LIFELONG LEARNING DAYS – BULGARIA 2007
SHERATONSOFIAHOTEL BALKAN
18 – 20 OCTOBER 2007
PROGRAMME
Thursday October18th 2007Sredetz Hall, SheratonSofiaHotel Balkan
09:00 – 10:00 / CONFERENCE OPENING
Welcome speeches by
the President of Republic of Bulgaria - Mr. Georgi Parvanov,
the German ambassador - Mr. Michael Geier,
the Minister of Education - Mr. Danail Vylchev,
the Minister for Employment and Social Affairs - Mrs Emilia Maslarova (all to be confirmed)
10.00 – 11.00 / CULTURALPROGRAMME
Students from the NationalAcademy for Theatre & Film Arts
Embassy cultural groups
11.00 – 11.30 / Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 / Validationofnon-formalandinformallearning – challenges and perspectives
Key note speeches by representatives of Cedefop, OECD, European Commission, Ministry of Education/ Ministry for Employment and Social Affairs, followed by panel discussion
Chairperson: Mrs Maria Todorova (t.b.c.)
13.00 – 14.00 / Lunch
14.00 – 15.15 / Validationofnon-formalandinformallearning – examples from the practice
Presentations of good practices and successful projects
Chairperson: Mrs Maria Antova (t.b.c.)
15.15 – 15.30 / Coffeebreak
15.30 – 17.30 / “WORLDCAFÉ”:formal and non-formal learning in the context of carrier guidance and carrier development
Moderators: Valentina Sharlanova, Department for Career Development at the Thracian University Stara Zagora and Anelia Miteva, DVV International – Bulgarian office
Friday October 19th 2007
Sredetz Hall, SheratonSofiaHotel Balkan
Partner and financial support: HumanResourceDevelopmentCenter
09.00 – 10.00 / OPENING
Welcome speech
10.00 – 13.00 / Panel I : theBulgariancontribution to the European Higher Education Area
Presentation of projectscoordinatedbyBulgarianorganizationsand European Quality Prize winners (Linqua, Leonardo da Vinci „Language competencies”, E-Quality etc.)
Award ceremony for the winners of the European Quality Prize
13.00 – 14.00 / Lunch – buffet
14.00 – 17.00 / Panel II: Lifelong Learning in the context of Higher Education
Presentations:
The Lifelong Learning Concept and the higher education
Prof. Yordanka Kuzmanova, Chair of the Rectors’ Conference of the Republicof Bulgaria Bologna process expert for Bulgaria
The Lifelong Learning and the Bologna Process in Europe
Irina Radewska, Secretary general of the Rectors’ Conference of the Republic of Bulgaria
Development of university strategies and policies for Lifelong Learning. Presentation of the project EULLearn - European University Network for Lifelong Learning
Assoc. Prof. Rositza Betcheva, Ph.D.Office for Foreign Students and Education in Foreign Languages at the University of Chemical technology and metallurgy, Sofia
Organizational structures and models for university management by the implementation of the national Lifelong Learning Policies
Higher Education Systems for Quality Assurance of Lifelong Learning
17.00 / Cocktail
Saturday October 20th 2007
Rila Hall, SheratonSofiaHotel Balkan
Partner and financial support: Vocational Training Center “Znanie”
Moderator: Radosveta Drakeva
09.30 – 11.00 / ROI: Returns of Investment in Training – presentation of the methodology and experience of the Center for Vocational Trainig “Znanie Sofia” in the framework of two Leonardo da Vinci projects: ROI and AvalNet
11.00 – 11.30 / Coffee break
11.30 – 13.30 / Implementation in the practice: analysis and adaptation of the ROI’s instrument for Returns of Investment in training for small and middle enterprizes and NGOs
NOTE:
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