Prishtina, 13th June 2012ETF and Kosovo Pedagogical Institute and GIZ

BACKGROUND

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The TORINO PROCESS isa participatory process leading toan evidence-based analysis of VET policies in a given country.

• Launched in 2010

• Conference organised in May 2011

• Final Declaration – 250 participants from all partner countries welcomed idea of strengthening evidence/knowledge base in VET policy design and evaluation.

FOUR PRINCIPLES

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0101 Ownership of both process and results by partnercountry stakeholders.

0202 Broad participation in the process as a basis for reflectionsand consensus building/policy learning.

0303Holistic approach, using a broad concept of VET for bothyoung people and adults and adhering to a system approach,including links to economic and social demands.

0404 Evidence or knowledge-based assessment.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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VET IS

• Understood in broad sense, covering education and training that aims to equip both young people and adults with knowledge, know-how, skills and competences required on the labour market, for social inclusion and personal development.

• Provided at different levels (including secondary, post-secondary and tertiary), in formal, non-formal or informal settings, in institutions, companies or other places, andat different stages of people’s lives.

Adapted from Commission Communication on New Impetus for VET

WHAT IS EVIDENCE?

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Commission Staff Working Document, ‘Towards more knowledge-based policy and practice in education and training’, SEC(2007)1098, Brussels, 2007

EVIDENCE CAN TAKE MANY FORMS

such as experience and evaluation of practice, the results of scientific analyses, quantitative and qualitative research, basic and applied research, and the development of statistics and indicators. Education and training are part of the diverse cultural traditions and … there can be no simple prescriptions about what makes good policy or practice. This makes it all the more important to know … about what works, for whom, under what circumstances and with what outcomes.

WHAT IS POLICY LEARNING?

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‘Policy’ is about visions for development and the ways to achieve goals.

Learning is successful, i.e. learners acquire new knowledge, skills and attitudes, when they have been actively engaged in learning processes.

VET reform can only be sustainable if local stakeholders have developed their own policy solutions. Reforms need to be embedded in local contexts – local knowledge and initiative is a key source and starting point for change.

The Torino Process offers a platform for policy learning – for sharing experience, reflection and creating new insights, knowledge and consensus on VET policies.

Adapted from ETF Yearbook 2008 Policy Learning in Action

KEY MESSAGES from implementation process 2010 in KOSOVO

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FINDINGS

• Reforms of the general education and VET systems are in progress, but with little strategic coordination and little policy impact evaluation.

• VET is poorly represented in the central structures and the government’s budget. Low priority is given to the implementation of VET curricula.

• The relevance of VET to the labour market is hampered by the quality of VET. There is no systematic approach to translate the analysis of the labour market into curricula and qualifications.

• Appropriate incentives to promote the school-business interaction are lacking, and platforms for social partnership are still in early stages of development.

• VTCs have limited discretion and flexibility to meet the needs of local markets. There is little evidence that they provide significant advanced training.

• There could be overlap in setting education standards between NQA, CVET, and the new curriculum authority.

KEY MESSAGES from implementation process 2010 in KOSOVO

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CHALLENGES

To improve the external efficiency:

•Need to improve the quality and enhance the relevance of VET system to labour market and individual needs.

•The articulation of education subsystems will decide how Kosovo’s policy efforts will build consistency across the set of education reforms, including higher education.

•High priorities such as the Centres of Competence (COCs) and the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) are to be embedded in the wider reform vision and fully scaled up throughout the system.

•Governance and financing model of VET system: need to find the ‘right’ incentives for enterprises to get involved, to link decentralisation with quality and to build consistent institutional arrangements for the autonomy for VET institutions.

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK

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POLICY VISIONWhat is the vision for VET development, and doesit comply with the broader socioeconomic development objectives?

Key Questions

VET IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESSDo the skills offered by the VET system matchthose required by the labour market and economic development?

VET IN RELATION TO SOCIAL DEMAND AND SOCIAL INCLUSIONDo institutions, as well as programmes and skills offered by the VET system, match the aspirationsof individual learners and the needs of vulnerable groups?

INTERNAL QUALITY AND EFFICIENCYWhat further reforms are necessary to modernise the various building blocks of the VET system?

GOVERNANCE AND FINANCINGAre institutional arrangements, capacities and budgets adequate for bringing about the desired changes in the VET system?

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THE VET DELIVERY CYCLE

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COMPETENCEBASED

STANDARDS /QUALIFICATIONS

COMPETENCEBASED

STANDARDS /QUALIFICATIONS

ASSESSMENT &CERTIFICATION

ASSESSMENT &CERTIFICATION

CLASSIFICATIONOF

OCCUPATIONS

CLASSIFICATIONOF

OCCUPATIONS

IMPACT/MONITORING

IMPACT/MONITORING

ECONOMICDEMAND

SOCIALDEMAND

ECONOMICDEMAND

SOCIALDEMAND

TRAININGPROVIDERS

TRAININGPROVIDERS

TEACHERS’ / INSTRUCTORS’

TRAINING

TEACHERS’ / INSTRUCTORS’

TRAINING

CURRICULACURRICULA

TRAINING SITES/ SCHOOL

WORKSHOPS & ENTERPRISES

TRAINING SITES/ SCHOOL

WORKSHOPS & ENTERPRISES

LEARNING MATERIALS

LEARNING MATERIALS

DEMAND

SUPPLY

Companies Employment

Jobs

Individual learnersDisadvantaged groups

EQF

ACTION-ORIENTATEDLEARNING

SECTOR SKILLNEEDS ANALYSIS SECTION B

SECTION C

SECTION D

THE VET DELIVERY CYCLE

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VISION FORVET DEVELOPMENT

SECTION A

SECTION E

SECTION B-DPOLICY & LEGAL

FRAMEWORK

GOVERNANCE& FINANCIALFRAMEWORK

VETDELIVERY

CYCLE

STATISTICAL DATA

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• (Internationally) available indicators gathered centrally by ETF Statistics Team.

• Essential that Kosovo complements these with its own national data.

• Desired data specified in Analytical Framework, plus Guidelines on Quantitative Indicators (definitions, sources).

• ETF Statistics Team will run workshops for statistics experts in each region (so-called Torinet activities).

• Further support can be provided – Kosovo coordinator to liaise with ETFKosovo manager → ETF Statistics Team.

ETF SUPPORT PACKAGE

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• General introduction on the Torino Process.

• Analytical framework, including definitions of terms, guiding questions, key indicators, possible sources of evidence, governance matrix and list of indicators gathered by ETF Statistics Team.

• Guidelines on quantitative indicators, including definitions and sources.

• Report template.

• Cedefop glossary.

• Guidelines on the creation and applicationof quantitative data.

IMPLEMENTATION- MEST/KPI/GIZ/ETF

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• Statistical data gathering.

• In-depth literature review.

• Analysis of occupations/skills needed on the labour market (compared to VET programmes on offer).

• Consultations ( national workshop JAR and other themetic workshops, national, regional and international policy learning forums, etc.) involving policy makers, social partners, school managers, teachers, authorities, employers, researchers, civil society, etc. – by topic.

• Drafting of report.

• Quality assurance of summary country report (up to max. 15–20 pages) by the ETF.

Phases

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SCHEDULE and TASKS for the Torino Process 2012 in KOSOVO

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Activities and milestones When

Launching conference Prishtina 29 Nov 2011

ETF Workshop “Gathering the Evidence for Assessing VET systems”

Turin 1-2 March 2012

Collection and analysis of statistical data Prishtina January – June 2012

Consultation process on Torino Process Reporting in different VET focused workshops/meetings

Prishtina January – June 2012

ETF Corporate Conference on Multilevel Governance in ET

Brussels 31/05-1/06 2012

Review, discussion of the preliminary findings of the TRP

Prishtina13-14 June 2012

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Activities and milestones When

Drafting: sections A, B, C, D, E, Executive Summary.Compilation and overall editing of the report

June – September 2012

Drafting Annex 1 (Governance Matrix)

Drafting Annex 2 (Key Indicators) January 2012

Collection of comments raised in June event and integration in final draft

1-15 July 2012

Stakeholders discussion for endorsement of the final draft of the report

10-11 October 2012

Finalisation of the draft report End October 2012

Peer review, editing, printing, translation Mid November 2012

Workshop on policy implications in VET based on findings from TRP

FINAL REPORT

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• Synthesises key findings from the analyses and consensus-building processes and includes a statistical data annex.

• Kosovo stakeholders are encouraged to stick to Analytical Framework questions as far as possible (no descriptions of VET systems).

• The ETF will check quality and publish the summary country reports, incl. the latest statistics, up to a maximum length of 15–20 pages – in English, Albanian and Serbian

FINAL REPORT AND MEETINGS

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• Draft reports by third quarter 2012.

• Final endorsed reports by last quarter 2012.

• Periodic forum of VET policy leaders.

• Next ETF Torino Process conference in 2013.