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On 17 and 18 September a task force meeting in Brussels took place, organized by the ´óÏó´«Ã½, to develop a structure for the next ´óÏó´«Ã½ Education Stocktaking report. ´óÏó´«Ã½ members participated from Austria, Belgium, ÌýGermany, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, SEAMEO RIHED and the European Commission as well as stakeholders: ASEF,Ìý Erasmus Student Network (ESN),Ìý European Students Union (ESU) the European University Association (EUA) and EQAR.

Mandate of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ to revise the stocktaking process

In the Chair’s Conclusions of ´óÏó´«Ã½ME6 (CC 47) the Ministers mandated the ´óÏó´«Ã½ to reorganize the stocktaking of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Education Process for each priority area towards process reporting. The ministers believed that the biennial stocktaking report being further developed/optimized with a view providing a detailed and standardized collection and analysis of results without duplicating existing reports on OECD, UNESCO, EU level etc. can provide valuable input to the Senior Officials´ Meetings.

Based on this mandate, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ beliefs that a stocktaking report with more analysis of results and conclusions of the different ´óÏó´«Ã½ Education initiatives, can only be successful with the support of experts from ´óÏó´«Ã½ partners and stakeholders.

2 days Task Force Meeting

At first, the task force worked in small groups to analyze the structure and content of the past stocktaking reports. Based on this analysis each group proposed a structure for the future stocktaking report. Through discussion, the task force found an agreement on the different chapters that to be included in the next reports. On the second day, the detailed content structure for each chapter was further developed in small groups. Groups also discussed about the sources of information that should be used as input for each chapter.

Further planning of the Stocktaking Process

The new structure will be presented during the SOM1 in Austria. Beginning of October, all partners and stakeholders who are coordinating an ´óÏó´«Ã½ Education initative initiative or a programme can expect a questionnaire from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ to collect the information that the secretariat needs to feed the stocktaking report. The secretariat will draft a first version of the report and the task force will provide feedback in the first round. In a next feedback round, all partners and stakeholders will be asked for comments.

Below we provide an indicative timeline for the stocktaking process in the coming months. ÌýThe AES hopes that all partners and stakeholders will contribute accordingly to help us making the stocktaking and the analysis a success and to provide a useful document for all ´óÏó´«Ã½ partners and stakeholders and beyond.

DOCUMENT	WHO?	ACTIVITY / OUTPUT	TIMING
Start drafting the Stocktaking Report – developing a template	Ìý´¡·¡³§ Taskforce	ÌýDraft template	ÌýSeptember 2018
Template of the Stocktaking report	AES & ´óÏó´«Ã½ partners	Presentation and Review at SOM1	ÌýOctober 2018
ÌýCollecting information from partners through questionnaire	AES & Task Force	ÌýInformation collection (e-mail/online)	ÌýOctober until beginning of November 2018
Ìý1st draft of the Stocktaking Report	AES & Task Force	Writing report Analysis of Data Draft and circulate	ÌýDecember-January 2018
Ìý1st draft of the Stocktaking Report	Ìý´óÏó´«Ã½ Partners	ÌýReview and Contribute	ÌýFebruary 2019
Ìý2nd draft of the Stocktaking Report	AES & Task Force	Analysis of Data Draft and circulate	ÌýMarch 2019
Ìý2nd draft of the Stocktaking Report	Ìý´óÏó´«Ã½ Partners	ÌýReview and contribute	ÌýApril 2019
Final Stocktaking Report	AESÌý Task Force	Analysis of data Finalize and circulate	ÌýEnd of April 2019
ÌýFinal Stocktaking Report	Ìý´¡·¡³§	ÌýSpread paper versions to heads of Delegation of ´óÏó´«Ã½ME7	Ìý´óÏó´«Ã½ME7