of Vocational Training
/ European Centre for the Development
of Vocational Training
PEER LEARNING EVENT ON
Guiding at risk youth through learning to work
Thessaloniki, 26-27 November 2009
Venue: Mediterranean Palace Hotel
3, Salaminos & Karatassou streets
54626 Thessaloniki
Tel. +30-2310-552554
Thursday 26 November 2009
09.00 – 09.30 Participants arrive at the Mediterranean Palace Hotel
09.30 – 10.00 Registration of participants
PLENARY: TRANSITION OF AT THE RISK YOUTH INTO
ADULTHOOD IN EUROPE
Meeting room: POSIDON A
Chair Mr Mika Launikari, Cedefop
10.00 – 10.10 Welcoming words
Mr Mika Launikari, Cedefop
10.10 – 10.25 Knowledge sharing among participants “An ice-breaker”
10.25 – 10.45 European policy initiatives supporting individual learning pathways – Focus on EQF and ECVET
Ms Isabelle Le Mouillour, Cedefop
10.45 – 11.00 Purpose and rationale of the Cedefop study on guidance for youth education-to-work transitions
Mr Mika Launikari, Cedefop
11.00 – 11.30 Main findings of the study
Ms Anne-Mari Nevala/Ms Pat Irving, GHK Consulting Limited, UK
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.20 Discussion
12.20 – 12.45 Irish Youthreach service experience – Reflections from decision-making perspective in relation to the key findings of the study presented
Dr Dermot Stokes, Ireland
12.45 – 13.00 Discussion and instructions for the workshops
Mr Mika Launikari, Cedefop
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch at the restaurant of the hotel
14.30 – 17.00 Two parallel workshops (coffee break 15.30-16.00)
Workshop 1: PREVENTATIVE GUIDANCE MEASURES
Meeting room: POSIDON A
Chairperson: Ms Pat Irving, GHK Consulting Limited, UK
Rapporteur: Mr Helmut Zelloth, ETF, Italy
Presentation 1. Mentoring among young people from ethnic
minorities, Denmark
Mr John Vinter Knudsen
Presentation 2. Aanval op de schooluitval, the Netherlands
Ms Marianne Visbeen
Workshop 2: CORRECTIVE GUIDANCE AND WORKING LIFE FAMILIARISATION MEASURES
Meeting room: POSIDON B
Chairperson: Mr Anton Simonic, Slovenia
Rapporteur: Ms Teresa Sorde Marti, Spain
Presentation 1. Notschool.net, UK
Ms Jean Johnson
Presentation 2. School and work alternation, Italy
Dr Luca Bilotti
17.00 End of the day
Friday 27 November 2009
PLENARY: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS A PLATFORM FOR
LEARNING AND CAREER MANAGEMENT
Meeting room: POSIDON A
Chair Mr Mika Launikari, Cedefop
10.00 – 10.50 Workshop reports incl. discussion
10.50 – 11.10 AIKOS – the Open Information, Counselling and Guidance
System, Lithuania
Ms Aleksandra Sokolova, Ministry of Education and Science. Lithuania
11.10 – 11.30 Career management skills in Europe
Mr Jasmin Muhic, Coordinator of ELGPN working package 1
11.30 – 11.45 Discussion
11.45 – 12.10 Coffee break
12.10 – 12.30 Developing young people´s career management skills in Greece – The use of ICT and other methods as tools of lifelong guidance intervention
Ms Fotini Vlachaki and Ms Helena Mastoraki, Guidance Experts, Greece
12.30 – 12.45 Discussion
12.45 – 13.00 Conclusions and closing of the event
Mr Mika Launikari, Cedefop
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