Draft Programme
5 and 6 November 2020 - Virtual event
DAY 1 – Thursday 5 November 2020, 9.30-13 CEST
09:30 - 10:00 | Accessing the event platform – technical check up
10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome
Chair: Antonio RANIERI, Head of Department, Cedefop
Speakers:
- Lech PILAWSKI, President of the EESC Labour Market Observatory (LMO)
- Juergen SIEBEL, Cedefop Executive Director
10:15 - 10:30 | Session 1. Objective setting
Cedefop work on empowering adults through upskilling and reskilling pathways
Chair: Antonio RANIERI, Head of Department, Cedefop
- Speaker: Lidia SALVATORE, Cedefop
10:30 - 11:30 | Session 2. Towards successful implementation: experiences from individual countries
Chair: Lidia SALVATORE, Cedefop
Speakers:
- Finland - Tiina POLO, Senior Ministerial Advisor, Ministry of Education and Culture
- Ireland - Mary LYONS, Director of Enterprise, Employees and Skills, SOLAS
- The Netherlands - Lise WEERDEN, Policy Adviser, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Netherlands
11:30 – 11:40 | Virtual coffee break
11:40 - 13:00 | Parallel workshops: In depth discussions of country experiences
Participants will be pre-assigned to three breakout rooms
Finland:
- Tiina POLO, Senior Ministerial Advisor, Ministry of Education and Culture
- Anna TONI, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Moderators:
- Raimo VUORINEN, Project Manager, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä
- Cynthia HARRISON, Support expert, Cedefop
- Ernesto VILLALBA, Expert, Cedefop
Ireland
- Noreen FITZPATRICK, Manager, SOLAS
- Mary LYONS, Director, SOLAS
- Louise MACAVIN, Assistant Manager, Enterprise, Employees and Skills, SOLAS
Moderators:
- Lisa RUSTICO, Expert, Cedefop
- Lidia SALVATORE, Expert, Cedefop
The Netherlands
- Lise WEERDEN, Policy Adviser, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Moderators:
- Ramona DAVID, Expert, Cedefop
- Patrycja LIPINSKA, Expert, Cedefop
End of day 1
DAY 2 – Friday 6 November 2020, 9.30-13 CEST
09:30 - 10:00 | Participant online access, technical check-up
10:00 - 12:00 | Session 3. Future of upskilling pathways
Chair: Lidia SALVATORE, Cedefop
- EU Policy developments
Chiara RIONDINO, Head of Unit, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
- Portugal’s approach to Upskilling Pathways
Maria João ALVES, Head of the Division of Qualifica Centres
Alexandra TEIXEIRA, Head of the Department for Adult Qualification
- Brainstorming on the future of upskilling pathways and next steps
11:05 – 11:15 | Virtual coffee break
12:00 - 13:00 | Conclusions: the way forward
Chair: Mara BRUGIA, Deputy Director, Cedefop
Panel discussion
- Laurenţiu PLOSCEANU, President, Section on Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC), EESC
- Tatjana BABRAUSKIENĖ, VET and Adult Education expert of ETUC, EESC member
- Martina NI CHEALLAIGH, Senior expert, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
- Carina LINDÉN, Deputy Director, Swedish Ministry of Education and Research and Deputy Chairperson Governments' Group, Cedefop Management Board
- Robert PLUMMER, BusinessEurope
End of the event