UNICE kutsub tööandjate esindajaid osalema Euroopa kutsehariduse ja täiendkoolituse kvaliteeti käsitlevale seminarile 19.-20. aprillil Prahas. 

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Seminar on quality in Vocational Education and Training on 19 & 20 April in Prague

The European Training Foundation, Cedefop and the European Commission are organising a Seminar on quality in Vocational Education and Training on 19 & 20 April 2004 in Prague.

The objectives of the seminar are:

• to raise awareness of the Acceding and Candidate Countries on the main  developments and outcomes resulting from the Technical Working Group on Quality in Vocational Education and Training, which has been established at European level in the context of the Copenhagen process;
• to further the understanding on the situation in the Acceding and Candidate Countries as regards approaches and initiatives to enhance quality in Vocational Education and Training;
• to discuss possibilities for the voluntary participation of the countries in some of the cooperation activities which are included in the Work Plan of the Technical Working Group for 2004.
  

Invitations for participation have been addressed to Ministries of Education and Labour in all 13 Acceding and Candidate Countries. In addition the organisers would like to invite a few employers' representatives from the Acceding and Candidate Countries to participate in the seminar.

The organisers therefore asked UNICE to help them in identifying two participants from the Acceding and Candidate Countries who would be able and interested in making a contribution to the event (experts in Vocational Education and Training issues).

The European Training Foundation will cover travel and subsistence costs of nominated participants.

You are kindly asked to send your nominations to UNICE's secretariat (Ms Denis, e.denis@unice.be) by 26 March 2004.

The places will be allocated on a "first come first served" basis.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
"QUALITY IN Vocational Education and Training (VET): POLICY DEVELOPMENTS AT EUROPEAN LEVEL AND THEIR RELEVANCE FOR  ACCEDING AND CANDIDATE COUNTRIES"

Prague, 19-20 April 2004

AGENDA
First Draft

Monday 19 April 2004

8:30 - 9:00 Arrival of participants and registration

1st Plenary session
Chairperson: XXX

09.00-09.30  Opening of the conference and welcome addresses
By Czech authorities, EC, ETF, Cedefop

9.30-10.30 Presentations by European Commission and Cedefop on the overall policy framework (Copenhagen process), the mandate of the Technical Working Group on Quality in VET and the main outcomes of its work so far - followed by a short round of questions and answers

10.30-10.50 Coffee break

10.50-11.10 Overview of quality assurance approaches in ACCs by ETF

11.10-12.15 Tour de table: Short updates from ACCs (5 minutes per each country) on their quality assurance arrangements and key priorities (four bullet points: one achievement, one challenge, two priorities)

12.15-13.00 Panel

• Short presentation of quality assurance policies in EU member states (one or two examples, IRL, I ?)
• The view of European social partners

13.00-14.30 Lunch

Working groups session
14.30 -15.00 Introduction by the experts of the TWG on the Common Quality Assurance framework and Quality Indicators 

15.00 - 18.00 2 Parallel Working Groups Aims of the discussion are to get a better understanding and have an exchange on the situation in the different countries as regards following topics:
a) Key features of quality assurance approaches (setting of priorities, institutional landscape and division of responsibilities, funding, monitoring arrangements, etc.); this topic will be common to the two WGs
b) Quality indicators - standards and norms (1st WG);
c) Self-assessment and accreditation of training providers (2nd WG)

18.00 End of first day

Tuesday 20 April 2004
2nd Plenary session
Chairperson: XXX

09:00 - 09.45 Reports from the two working groups of the previous day

09.45 - 10.30 Presentation of the work programme 2004 of the TWG: priority issues and activities By the European Commission and Cedefop

10.30-10.45 Coffee break

10.45-12.00 Working Group session
2 Parallel working groups to discuss possible involvement of ACCs in the implementation of the TWG proposals, for example through:

• Development of voluntary initiatives at national level;
• Participation in a more systematic sharing of experience and information, etc.

12.00-12.45 Reports from the working groups and general discussion

12:45-13.00 Conclusions and closing of the seminar

13.00-14.00 Lunch