This document outlines the agenda for a two-day seminar on vocational education and training in Turkey. The seminar aims to help Turkish participants in education and the private sector learn about European policies and priorities for vocational training to meet labor market needs. Over the two days, there will be presentations from various European countries on their vocational education systems and qualifications frameworks. Panel discussions will focus on measuring industry trends, responding to changes, and stakeholder involvement in developing qualifications. The event is organized by the European Commission to help Turkey strengthen its vocational training programs.

1. SEMINAR ON
Vocational Education and Training
(VET) to meet Labor Market Needs
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organised in co-operation with
TOBB
Venue:
Ankara / TOBB
TOBB Atatürk Bulvarı No:149 Bakanlıklar
Ankara, Turkey
01 October 2008
For more information on TAIEX assistance and to download presentations of
this event, please go to: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex.

2. Aim of the meeting:
The aim of the meeting is to expose to Turkish participants, actors in the field
of vocational education and training (VET), the European and Turkish policy
and priorities on VET to meet the labour market needs.
Turkish actors in the field of education and in the private sector, who will
discover the European dimension of the issue and examples from different EU
countries, will see the value of qualifications for sectors and have an idea about
how stakeholders can be involved in the development of qualifications. The
meeting will also concern the programmes available in Turkey and activities of
European organizations working on VET.
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3. Day I : Wednesday 01 October 2008
Chair : Prof. Dr. Mustafa BALCI, Sector Manager, Education and Training;
Delegation of EC to Turkey
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome Address by
Mr. İsmail KÖKSAL, Secretary General, TOBB
10:15 – 11:15 Introduction: Fostering VET as a part of Lisbon Agenda (Presentation
of the European policy areas, priorities and perspective) and EFT
activities.
Mr Arjen Vos, ETF
11:15 – 12:00 Introduction of the European Qualifications Framework (presentation
of the main concepts and tools to understand the EQF)
Mr Loukas Zahilas, CEDEFOP
12:00 – 12:15 Questions & Answers
12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:15 Lifelong Learning as a policy area in the EU to meet the labour market
needs – with examples of VET systems in Germany
Mr Holger Joshua Scheidel-Apostolov, Germany
13:15 – 13:30 Questions & Answers
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break
Chair: Mr. Salih ÇELİK, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of National
Education
14:30 – 15:00 VET System in Turkey: Institutions and Policies
Mr. Hüseyin ACIR, Director General, Ministry of National Education
15:00 – 15:30 Vocational Qualification Authority and Qualifications System in
Turkey
Mr. Bayram AKBAŞ, Vocational Qualification Authority
15.30 – 16:00 Vocational Qualifications System and its Application in Other
Countries, Vocational Skills Olympics, Skills Turkey and Turkish
Vocational Skills Organisation
Prof. Dr. Süleyman PAMPAL, Vice President, Gazi University
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4. 16.00 – 16:15 Questions & Answers
16.15 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00 Best Practices of VET Systems (France)
Ms Mireille Ferre, France
17:00 – 17:45 Importance of vocational guidance and orientation – developments in
the EU – with examples of VET systems in Spain
Mr Miguel Mares, Spain
17:45 – 18:00 Questions & Answers
18:00 End of first day
Day II : Wednesday 01 October 2008
Chair : Savaş ÖZAYDEMİR, President, Eskişehir Chamber of Industry, TOBB
Vocational Education Commission
09:00 – 09:30 The Active Labour Market Programmes implemented by Turkish
Employment Institution and Vocational Guidance and Consultancy in
Turkey
Mr. Feridun GİRESUN, Head of Department of Labour Adjustment,
Turkish Employment Institution (IŞ-KUR)
09:30 – 10:00 Programmes and Tools (like e-graduate) Available in Turkey
Mr. Feridun SAKA, Head of Department of Research and Development
of Education, Ministry of National Education
10:00 – 10:45 Sector-Wide Training for Preparing the Labor Force of the Future
Prof. Dr. Ali ŞİMŞEK, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Anadolu
University
10:45 – 11:15 Impact of EU Vocational Education Programme Leonardo da Vinci
(LDV) on Turkish Vocational Education Institutions
Mr. H. Galip KÜÇÜKÖZYİĞİT, LDV Programme Coordinator,
Centre for European Union Education and Youth Programmes
11:15 – 11:30 Questions & Answers
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break
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5. 11:45-12:30 Panel Discussion:
How to measure trends and needs in sectors? What can sectors do to
respond to change and meet their needs?
Mr Arjen Vos, ETF
Mr Loukas Zahilas, CEDEFOP
Mr Holger Joshua Scheidel-Apostolov, Germany,
Ms Mireille Ferre, France
Mr Miguel Mares, Spain
12:30 – 13:15 Panel Discussion:
Stakeholder involvement in the development and promotion of
competences and qualifications (recent examples and recommendations
from 3 countries)
Mr Holger Joshua Scheidel-Apostolov, Germany
Mr Miguel Mares, Spain
Ms Mireille Ferre, France
13:15 – 13:30 Questions & Answers
13:30 Closure by Turkish representative
This meeting is being organised by the
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument
of the European Commission
CHAR 03/149, B - 1049 Brussels
Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07, Fax: +32-2-296 76 94
Web site http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/
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