european education, training and youth forum 20 -21 october 2016

European Education, Training and Youth Forum 2016 20 – 21 October

The Square, rue Mont des Arts, Brussels

Connecting education, the labour market and society:

Delivering the new skills agenda for Europe

Programme

Thursday 20 October

9:00 – 9:30 Registration of participants

Opening session

9:30 – 9:50 Opening statement

Tibor NAVRACSICS, European Commissioner for Education, Culture,

Youth and Sport

9:50 – 11:00 High-Level Panel

Moderator: Diana Madill, BBC and Prospex

Members of the Panel:

Andrea BOCSKOR, Committee on Culture and Education, 1st Vice

Chair, European Parliament

Evarist BARTOLO, Minister for Education and Employment of Malta

Maris LAURI, Minister of Education and Research of the Republic of

Estonia

Tibor NAVRACSICS, European Commissioner for Education, Culture,

Youth and Sport

Michel SERVOZ, Director-General for DG Employment, Social Affairs

& Inclusion, European Commission

European Education, Training and Youth Forum 2016

20 -21 October, The Square, rue Mont des Arts, Brussels

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11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30

A New Skills Agenda for Europe

Interactive Stakeholder Panel on the Ten Actions

Moderator: Bénédicte Robert, Policy Officer, European Commission


Olivier BLANC, Head of Human Resources for Nespresso Belgilux

Blazhe TODOROVSKI, Vice President of the European Students’

Union

René VAN SCHALKWIJK, Chairman of EUProVET

Anusca FERRARI, Project Manager at European Schoolnet

12:30 – 12:45 Introduction of the break-out sessions

12:45 – 14:00 Buffet lunch

Work session 1 Implementing the initiatives of the New Skills Agenda for Europe:

The role of education, training and youth stakeholders

14:00 – 15:30 4 parallel workshops:

1. Pathways to upskilling adults: What role can you play and how

can you make a difference?

2. Understanding skills intelligence: Why is it important and how

can it support your decisions?

3. EU tools and services for comparability and understanding of

skills and qualifications: What are they and what's next?

4. The Case for Competence Frameworks: Learning from

DigComp and EntreComp



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Work session 2 What's next? Future initiatives of the New Skills Agenda for Europe:

an input from education, training and youth stakeholders


1. Key Competences Framework: Defining Key Competences for

education, training and learning in a changing society

2. Tracking Graduates: Can data from past students help improve

education and make it more relevant to the labour market?

3. Work-based Learning and Business-Education Partnerships

4. How can we make education systems more inclusive?: Skills

and Beyond

17:45 – 20:00 Forum dinner

Friday 21 October

Work session 3 In focus: Key competences, including transversal skills


1) STARTS – Fostering interdisciplinary innovation in science,

technology and the arts

2) Ensuring that children and young people acquire social and civic

competences, and cultural awareness

3) Transversal skills through non-formal and informal learning - the

role of youth work and grassroots sport

4) Digital skills and competences – Learning for the digital age




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Closing session The way forward

11:30 – 12:45 Reporting from the workshops and closing panel

Moderator: Diana Madill, BBC and Prospex


Thiébaut Weber, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union

Confederation

Maxime Cerutti, Director of Social Affairs, Business Europe

Márcio Barcelos, Board Member, European Youth Forum

Detlef Eckert, Director, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion,

European Commission

Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot, Acting Director, DG Education and

Culture, European Commission

Ivar Štaffa, Second Secretary, Education, Youth, Professional

Qualifications; Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to

the EU

12:45 – 13:00 Concluding remarks

Video message by Marianne THYSSEN, European Commissioner for

Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility

Jens Nymand CHRISTENSEN, Deputy Director-General for DG

Education and Culture, European Commission

13:00 – 14:00 Sandwich lunch

european education, training and youth forum 20 -21 october 2016

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