TTnet Annual Conference Session 3 Expanding the network to include the New Member States Review of the process and main issues Mara Brugia TTnet Coordinator

Expanding the network to include New Member States a) process launched in autumn 2002 in close cooperation with the ETF b) gradual and case-by-case approach reflecting the countries’ needs, priorities, demands and proposals

Stages of the process a conference held in November 2002 in connection with the Danish EU Presidency consultation of the 13 countries on the basis of a vademecum and a questionnaire developed by Cedefop small working group (ETF, Cedefop, TTnet, acceding countries) set up to analyse the countries’ replies

Country frameworks “Country frameworks” drafted for the 6 countries prepared to join TTnet (Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia) priority issues in the field of teacher training within each country, checked against the priorities expressed by the countries EU priority issues for teachers and trainers TTnet achievements and good examples of practices

Issues to be raised how to integrate the acceding and candidate countries in TTnet activities? how to promote active partnership between existing TTnet networks and newly created networks?

Final stage of the process “Road map” to be established for the association of the acceding and candidate countries with TTnet activities