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ETF CORPORATE CONFERENCE 2011

“QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS, FROM CONCEPTS TO IMPLEMENTATION”

European Parliament, Brussels 6-7 October 2011

Agenda THURSDAY, 6 October 2011

Accreditation of participants (Espace Simone Veil, entrance on the Esplanade de la 12:30 – 14:00 Solidarité, Altiero Spinelli building) Buffet lunch

Plenary session

Room: European Parliament 5B001 (Paul-Henri Spaak building, floor 5)

Session 1 Chair: Mr Pierre Mairesse, Director, Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and 2020 strategy, DG EAC A, European Commission

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 (written statement) 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 14:00 – 14:50 and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland 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: Ms Madlen Serban, ETF Director Keynote speech Towards a Turkish Qualifications Framework, why are we involved what do we 14:50 – 15:35 expect from it and what are the practical implications? An employers’ perspective: Mr Aykut Engin, Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal Industries (MESS) 15:35 – 16:00 Coffee/tea break

Session 2 Chair: Mr Borhène Chakroun, UNESCO

European employment policy in relation to skills and the involvement of 16:00 – 16:10 stakeholders in NQF development: Ms Regina Bastos, Member of European Parliament, Employment and Social Committee, European Parliament Findings of the ETF study - Understanding different implementation arrangements 16:10 – 17:00 and the role of stakeholders: Ms Epke Vogel and Mr Arjen Deij, ETF 17:00 – 17:45 Questions to the speakers Conclusions of day one and preparation for day 2: Ms Madlen Serban, ETF Director 17:45 – 18:00 and Mr Christian Lettmayr, Acting Director, Cedefop

19:30 Official Dinner at Hotel Renaissance (ground floor)

2 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, floor 5) Facilitators: Mr Arjen Deij, Mr Michel Aribaud, ETF 09:00 – 11:15 Speakers: Ms Anne Doolette, Australian Qualification Framework Council; Mr Mike (10:30: coffee Coles, UK Qualifications Frameworks served in Workshop 2: Development of relevant qualifications - Room A5E1 (Altiero Spinelli workshops) building, floor 5) 11:15 – 11:30 Facilitators: Mr Jean-Marc Castejon, Mr Mounir Baati, ETF Speakers: Mme Fatima Bouhafa, Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Formation (participants Professionnelle, Maroc; Mr Franz Ernst Kefas Gertze, Namibia Qualifications Authority move to the plenary room) Workshop 3: The use of learning outcomes based qualifications to promote transparency and learning - Room A1E1 (Altiero Spinelli building, floor 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

Plenary session: The Qualifications Platform

Room: European Parliament 5B001 (Paul-Henri Spaak building, Floor 5)

Networking and sharing: The Qualifications Platform 11:30 – 12:00 Ms Madlen Serban, ETF Director 12:00 – 13:30 Buffet lunch and practical session on the qualifications platform

Plenary session: Presentation of workshop findings and panel discussion

Room: European Parliament 5B001 Chair: Jordi Curell Gotor, Director - Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and international affairs DG EAC C European Commission

13:30 – 14:00 Presentation of workshop findings: Mr Gordon Clark, senior EQF expert Panel session on international cooperation in the field of national qualifications frameworks Moderator: Mr Christian Lettmayr, Acting Director, Cedefop Panel Members: 14:00 – 15:30 Mr Borhene Chakroun, UNESCO Mr Joe Samuels, SAQA, South Africa Ms Bianca Rohrbach, GIZ, Germany Ms Anita Mitrovic Milic, Sectoral Committee in Tourism of Montenegro Mr Galal Abdellah, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt

3 Conclusions, next steps for international cooperation

Chair: Pierre Mairesse, Director, Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and 2020 strategy, DG EAC A, European Commission

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, 15:30 – 16:00 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: Ms Madlen Serban, ETF Director