POLICY LEARNING FORUM VET as a solution to leaving education early 16 and 17 May 2017, Cedefop, Thessaloniki
Draft agenda Tuesday, 16 May 2017 9.00-9.30
Registration
9.30-10.00
Opening speeches ■ Mara Brugia, Cedefop Deputy Director ■ Antonio Ranieri, Head of Department for learning and employability, Cedefop ■ Irene Psifidou, Cedefop expert
10.00-11.00
Cedefop study Leaving education early: putting VET centre stage ■ Irene Psifidou, Cedefop ■ Daniela Ulicna and Patricia Vale, ICF
11.00-11.30
Tea/coffee break
11.30-12.00
Cedefop VET toolkit for tackling early leaving from education and training ■ Marie Gitschthaler, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria ■ Ward Nouwen, University of Antwerp, Belgium ■ Becci Newton, Institute for Employment Studies, UK First working group session: Identify
12.00-13.30
Parallel WG 1
Parallel WG 2
Identification of learners at risk of early leaving (local policy-makers and institutional level actors)
Identification of early leavers (national policy-makers) Poster exhibition on good practices (45’)
Poster exhibition on good practices (45’)
Participants are invited to:
Participants are invited to:
■ navigate through the ‘identify’ Cedefop toolkit section (10’) ■ list the toolkit’s strengths and weaknesses (15’) ■ draw recommendations for improving the content and user-friendliness of the webtoolkit (20’)
■ navigate through the ‘identify’ Cedefop toolkit section (10’) ■ list the toolkit’s strengths and weaknesses (15’) ■ draw recommendations for improving the content and user-friendliness of the webtoolkit (20’)
13.30-14.30
Lunch break
14.30-15.30
Chair: James Calleja, Cedefop Director Plenary panel discussion Exploiting the potential of VET to combat early leaving: international experiences ■ ■ ■ ■
Janssen Edelweiss and Margo Hoftijzer, World Bank Viktória Kis, OECD Ann Vanden Bulcke, European Commission Elizabeth Watters, ETF
Second working group session: Intervene 15.30-17.30 Coffee available outside
Parallel WG 1
Parallel WG 2
Mentoring and coaching
School-level action measures
Reengaging, motivating and second chance measures
Parallel WG 3
Good practice exhibition (1h)
Good practice exhibition (1h)
Good practice exhibition (1h)
Participants are invited to:
Participants are invited to:
Participants are invited to:
■ navigate through the ‘intervene’ Cedefop toolkit section (15’) ■ list the toolkit’s strengths and weaknesses (15’) ■ draw recommendations for improving the content and user-friendliness of the webtoolkit (30’)
■ navigate through the ‘intervene’ Cedefop toolkit section (15’) ■ list the toolkit’s strengths and weaknesses (15’) ■ draw recommendations for improving the content and user-friendliness of the web-toolkit (30’)
■ navigate through the ‘intervene’ Cedefop toolkit section (15’) ■ list the toolkit’s strengths and weaknesses (15’) ■ draw recommendations for improving the content and user-friendliness of the web-toolkit (30’)
17.30-18.00
Time for rapporteurs to sum up and agree on key messages for the next day
18.00
End of first day
18.15
Departure for social event and dinner organised by Cedefop
Wednesday, 17 May 2017 9.30-10.00
Registration
10.00-10.30
Chair: Irene Psifidou, Cedefop Plenary: messages from participants on lessons learned from first day ■ Feedback from working group sessions 1 and 2 ■ Main strengths and weaknesses, observations and recommendations from the first and second working group sessions
10.30-11.30
Cedefop evaluation tools and frameworks for policy impact analysis ■ Cedefop self-reflection tool based on structural indicators, Paul Downs, Educational Disadvantage Centre, Ireland ■ Participants complete the self-reflection tool and provide feedback ■ Cedefop evaluation plans for policy-makers and VET providers, Patricia Vale, ICF Third working group session: Evaluate
11.30-13.30 Coffee available
Parallel WG 1 National policy-makers Presentation of good practice: methodology and results of their
Parallel WG 2 Local policy-makers and institutional level actor measures Presentation of good practice: methodology and results of their evaluations (30’)
evaluations (30’) The youth contract for 16 to 17 year-olds NEETs, Becci Newton, Institute for Employment Studies, UK
Medical advice for sick-reported students (MASS), Yvonne Vanneste, NL
Participants are invited to: ■ read the ‘evaluate’ Cedefop toolkit section (15’) ■ fill in the evaluation plan for policymakers with the main elements of a simple measure evaluation (30’) ■ discuss the main difficulties foreseen in the design and development of the evaluation (30’) ■ draw recommendations for improving the evaluation plan and identify areas for further research (15)
Participants are invited to: ■ read the ‘evaluate’ Cedefop toolkit section (15’) ■ fill in the evaluation plan for VET providers with the main elements of a simple measure evaluation (30’) ■ discuss the main difficulties foreseen in the design and development of the evaluation (30’) ■ draw recommendations for improving the evaluation plan and identify areas for further research (15)
13.30-14.30
Lunch – Interviews with selected participants
14.30-15.00
Plenary: messages from working group session 3 Groups will present evaluation designs and foreseen difficulties, as well as recommendations for improving Cedefop evaluation tools and frameworks.
15.00-16.30
Chair: Antonio Ranieri, Cedefop Panel discussion Creating and strengthening a culture of education policy evaluation in Europe (and beyond) ■ Cristian Aedo, World Bank ■ Juan Manuel Moreno, World Bank ■ UNESCO (tbc) ■ Massimiliano Mascherini, Eurofound ■ Mary Kyriazopoulou, European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education ■ Jari Matti Riiheläinen, Eurydice
16.30-17.00
Conclusions and next steps James Calleja, Cedefop Director
17.00
End of the event
17.15
Departure for social event and dinner organised by Cedefop (optional)