Programme

Venue: Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz, Otto-Braun-Strasse 90, D-10249 Berlin

28 June 2016

09.00 – 10.00     Registration and refreshments

10.00 – 10.30     Welcome
                                Ulrike Engels, National Agency at BIBB

Thematic Network Work-based Learning and Apprenticeships – NetWBL: Results, challenges and solutions
Ulrike Engels, National Agency at BIBB

10.30 – 11.00     Key note: Progress in Work-based Learning in Europe
                              Alexandra Dehmel, expert, Cedefop

Video message by Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility

11.00 – 11.30     coffee break

11.30 – 12.40     Fishbowl conversation: WBL 2020

Norbert Schöbel, teamleader, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion,
European Commission
Henk van Liempt, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Cristina Cofacci, Enel Group Italia
Annamaria Antal, Remus Radulet Vocational College

12.40 – 13.00     Introduction of the afternoon sessions

13.00 – 14.00     Lunch

14.00 – 15.30     Project marketplace (Room Royal 3+Foyer)

14.00 – 15.30     Project presentations (Room Royal 1)

                             Workshops
14.00 – 15.30     Guidance and Support of SMEs (Room R4+R5)
14.00 – 15.30     Cooperation/Partnership between school and labour market (Room R6+R7)
14.00 – 15.30     WBL and Higher Education (Room R2)

                             Information sessions
14.00 – 15.30     European Alliance for Apprenticeships (Room R3)
14.00 – 15.30     Getting to know the WBL TOOLKIT (Room R1)

15.30 – 16.00     Coffee break

16.00 – 17.30      Project presentations (Room Royal 1, Room R1, Room R3)

                               Workshops
16.00 – 17.30       Attractiveness of WBL (Room R2)
16.00 – 17.30       Curriculum development in Work-based Learning (Room R6+R7)
16.00 – 17.30       WBL Professionals (teachers, trainers, mentors, facilitators) (Room R4+R5)

                              in education and training systems by 2020

  Focus group A:     Representatives of businesses (SMEs, chambers of commerce, representative bodies) (Room R4+R5)

  Focus group B:     VET providers, Higher institutions, guidance centers (Room R6+R7)

  Focus group C:     Policy makers, public authorities, competent bodies (Room Royal 3)

  Focus group D:     Social partners (Room R3)

  Focus group E:     Learners (students, apprentices etc.) (Room R1)

  Focus group F:      WBL professionals (teachers, trainers, mentors, facilitators) (Room R2)

11.30 – 12.00     coffee break

12.00 – 12.20       NetWBL recommendations for promoting WBL 2020

12.20 – 12.40      Closing remarks

Tapio Säävälä, European Commission, Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture
Klaus Fahle, NA at BiBB

12.40 – 14.00      Social networking buffet and departure