News “e-Skills for the 21st century: Fostering Competitiveness, Growth and Jobs”
For further infromation: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/ict-skills.htm
09-10/10/2008 European conference “e-Skills 2008″
9th and 10th October 2008, Thessaloniki (Greece)
The “e-Skills 2008″ conference is organised by the European Commission and Cedefop in partnership with the e-Skills Industry Leadership Board. It will bring together experts from government, ICT industry, social partners, academia and other stakeholders.
The conference will present and discuss best practices, flagship projects and report on progress.
Pre-registration is mandatory. It will be open till the end of June 2008.
For further information click on the conference website.
First national workshop of the Diogenes project: guidance and entrepreneurship
Il 27 maggio 2008 si svolgerà in contemporanea ad Arezzo in Italia e a Jaén in Spagna il primo dei quattro workshop nazionali di formazione, previsti dal progetto DIOGENES, rivolti a funzionari e operatori del settore pubblico. Il filo conduttore dei 4 workshop sarà la creazione di impresa e la valorizzazione di buone pratiche in questo settore.
L’evento sarà strutturato in due sessioni:
- Una sessione plenaria nella mattinata, aperta ad un pubblico più ampio di persone interessate agli obiettivi del progetto e ai temi dell’auto-imprenditorialità come fattore di sviluppo locale;
- Una sessione ristretta nel pomeriggio, rivolta solo ad un gruppo di funzionari ed operatori che sarà coinvolto nelle attività durante tutto lo svolgimento del progetto.
Working session “Tools for the interculturale dialogue”
Florence, 30th May 2008
The Working Session that has been organised within the EC project “Social Inclusion: How Leonardo da Vinci projects contributed to make it effective” (promoted by the University in Florence) is the follow-up event of the International conference held in Florence on 18th January 2008.
The main goal is to promote the exchange of experiences and information on the transfer and use of innovative products that have been developed on subjects concerning language learning, job insertion and integration of migrants, mobility of people with handicap and security on the job place.
- Download the programme of the event: programme-fi-working-session-30-05-08
Press release “The European Qualifications Framework”
The European Qualifications Framework: a new tool to translate qualifications
23/04/2008
The European Commission welcomes the formal adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) on 23 April 2008. The way is clear now for Member States to adopt this voluntary scheme that will promote lifelong learning and mobility by making it easier to understand and compare individuals’ qualifications around Europe.
A Recommendation establishing the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (EQF) was formally co-signed today by the European Parliament and the Council.
The Recommendation creates a reference framework which will relate different countries’ qualifications systems and frameworks together. It will act as a translation device to make qualifications more readable and understandable to employers, individuals and institutions, so that workers and learners can use their qualifications in other countries.
The EQF is a lifelong learning framework, applying to qualifications obtained in all sectors of education, including general education, higher education and vocational training. Its core is its eight reference levels of qualifications, from those obtained at the end of compulsory education, (level 1) to the highest (level 8: doctorate or equivalent).
The three highest levels correspond to higher education levels as defined within the European Higher Education Area, under the Bologna Process, e.g. Bachelor, Masters and PhD levels. But they may also stand for highly specialised professional qualifications.
In order to make the EQF work across different systems its levels are based on learning outcomes (what a learner knows, understands and is able to do) rather than learning inputs (the length of a learning experience, the type of institution etc).
Conference “EU Enlargement: Lessons Learnt and Future Prospects”
Istanbul (Turkey), 23rd and 24th of June 2008
The conference “EU Enlargement: Lessons Learnt and Future Prospects” of the EU-funded THINK&ACT project will be held on 23rd and 24th of June 2008 in Istanbul (Dedeman Hotel, Yildiz Posta Caddesi No: 50 Esentepe).
This conference is the last of a cycle of conferences that aims to stimulate dialogue among transnational and national researchers and policy makers on EU enlargement. For this purpose the European research results on the topic of EU Enlargement will be presented and the best ways to utilise these results in policy making at national and regional level in the European Union will be explored.
This conference will have four central sessions and one round table related to EU Enlargement:
* Social and Cultural Aspects
* Economic Potential and Future Development
* New Political Dynamics
* Security and Cross Border Cooperation
* Future Prospects Guided by Experiences Gained
Participation to the conference is free. However, for organisational reasons, it is necessary to register (www.fp7.org.tr/ssh_event) for the conference. You can obtain further information from http://www.fp7.org.tr/ssh_conference and http://www.thinkandact.eu