Patrick Werquin

Senior Analyst

Patrick Werquin is currently senior economist in the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Directorate for Education, in Paris. Before joining the CERI, he was for 10 years with the Education and Training Policy Division, OECD Directorate for Education.

He has a PhD in Economics and taught Economics and Econometrics at the Université de la Méditerranée (Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles, 1986-98) and at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS, 1986-1998). He was with Céreq (Centre d’étude et de recherche sur les qualifications, France) from 1992 to 1999.

At the OECD, Patrick Werquin has been working on national qualifications systems and frameworks for the role of national qualifications systems in promoting lifelong learning, adult learning, adult literacy (IALS  and ALL), new competencies and assessment of adult skills, school-to-work transition and recognition of non-formal and informal learning.

In CERI, he is currently working on statistical indicators for education and the labour market (INES Networks) and is involved in the publication Education at a Glance.

Selection of publications and editions

• OECD, 2009. Recognition of Non-formal and Informal Learning: Islands of Good Practice, OECD, Paris. (forthcoming)
• Werquin P. and M. Coles, 2009. “The Influence of Qualifications Frameworks on the Infrastructure of VET”, in R. Maclean and D. Wilson (eds.): International Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, UNESCO-UNEVOC Book Series, Spinger, The Netherlands. (forthcoming).
• Recotillet I. and P. Werquin, 2009. “The French VAE: Recognition of Non-formal and Informal Learning as a Visa for a Job ?”, European Journal of Vocational Training, N° 48, 2009/3, (forthcoming).
• Coles M. and P. Werquin, 2008. “National Qualifications Systems to Modernise VET Systems”, in: Descy, P.; Tessaring M. (eds.) Modernising vocational education and training. Fourth report on vocational training research in Europe: background report. Luxembourg: EUR-OP. (Cedefop reference series).
• Werquin P., 2007. “Moving Mountains: Will Qualifications Systems Promote Lifelong Learning”, European Journal of Education, Vol. 42, No. 4.
• OECD, 2007. Qualifications Systems: Bridges to Lifelong Learning, OECD, Paris, 237 p.
• Werquin P., 2005. “Literacy: Words Count”, The OECD Observer, No. 251, p. 32-34, September.
• OECD and Statistics Canada, 2005. Learning a Living – First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, OECD, Paris, 332 p.
• OECD, 2005. Promoting Adult Learning, OECD, Paris, 147 p.
• OECD, 2003. Beyond Rhetoric: Adult Learning Policies and Practices, OECD, Paris, 253 p.
• OECD and Statistics Canada, 2000. Literacy in the Information Age, Final Report of the International Adult Literacy Survey, OECD, Paris, 185 p.
  

Contact information:

OECD/CERI
2, rue André Pascal
75775 Paris, Cedex 16

ceri.contact@oecd.org
Telephone : 33-1 45 24 97 58

Fax: 33-1 44 30 63 94