NoN VET leaders´ conferences

After postponing our VET leaders conference in Brussels from February to April 2022 due to the covid sitaution and restrictions, we FINALLY had the opportunity to celebrate the outcomes and results of the KA3 Network of Networks project and look forward to the future of Network of Networks.

Fellow VET leaders’, education and development managers, consultants and coordinators, all working for the improvement of VET education in Europe, met for a two-day conference in Brussels. The conference was an opportunity to discuss mutually interesting topics, share challenges and solutions and develop ideas with peers across the five networks of VET organisations part of Network of Networks. The programme and materials used prior and during the conference can be found below these lines.

PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY – 6 April 2022

12.00 –                                     Registration

12.30 – 13.30                          Lunch meet and greet

13.30 – 13.45                          Welcome

13.45 – 14.15                          EACEA welcoming the VET leaders

14.15 – 14.45                          We asked, you answered – Reflections on VET leaders’ questionnaire results 

14.45–  15.00                          Introducing the learning café

15.00 – 15.15                          Coffee break

15.15 – 17.00                          Why should we care about EU policy agenda on VET? – Learning café

17.15 – 18.00                          Conclusions from the learning café and closing remarks

19:30 –  22.30                         Signing the network agreement followed by dinner

THURSDAY – 7 April 2022

09.30 – 09.45                          Welcome – start of day 2

09.45 – 10.15                           Keynote – EU policy on VET

10.15 – 11.15                           The Future of Network of Networks – Workshop

11.15 – 11.30                           Coffee break

11.30 – 12.45                          The role of VET in European development and innovation – Fishbowl dialogue

12:45 – 13:00                         Closing remarks 

13:00 – 14:00                          Lunch

14:00 –                                      Optional: Visit to the European parliament

Preparatory materials for the conference:

• Network of Networks briefly
• Network of Networks presentation (short), The Dutch Alliance presentation, Finn-Net presentation and Northern Ireland colleges presentation.
• Network of Networks strategy 2021-2026
• Network of Networks Action Plan 2021-2022
• The Council of the European Union recommendation 2020 on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable comptetiveness, social fairness and resilience
• Osnabrück declaration 2020 on vocational education and training as an enabler of recovery and just transition to digital and green economies
• Cefefop country report of VET in the Netherlands
• Cefefop country report of VET in Finland
• Cefefop country report of VET in Spain
• Cefefop country report of VET in United Kingdom

Materials used during the conference