Monday, 26 April 2021
* Access to the virtual conference opens at 09.40 CET
| 10.00* – 11.50 | The evidence for the relevance of Vocational Training programmes |
| Welcome and introduction to Conference on Evidence based VET - Ali RASHIDI, Folkuniversitetet, Sweden, Moderator |
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| The importance of VET for the future labour market in the European Union - Koen BOIS D'ENGHIEN, Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Unit E3 - VET, Apprenticeships and adult education |
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| The trends in the development of VET in Neighboring countries - Eva JANSOVA, Specialist in Human Capital Development, European Training Foundation |
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| Getting the skills right for the future - George KOSTAKIS, Coordinator VET policies and systems, Cedefop |
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| A national initiative for adapting the provision of VET to employers/labour market needs - Jonas SVENSSON, Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education, Sweden |
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| VET Graduate Tracking Systems: a key quality improvement parameter of the evidence-based VET- The case of Greek EQAVET NRP / EOPPEP survey - Antonios GLAROS, Head of Communication & Development Division / Coordinator of the Greek EQAVET National Reference Point, National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP), Greece |
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| Experiences of adapting EQAVET to the banking sector in Europe - Mario SPATAFORA, Chairman of the Quality Assurance Committee of the European Banking & Financial Services Training Association |
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| Maintaining relevance of VET with industry need in Industry 4.0 - Nader IMANI, Executive Vice President Global Education Festo Didactic SE, Germany |
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| Employers need for high-quality VET - Åsa Gabrielsson, Torbjörn JOHANSSON, The Swedish Νational Αssociation of Installation Company. Sweden |
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| The importance of competence supply in the labour market - Elin KEBERT, Expert in competence supply, The Swedish Construction Federation, Sweden |
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| Adapting EQAVET to the needs of VET - Ali RASHIDI, Head of International Projects, Folkuniversitetet, Sweden |
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| 11.45 – 12.00 | Break |
| 12.00 – 13.30 | Joint discussion panel: Evidence based VET – collection & use of data |
| Discussion Panel: - Koen BOIS D'ENGHIEN, European Commission - Mounir BAATI, European Training Foundation - George KOSTAKIS, CEDEFOP - Antonios GLAROS, EOPPEP, Greece - Vaso ANASTASOPOULOU, DIMITRA Education & Consulting, Greece - Evgenios VASILIKOS, Hellenic Hoteliers Federation, Greece - Mario SPATAFORA, Effebi Association - Amanda FRANCIS, Rinova Ltd, The Hospitality Academy, UK - Vivian WELKER, Folkuniversitetet, Sweden - Jonas SVENSSON, Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education - Åsa Gabrielsson, Swedish Installation Federation Kim FAURSCHOU, EQAVET Expert, FACO Denmark, Facilitator |
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| Closing remarks - Richard PARKES, Rinova Ltd, UK |