The ETF hosted the international conference ‘Skills and qualifications - benefits for people’ in Torino on 6 and 7 November 2019.
Most ETF partner countries now have National Qualification Frameworks in place and are modernising their qualification systems. The conference looked at how countries’ reforms of their qualifications systems are shaping practices in curricula, learning and teaching, information about skills and qualifications and career guidance, to maximise the benefits of skills and qualifications for people, whether they are job seekers, employers, or anywhere on the labor market spectrum.
We have followed up on the social media conversations that have sparked the most reactions and comments, using the hashtag of the event, #benefits4people , and invite you to enjoy the streams:
The Commision's Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations tweeting about the start of the conference:
The event was built up around the new Toolkit and the Open Space that have been developed specifically for practitioners, and around the results of a call for examples of good practice that the ETF had made. The latter gave a whole 469 replies, mostly from ETF partner countries, painting an optimistic and comprehensive picture of what is happening on the ground in schools and training centres from Morocco to Tajikistan. A selection of them were presented as video cases, tied together with the event’s mantra:
“We are making it happen, so can you!”
This message was the red thread that connected a series of videos telling the story of several of the cases presented in the Toolkit. Here are some of the most popular videos.
The most viewed video on Facebook, with over 100 000 views, is a teaser of the entire series, showing highlights from all 5 videos:
(click the caption to watch and follow thread)
The most viewed #benefits4people video on YouTube:
The conversation took off on LinkedIn as well:
The most popular LinkedIn post:
And Instagram was no less popular:
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“Are qualifications still relevant?”
ETF director Cesare Onestini asked the question rhetorically in his opening address to the 2019 conference ‘Skills & Qualifications: Benefits for People’.
One answer came from ETF Expert Mirjam de Jong in her presentation of the Toolkit:
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"Not all learning has to be captured in qualifications, but nobody wants to abolish driving licenses or nursing diplomas."
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Qualification frameworks have become mainstream in record time. The European Commission’s Alison Crabb reminded the audience that just ten years ago, at the establishment of the European Qualifications Framework, only three EU countries had a national qualifications framework. And change is not slowing down.
Throughout the 2 days of the conference, a multitude of answers took shape and were discussed on site and online in the days that followed. One forward-looking summary comes from ETF collaborator and coordinator of the Toolkit Ezri Cralebach:
Cesare Onestini also came back to his initial question in his final keynote :
“We can shape and reshape them [qualifications], but they are the international currency that allows us to talk the same language in the world of education and training.”
We invite you to continue the conversation on OpenSpace, following this thread, and welcome all of your thoughts and input.
Great summary! Thank you ?
And just in case anyone would like to find the #Benefits4People Skills and Qualifications Toolkit -here it is: https://openspace.etf.europa.eu/pages/toolkit-skills-and-qualifications…
We thank our dear 67 once again for making all the presentations from the City of Practice available: https://openspace.etf.europa.eu/resources/corporate-conference-2019-cit…
And last, but certainly not least - have you seen our photo gallery? https://openspace.etf.europa.eu/resources/skills-qualifications-benefit… Are there any photos you took yourself, and would like to share with us?
Thank you so much for this seminal conference and exellent summary.
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