Session 2: “Key issues” in the Bremen Consultation Workshop

Dear colleagues,

The second working session of the Bremen Consultation Workshop shifts the attention to key issues and challenges that have been taken up by the previous workshops and by the projects .

We will have two sets of sheets (matrixes) that will be discussed in two working groups.

The ‘topic’ sheets contain brief statements that have been formulated on the basis of the workshop reports. The following topics are covered:  Relations between VET teachers and trainers, Trainers’ certificates and accreditation, Cooperation between school-based and workplace learning, Support for e-learning and new training methods.

The ’study’ sheets contain brief statements that refer to the work or to the challenges of recent European projects. The following studies are covered: Defining VET professionals (Cedefop), TTplus (Leonardo), Trainers in SMEs, Network “Trainers in Europe” (Survey).

The participants are invited to give comments to the comment spaces and to share the comments within the groups.

What do we want to achieve? We try to get a picture of  parallel experiences and findings that can be linked to the statements and to the project findings. The participants are also invited to inform each other of  other similar projects or developments that are relevant for the issues.

How does this help us further? The work with the key issues and challenges helps us get more focused when we discuss the prospects for  European policies and cooperation activities.

How does this contribute to the final results of the consultation process? The work with key issues is an attempt to aggregate the discussions and findings of the regional workshops.

Good luck with the work with key issues and challenges,

Pekka Kämäräinen (on behalf of the organisers)