European Building Sector Huge mobility of workers & firms within the European territory NEED FOR A CHANGE UPDATING OF FORMTIVE SYSTEMS UPDATING OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING WHOLE NEW CONTEXT

OUR PROJECT Promotion of the COPENHAGEN PROCESS: European principles and instruments for VET Diffusion of the European FRAME OF QUALIFICATIONS open and flexible easing the acknowledgment & the transferable nature of qualifications AIMS

Who are the partners of the project? RE.FORM.E NETWORK

What are the activities of the project? Activity 1: Diffusion of the COPENHAGEN PROCESS & its first results; development of a European frame for qualifications Activity 1: Diffusion of the COPENHAGEN PROCESS & its first results; development of a European frame for qualifications Activity 2: Validation of non formal and informal training within the building sector Activity 2: Validation of non formal and informal training within the building sector Activity 3: Diffusion of the Quality Assurance and of the European guide of evaluation Activity 3: Diffusion of the Quality Assurance and of the European guide of evaluation Activity 4: Utilization of the Europass portfolio within the building sector Activity 4: Utilization of the Europass portfolio within the building sector

UNWINDING OF THE PROJECT 1 ST ACTIVITY Analyses of the information related to the Copenhagen Process -Copenhaguen Process Declaration 30 th November Council Resolution 19th December Education and Training:2010 report 26th February 2004 Work meeting of Spanish partners in Barcelona last Mai Exchanging of experiences and results Definition of a spreading strategy among training and formation overseers at a national, regional and local level

Subject: Diffusion of the Copenhagen process and its first results Copenhagen process results Transparency of qualifications Lecturers and participants Spanish National Institute of Qualifications INCUAL General Directorate of Education of the Principality of Asturias Spanish National Job Service Social partners Business representatives Education and Training organisms SEMINAR in Spain, Asturias, in June 2006

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION We also enjoyed the presence of a… And of… RE.FORM.E NETWORK PARTNERS

Translation of documents Translation of all relevant documents into all the partner’s languages For their subsequent publication on…. ENGLISHSPANISHITALIANFRENCHGERMANPORTUGUESE RE.FORM.E NETWORK WEB PAGE

UNWINDING OF THE PROJECT 2nd ACTIVITY Diffusion of the common European principles on the systems of validation of informal and non formal learning. Analyses of the different approaches for the identification and validation of non formal and informal learning. Work meeting in Turin, Italy, in September Partners experiences on validation within the building sector SEMINAR in Turin, Italy, in September To enable a broader knowledge of validation systems - Exposition of good practices

Subject: Certification of non formal and informal training. Lecturers and participants European Construction Industry Federation FIEC European Federation of Building & Woodworkers FETBB Social agents of the different European countries SEMINAR in Italy, Turin, in September 2006

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION We also enjoyed the presence of a… And of… RE.FORM.E NETWORK PARTNERS Translation of all relevant documents to be published on RE.FORM.E. NETWORK WEB PAGE

UNWINDING OF THE PROJECT 3 RD ACTIVITY Results of the enforcement of the European cooperation in the field of QUALITY ASSURANCE in professionals training Diffusion of the activities launched by RE.FORM.E network on the subject of Quality in the European Building Schools Work meeting in Portugal, in April Analyses of peer organizations (management & workers meet on equal terms) priority in the implementation of quality in VET in building schools - Common Quality Assurance Framework CQAF Translation of all relevant documents to be published on…

UNWINDING OF THE PROJECT 4 th ACTIVITY Enhancing & promotion of the using of EUROPASS PORTFOLIO within RE.FORM.E network Inventory of Europass mobility within the network and of certification systems. Work meeting in Brussels, in September Spreading of RE.FORM.E good results in the field of youth & trainers mobility -Measures in favor of the common European training of trainers, youth and building sector workers.

Lecturers and participants SEMINAR in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2007 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION to comment on the implementation of the portfolio … Representatives responsible for VET in Belgium Social partners trainers Business representatives Translation of all relevant documents to be published on…

FOLLOW-UP & MONITORING ACTIVITIES Monitoring will enable the transmission of results The enhancing project will… Publish the results of the awareness-raising action Gain a better implication of the agents involved Improve the promotion of the Copenhagen process products & results Make these products & results successful in their implementation

The RE.FORM.E partners… Develop their own systems for evaluation, communication and diffusion of results Develop their own systems for evaluation, communication and diffusion of results Staff specialized on communication Publications Web pages…

conclusions AN AWARENESS-RAISING ACTION