CERI - Meeting of the Group of National Experts on Vocational Education and Training, 23 - 24 March 2009 in Berne/Zollikofen, Switzerland

This meeting is  hosted by the Federal Office for Professional Education (OPET), in Berne/Zollikofen, Switzerland in the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET).

The purpose of this meeting is to:

  • discuss the draft final report on Systemic Innovation in Vocational Educational Training (final report available mid-2009);
  • discuss the draft initial comparative policy review report for the ETP project Learning for Jobs, (available end 2008); 
  • debate plans for phase 2 (2009-2010) of the ETP project Learning for Jobs

This meeting will be followed on 25-27 March 2009 by the Interdisciplinary Congress on Research in Vocational Education and Training, also organised by SFIVET.

 

Meeting contacts: Katerina Ananiadou and Ashley Allen-Sinclair

 

 

Draft meeting agenda

 
Approximate timing: Monday, 23 March 2009 9:30 - 9:45
 

   

ELECTION OF CHAIR

 

 

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

 

 

APPROVAL OF DRAFT SUMMARY RECORD OF THE THIRD MEETING OF NATIONAL EXPERTS

 

Approximate timing: 9:45 – 13:00, 23 March 2009 (with coffee break at 11:00 – 11:30)

      

OVERVIEW AND AIMS OF THE STUDY ON SYSTEMIC INNOVATION IN VET

 

   

SYSTEMIC INNOVATION IN VET FINAL REPORT:

·      A typology of systemic innovation processes

·      Drivers and barriers to systemic innovation

 

 

 

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break (offered by Switzerland)

Approximate timing: 14:30 – 18:00, 23 March 2009 (with coffee break at 16:00 – 16:30)

 

SYSTEMIC INNOVATION IN VET FINAL REPORT (cont):

·      Processes and dynamics of innovation: initiation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

·      The role and use of the knowledge base

·      Government policies and the research agenda

 

 

 

 

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 

18:00 Cocktail (Hotel Allegro,  Kornhausstrasse 3,Bern)

Approximate timing: Tuesday 24 March 2009, 9:30 - 13:00 (with coffee break at 11:00 – 11:30)

     

‘LEARNING FOR JOBS’ - VET POLICY REVIEW

a). Draft initial report

 

 

VET IN SWITZERLAND

 

 

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break (offered by Switzerland)

Approximate timing: 14:30 – 18:00, 24 March 2009 (with coffee break at 16:00 – 16:30)

      

‘LEARNING FOR JOBS’ - VET POLICY REVIEW

a) Proposal for analytical work in the Policy Review Phase 2 (2009-2010) and prioritisation of options by countries

 

 

OECD WORK ON VET INDICATORS

 

 

18:00 Meeting ends

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