
ACTION-ORIENTATED
LEARNING
CURRICULA
LEARNING
MATERIALS
TRAINING SITES
/ SCHOOL
WORKSHOPS
& ENTERPRISES
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THE VET DELIVERY CYCLE
VISION FOR
VET DEVELOPMENT
POLICY & LEGAL
FRAMEWORK
SECTION A
SECTION E
SECTION B-D
VET
DELIVERY
CYCLE
GOVERNANCE
& FINANCIAL
FRAMEWORK
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STATISTICAL DATA
• (Internationally) available indicators gathered
centrally by ETF Statistics Team.
• Essential that Kosovo complements these with
its own national data.
• Desired data specified in Analytical
Framework, plus Guidelines on Quantitative
Indicators (definitions, sources).
• ETF Statistics Team will run workshops for
statistics experts in each region (so-called
Torinet activities).
• Further support can be provided –
Kosovo coordinator to liaise with ETF
Kosovo manager → ETF Statistics Team.
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ETF SUPPORT PACKAGE
• General introduction on the Torino Process.
• Analytical framework, including definitions of
terms, guiding questions, key indicators,
possible sources of evidence, governance
matrix and list of indicators gathered by ETF
Statistics Team.
• Guidelines on quantitative indicators, including
definitions and sources.
• Report template.
• Cedefop glossary.
• Guidelines on the creation and application
of quantitative data.
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IMPLEMENTATION- MEST/KPI/GIZ/ETF
Phases
• Statistical data gathering.
• In-depth literature review.
• Analysis of occupations/skills needed on the
labour market (compared to VET programmes
on offer).
• Consultations ( national workshop JAR and
other themetic workshops, national, regional
and international policy learning forums, etc.)
involving policy makers, social partners, school
managers, teachers, authorities, employers,
researchers, civil society, etc. – by topic.
• Drafting of report.
• Quality assurance of summary country report
(up to max. 15–20 pages) by the ETF.
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SCHEDULE and TASKS for the
Torino Process 2012 in KOSOVO
Activities and milestones
When
Launching conference
Prishtina
29 Nov 2011
ETF Workshop “Gathering the Evidence
for Assessing VET systems”
Turin
1-2 March 2012
Collection and analysis of statistical data
Prishtina
January – June
2012
Consultation process on
Torino Process Reporting in different VET
focused workshops/meetings
Prishtina
January – June
2012
ETF Corporate Conference on Multilevel
Governance in ET
Brussels 31/051/06 2012
Review, discussion of the preliminary
findings of the TRP
Prishtina
13-14 June 2012
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Activities and milestones
When
Drafting: sections A, B, C, D, E, Executive
Summary.
Compilation and overall editing of the report
June – September
2012
Drafting Annex 1 (Governance Matrix)
Drafting Annex 2 (Key Indicators)
January 2012
Collection of comments raised in June event
and integration in final draft
1-15 July 2012
Stakeholders discussion for endorsement of
the final draft of the report
10-11 October 2012
Finalisation of the draft report
End October 2012
Peer review, editing, printing, translation
Mid November 2012
Workshop on policy implications in VET based
on findings from TRP
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FINAL REPORT
• Synthesises key findings from the analyses
and consensus-building processes and
includes a statistical data annex.
• Kosovo stakeholders are encouraged to stick
to Analytical Framework questions as far as
possible (no descriptions of VET systems).
• The ETF will check quality and publish the
summary country reports, incl. the latest
statistics, up to a maximum length of 15–20
pages – in English, Albanian and Serbian
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FINAL REPORT AND MEETINGS
• Draft reports by third quarter 2012.
• Final endorsed reports by last quarter 2012.
• Periodic forum of VET policy leaders.
• Next ETF Torino Process conference in 2013.
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