Inna Osadchuk posted in Open Space
These has been a very special days thanks to organizers. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement! I am very grateful that I became a participant in a strategic conference.
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Kristien Van den Eynde posted in Open Space
As part of a short study visit in Turin, the Palestinian delegation from the Ministry of Labour visited the famous incubator in Turin, I3P which belongs to the Politecnico di Torino. I3P won a price for best public incubator in the world and they are willing, in the future to coach Palestinian mentors.
Kristien Van den Eynde posted in Open Space
The Palestinian Delegation from the Ministry of Labour visited today the COMETA school-enterprise. They were selected by ETF as a good practice in real-life education.
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ETF Moderator posted in Open Space
Dear Open Spacers,
Erasmus+ launched a call for establishing networks and partnerships for Adult Learning providers.
The call will support projects that either:
1. help to establish new national or regional networks of adult education providers; or
2. provide capacity-building support to existing national or regional networks of adult education providers; or
3. strengthen existing transnational networks of adult education providers.
These projects should help build up the capacity of Adult...
Anonymous posted in Open Space
The conference Skills and Qualifications: Benefits for People is over but the discussion WILL continue on Open Space! ?
For the Toolkit, we were guided by these core questions:
➡️how do people know about skills and qualifications?
➡️What types of skills and qualifications do they need?
➡️How do people acquire them?
During yesterday’s workshops and today discussions at the city of practice we reflected amongst many other subjects: how do countries need to change curricula,...
Anonymous posted in Open Space
?Let’s recap:
➡️ Skills as a topic will continue to be a priority for the European Commission. According to Koen Nomden at the final panel of the Conference “we need to focus on empowering the learners”
➡️ Skills and life long learning are here to stay. But the reforms take time and “we need to move away from only policy reform to the interventions at the level of the teachers and schools” -Jeroen Willems
➡️ “We will expand our work on skills and include it into...
Shawn Mendes posted in Open Space
In an era of demographic change what do we say about the need for initial or post-secondary VET for adults? What about new, very short (e.g. 2-6 months) forms of VET to give new skills to adults?
Yes certainly, but let's base starting such programmes on a demand and on opportunities for adults who will take such courses. Another question is who will pay for the development and execution of such courses. Last month, the Lifelong Learning Platform in response to the Commission's Education and Training Monitor expressed concern about the ever-lower investment in education in EU Member States. LLP states that countries should invest more and that society and other organizations should become more involved in schools and education.
Who knows of concrete examples of short forms of initial or post-secondary VET for adults? How is it organised and who pays for it?
The Chamber of Commerce of Beirut and Mont Lebanon is doing something along these lines. See the film here: https://openspace.etf.europa.eu/blog-posts/skills-qualifications-benefi…
Reginhild Giunipero posted in Open Space
Closing Session with colleagues from the EU Commission
Thnak you, Inna. And thanks for your role on the panel. What did you take from the event that you might apply at home?
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