CAREER EDUCATION FOR SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE

INVESTMENT IN YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH

8th November, Sofia, Bulgaria

Agenda

07.11.2011 (Day of Arrival)

Welcome dinner (networking) on invitation of HRDC

08.11.2011

08:30 - 09:00 Registration of participants and coffee

09:00 - 09.30 Official opening + inspirational performance 09:30 - 10:30 Setting the Agenda for Career Education in Europe

Development of Career Management Skills (CMS) - a key priority of the European Lifelong Guidance Policy (Dr Raimo Vuorinen, Chairperson of the ELGPN, European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network) Career Education: An effective and cost-efficient solution to increase access to career guidance in South-East Europe (Mr Helmut Zelloth, Senior Human Capital Development Specialist, ETF, European Training Foundation)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break (networking)

11:00 - 11:45

Career Education – What does it comprise? How can i t be implemented? What are its success factors? Prof. Tony Watts, Cambridge/UK

11:45 - 12:30 Questions and discussion

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch & networking

14:00 - 15:30

Podium discussion. Sharing policy and practice examples across Europe with key panelists: *Mr. Harald Reichmann, Styrian Association for Education and Economics - Austria; *Prof. Fusun Akkok, Turkey; *Mrs. Nina Ahlroos, Euroguidance - Sweden; *Mrs. Gergana Rakovska, Bologna national expert - Bulgaria; *Mrs. Fotini Vlachaki, Euroguidance - Greece.

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break (networking)

16:00 - 17:00 European Funding opportunities for Career Education (t.b.c.)

17:00 - 17:15 Conclusions (HRDC & ETF & ELGPN)

19:00 Farewell dinner on invitation of HRDC

09.11.2011 (Departure)