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In 1998, more than 100 researchers and vocational training experts from most European Union (EU) Member States and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe attended a conference that was held in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology and the European Training Foundation (ETF) to: examine how comparative vocational training research is related to policy and practice and how it contributes to the transfer of innovation in the European context; and assess the current situation and highlight prospects for the development of comparative vocational training research in future.

This report contains the contributions, recommendations and follow-up of this conference. It opens with an executive summary and an introduction by Uwe Lauterbach and Burkart Sellin. The welcoming and introductory addresses are: Methods and perspectives for comparative vocational education and training research in Europe / Johan van Rens, Ulrich Haase, Hans Konrad Koch, Wolfgang Mitter and Erhard Schulte; Communication of the representant of the European Commission (DG XXII: Education, Training and Youth) / Sergio Corti; On the path to vocational training research with a European dimension: extending comparative vocational training research - safeguarding cooperation involving the social partners / Oliver Lubke, Klaus Schedler and Alphonse de Vadder; The Val Duchesse Social Dialogue / Synnova Aga and Manfred Tessaring.

Selected papers are indexed from TD/TNC 72.306 to TD/TNC 72.330. Show less

This publication results from proceedings of the Agora conference ‘Skills for Europe’s future’ organised by Cedefop in February 2008. It contains the contributions of the Agora conference, the summary of the discussions in the working groups, and the conclusions of the conference. The volume consists of six main parts: the first part deals with progress in early identification of skill needs (contributors: Rob Wilson, Alena Zukersteinova); the second section locates skills in a wider context (contributors: Carlo Dell’Arringa, Ernest Berkhout, Riel Miller); the third part covers presentations and discussions of the working group ‘Forecasting skill needs at European Union (EU) level’ and provides detailed information on the medium-term forecast (contributors: Rob Wilson, Ilias Livanos, Ben Kriechel, Frank Corvers, Ben Gardiner); the fourth part comprises contributions and discussions of the working group ‘Skill needs in sectors’ (contributors: Henriette Freikamp, Uwe Schumann, Martin Mulder, Donald Storrie, Thom ter Stege, Bernd Dworschak); the fifth section deals with presentations and discussions of the working group ‘Skill needs in enterprises’ (contributors: Olga Strietska, Germana Di Domenico, Ronald van Bekkum and Britta Ludeke, Jean-Louis Zanda, Frederike Behringer, Mark Keese); and the sixth part outlines key policy challenges, the conclusions of the Agora conference, and the way forward (contributors: David White, Xavier Prats Monne, Matthew Highham, Jean-Francois Robinet, Petri Lempinen, Slava Pevec Grm, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Torsten Dunkel, Manfred Tessaring, Alena Zukersteinova).

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