CASE CROATIADario Baron

MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING

EUROPEAN LEVEL

IPA – Operational Programme Human Resource Development•Quality assurance•Croatian Qualification Framework•New curricula•Local partnership for employment

ESF – more resources for further development

FP7 and LLP

All project are in line with Education and training 2020

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CURRENT SITUATION

CHALLENGES:•Educational programmes don’t have appropriate learning outcomes for the quality and type of knowledge and skills;• Admissions policy is not working to reduce imbalances in the labor market;• Low average educational level of the inactive population hinders its activation.

NEEDED ACTIONS:• Plan the qualification on time;• Develop projections of future needs of the economy/employers;• Reshape the demand for knowledge and skills to the level of vocations and competences;• Plan the necessary qualifications and educational outcomes in formal education and adult education.

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NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL

INFRASTRUCTURE:•Responsibility of counties and municipalities•Renewal of 338 schools in 2012-13 (800M EUR) – important role of central government

CURRICULUM:• Responsibility of central state• School curricula – schools have freedom to be innovative

External evaluation on national level

School’s self-evaluatation

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IN THE FUTURE ...