This meeting traditionally serves as an opportunity not only to review the achieved results in the field of VET but also as an impetus for a continuous cooperation between the stakeholders. The meeting comprises of three parts, a specific presidency agenda and the European Commission agenda which seek points of equilibrium between the broader European values and the presidency priorities in the specific field of vocational education and training. The third, common part, is dedicated to the common topics and discussion.
In the Prague DG VT meeting the Czech Presidency agenda included the overview of the main tendencies of development in the Czech educational policy and priorities of the Czech Presidency in the field of education. Discussions aimed at presenting the policy of employment and the demonstration of the support of further vocational education and training. Furthermore, the priorities of vocational education and training in the Czech Republic and the Strategy of Lifelong Learning in the Czech Republic were presented. The role of social partnership as a key factor for further changes and progress in the VET and as an impetus for successful implementation of employers´ needs was stressed, followed by good practice examples provided by representatives of social partners and employers.
European Commission agenda envisaged the recent developments at European level concerning learner mobility, state-of-play of the Adult Learning Action Plan, New skills for New Jobs and update information on Recommendation on the establishment of the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) and Recommendation on the establishment of a European Quality Assurance Framework for Vocational Education and Training (EQARF). Other topics such as the Roadmap for Bruges 2010, Research into forms of individual career development and continuing vocational training (CVT) and the EQF linking to a globalised world were presented.
Considerable time in the programme was dedicated to the common discussions based on the issues outlined in the background paper by both Czech Presidency (Partnership between the education and training institutions and employers in the context of lifelong learning) and the European Commission (The role of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the economic crisis and beyond). The outline of the Swedish presidency programme concluded the meeting.
Monday May 18, 2009
- Opening addresses
1. Radek Coufal (Director General for Secondary and Tertiary Professional Education (Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sports)
2. Hélène Clark (Director, Lifelong Learning: policies and programme, Directorate General for Education and
Culture)
3. Marie Bílková (Director General, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)
- Czech Presidency Programme
1. Jakub Dürr ( Deputy minister; Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports): 
Czech_Presidency_of_the_EU_Council_in_the_field_of_education_and_training.ppt (621.50 KB)
2. Miloš Rathouský (Head of General, Secondary and Vocational Education Department, Ministry of Education,
Youth and Sports): Links_to_the_European_activities_and_new_initiatives_in_VET.ppt
(1015.00 KB)
3. Jakub Stárek (Head of CVET Department, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports): 
Implementation_of_Lifelong_learning_strategy_in_the_Czech_Republic.ppt
(4.51 MB)
4. Zdeněk Somr (Vice – president; Czech Chamber of Commerce): Implementation_of_Lifelong_learning_strategy_in_the_Czech_Republic.ppt
(4.51 MB)
5. Miroslav Procházka (Director, National Institution of Technical and Vocational Education):
Social_partnership_in_VET_in_the_Czech_Republic.ppt
(1.10 MB)
6. Jiří Rosenfeld (General Director; Slovácké strojírny Uherský Brod)
7. Vladimír Vácha ( E.ON Czech republic s.r.o.): E.ON_Czech_Cooperation_with_Secondary_and_High_Schools.ppt
(256.50 KB)
8. Marie Bílková (Director General, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)
DISCUSSION:
Partnership between
education and training inst. and employers in context of LLL.pdf (136,82 KB)
Discussion_partnership.ppt
(998.00 KB)
- European Commission Programme
1. Chair: Ms. Hélene Clark (Director for Lifelong learning: Policies and Programme,
Directorate General for Education and Culture)
2. João Delgado (Head of Unit, DG Education and Culture):
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DGVT_Prague_information_points.ppt
(336,00 KB)
- A strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training
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Learning mobility of young people: Learning_mobility_of_young_people.pdf
(212.84 KB)
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New skills for new jobs: New_skills_for_New_Jobs.pdf
(401.40 KB)
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Adult learning action plan: Adult_learning_action_plan.pdf
(140.54 KB)
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Launching the Bruges review: Launching_the_Bruges_review.pdf
(530.35 KB)
3. Pernille Skou Andersen (DG Education and Culture): Roadmap for Bruges 2010.ppt
(357.50 KB)
4. Hélene Clark:
The_role_of_VET_in_the_economic_crisis_and_beyond.ppt (368.50 KB)
DISCUSSION:
The response of VET to the current economic crisis and The future priorities for the Copenhagen process within the
Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training
VET_in_the_economic_crisis.pdf
(361.91 KB)
Tuesday May 19, 2009
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND COMMON TOPICS AGENDA
1. Michel Aribaud (DG Education and Culture): ECVET.State_of_play_and_perspectives.ppt
(794.50 KB)
2. Sophie Weisswange (DG Education and Culture): EQARF._State_of_play_and_perspectives.ppt
(523.50 KB)
3. Alan Brown (Professor, Institute for Employment Research,
University of Warwick): Career_development_and_Continuing_Vocational_Training.ppt
(601.00 KB)
4. Muriel Dunbar (Director, European Training Foundation):
Reflections_on_conference_EQF_Linking_to_a_globalised_world.ppt (189.00 KB)
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Presentation of the Swedish Presidency programme and the next DGVT meeting: Swedish_Presidency_of_the_EU_to_DGVT.ppt
(1.83 MB)
Click to enlarge the family photo of the event:
