QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS, FROM CONCEPTS TO IMPLEMENTATION

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1 ETF CORPORATE CONFERENCE 2011 QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS, FROM CONCEPTS TO IMPLEMENTATION 6-7 October 2011 European Parliament, Brussels Draft agenda, version 26 September 2011

2 THURSDAY, 6 October :30 14:00 Accreditation of participants (Espace Simone Veil, entrance on the Esplanade de la Solidarité, Altiero Spinelli building) Buffet lunch PLENARY SESSION Room: European Parliament 5B001 (Paul-Henri Spaak building, level 5) Session 1 Chair of the session - Mr Pierre Mairesse, Director, Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and 2020 strategy, DG EAC A, European Commission 14:00 15:00 Welcome and introduction Mr Pierre Mairesse, Director, Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and 2020 strategy, DG EAC A, European Commission Opening address Ms Androulla Vassiliou (video message) Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Polish Presidency agenda on education and links to NQF developments Mr Zbigniew Marciniak, Undersecretary of State and Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland European employment policy in relation to skills and the involvement of stakeholders in NQF development Ms Regina Bastos, Member of European Parliament, Employment and Social Committee, European Parliament Importance of an active role of social partners in NQF development Ms Vladimira Drbalova, Vice-President of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship and Member of the External Relations Section, European Economic and Social Committee Update on ETF activities in the field of qualifications and qualifications frameworks 15:00 15:45 Keynote speech Towards a Turkish Qualifications Framework, why are we involved what do we expect from it and what are the practical implications? An employers perspective Mr Aykut Engin, Turkish Employers Association of Metal Industries (MESS) 15:45 16:10 Coffee Tea Break 2

3 Session 2 Chair of the session Mr Borhene Chakroun, UNESCO 16:10 17:00 Findings of the ETF study Understanding different implementation arrangements and the role of stakeholders: Ms Epke Vogel and Mr Arjen Deij, ETF 17:00 17:45 Questions to the speakers 17:45 18:00 Conclusions of day one and preparation for day 2 Mr Christian Lettmayr, Acting Director, Cedefop 19:30 Official Dinner at Hotel Renaissance (ground floor) FRIDAY, 7 October 2011 THEMATIC WORKSHOPS Meeting point at 8.40 at the accreditation desk (Espace Simone Veil, entrance on the Esplanade de la Solidarité, Altiero Spinelli building) for transfer to workshop rooms. Workshop 1: Coordinating and communicating national qualifications frameworks Room 5B001 (Paul-Henri Spaak building, level 5) 09:00 11:15 (10:30: coffee served in workshops) facilitators: Mr Arjen Deij, Mr Michel Aribaud, ETF speakers: Ms Anne Doolette, Australian Qualification Framework Council; Mr Mike Coles, UK Qualifications Frameworks Workshop 2: Development of relevant qualifications - Room A5E1 (Altiero Spinelli building, level 5) facilitators: Mr Jean-Marc Castejon, Mr Mounir Baati, ETF speakers: Mme Fatima Bouhafa, Ministère de l'emploi et de la Formation Professionnelle, Maroc; Mr Franz Ernst Kefas Gertze, Namibia Qualifications Authority 11:15 11:30 (participants move to the plenary room) Workshop 3: The use of learning outcomes based qualifications to promote transparency and learning - Room A1E1 (Altiero Spinelli building, level 1) facilitators: Mr Jens Bjornavold, Ms Slava Pevec - Cedefop speakers: Mr Ólafur G. Kristjánsson, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland; Mr Vassu Balakrishnan, Quality Assurance Coordination Division, Malaysia; Ms Anna Muraveva, Centre of VET Studies, Russia 3

4 PLENARY SESSION: The Qualifications Platform Room: European Parliament 5B001 (Paul-Henri Spaak building, Level 5) 11:30 12:00 Networking and sharing: The Qualifications Platform 12:00 13:30 Buffet lunch and practical session on the qualifications platform PLENARY SESSION: Presentation of workshops findings and panel discussion Room: European Parliament 5B001 Chair: Jordi Curell: Director - Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and international affairs DG EAC C European Commission 13:30 14:00 Presentation of workshops findings Mr Gordon Clark, senior EQF expert 14:00 15:30 Panel session on international cooperation in the field of national qualifications frameworks Moderator: Mr Christian Lettmayr, Acting Director, Cedefop Panel Members: Mr Michael Axmann, ILO Mr Borhene Chakroun, UNESCO Mr Jo Samuels, SAQA, South Africa Ms Bianca Rohrbach, GIZ, Germany Ms Anita Mitrovic Milic, Sectoral Committee in Tourism of Montenegro Mr Magdy Kassem Awad, Egyptian National Authority for Quality Assurance & Accreditation Conclusions, next steps for international cooperation Chair: Pierre Mairesse, Director, Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and 2020 strategy, DG EAC A, European Commission 15:30 16:00 Key points for external cooperation Mr Stefan Füle (video message), Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Planned activities and objectives by the Danish EU Presidency 2012 in the field of human capital development in general and qualifications frameworks in particular Mr Torben Kornbech Rasmussen, Danish Ministry of Education, Member of the ETF Governing Board (tbc) Key points for follow up from an EU policy perspective Mr Pierre Mairesse, Director, Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and 2020 strategy, DG EAC A, European Commission Key points for follow up from an ETF perspective 4

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