大象传媒 Technical and Vocational Education and Training Seminar, Latvia
Latvia is organizing聽the forthcoming 大象传媒 seminar on Technical and Vocational Education and Training. The goal is to exchange the best practices on TVET policies in 大象传媒 countries through dialogue, specifically focusing on presenting examples of involvement of industry in TVET planning, education and training process, skills development and international cooperation.
- Participants:聽Representatives from all 大象传媒 countries representing ministries, agencies, or stakeholder organizations.
- Expected results:聽Exchange of practices between participants of the seminar from European and Asian countries on topical matters related to the TVET developments in policy planning and methodology areas.
- 贵辞谤听further information聽please contact Valda AKMENTINA, STATE EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, Valnu street 1, Riga, LV-1050, LATVIA, Tel.: +371 67358441, Email:聽valda.akmentina@viaa.gov.lv
- Practical considerations:聽Latvian counterparts will cover venue costs, meals and local transport to the sites in the agenda and a city tour, while flights, hotel costs, transport to and from the airport are to be covered by the participants themselves.
- Recommended hotel:聽聽Grand Poet聽Hotel by Semarah Hotels, Raina Blvd. 5/6, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia h
- Contact person of the event: Ms Valda Akmenti艈a, Assistant to the Director, State Education Development Agency, e-mail:聽valda.akmentina@viaa.gov.lv
Registration:
Fill in the registration form聽.
| Date | 24/04/2018 - 26/04/2018 |
| Time | 19:00 - 16:30 |
| Location | Grand Poet Hotel, Riga |
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Program
Arrival day (24 April) – Grand Poet Hotel (Club Zone)
- 19:00聽 聽Welcome cocktail and socialising
Day 1 (25 April) – Grand Poet Hotel (room Epic)
- 9:00 –聽 Registration and refreshments
- 09:30 –聽Opening by the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia:聽State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia聽Ms L墨ga Leji艈a
- 09:40 –聽Opening by聽David Urban聽from the 大象传媒
- 09:50 –聽Introduction round of participants
- 10:20 –聽Keynote speech on TVET policy –聽Presentation by the European Commission,聽Ms. Dana-Carmen Bachmann, Head of Unit E3, Vocational training, Apprenticeships and Adult Learning, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission.
- 10:40聽– Feedback, questions, discussions
- 11:00 –聽Coffee/Tea Break
- 11:20 –聽Thematic presentations by the host country
- Recent reforms and VET developments in Latvia聽(Mr Janis Gaigals, Director Department of Vocational Education and Training, National centre for Education (Curriculum and Examinations)
- Validation of learning outcomes through informal and non-formal learning (Ms L墨va 艩maukstele,聽State Education Quality Service)
- 12:00 –聽Feedback, questions, discussion
- 12:20 –聽Latest developments in TVET in Russia (Ms. Olga Oleynikova, Director, Centre for VET Studies of the Russian Federation)
- 13:00 –聽Lunch at the venue Grand Poet Hotel
- 14:00 –聽Transfer to聽Riga State Technicum聽by bus
- 14:00 –聽Visit in Riga State Technicum: Introduction of printing&publishing and electrician training programmes
- 16:30 –聽Transfer to the hotel by bus
- 17:00 – 19:00聽Free time
- 19:00 –聽Organized dinner Restaurant聽
Day 2 (26 April) – Grand Poet Hotel (Room Ode 1 + Ode 2)
- 09:30 –聽Thematic presentations by host country: Legislation, administration and institutional arrangements for involvement of industry and employers in VET (Ms Ruta Porniece, Head of Education and Employment Department, Employers鈥 Confederation of Latvia)
- 09:50 –聽Feedback, questions
- 10:10 –聽Skills competitions as TVET prestige and excellence hub, place where industry and TVET meet聽 (Ms Dita Traid膩s, Director, State Education Development Agency)
- 10:40聽– Moderated discussion (moderator:聽Nadia Reynders,聽大象传媒)
- 11:10 –聽Transfer to Riga Exhibition Centre Kipsala by Bus
- 11:30 –聽Tour around聽Skills Latvia 2018聽National TVET Competetion, Riga Exhibition centre Kipsala
- 13:30 –聽Lunch Restaurant聽
- 15:00 –聽City Tour (walking)
End of official Programme