Skills for sustainable development
Wprn: WP12-31-10
The ETF Sustainable Development project aims at improving ETF’s
assistance to
partner countries on the sustainable development dimension in the VET system.
ETF work is based on the EU 2020 strategy committing to a sustainable future as
an occasion to better integrate sustainability issues in its work with partner
countries outside the EU, highlighting the fundamentally transnational nature
of sustainability issues. Since 2010, ETF has carried out specific activities
to enhance the sustainable development dimension (organisation of expert
meeting, drafting of discussion papers on the topic) leading in 2011 to the
finalisation of the ETF corporate position paper on sustainable development
dimension.
ETF has explored and discussed the dimension of sustainable development in VET
together with skills development context within the CIS region. Three pilot
countries (Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine) have carried out an assessment of
sustainable dimension of the VET system focussing, in particular, on 2 aspects:
Governmental Support for a “Whole School” Approach to Sustainable Development
in VET Schools, and Implementation of the “Whole School” Approach to Learning
Sustainability in VET Schools. The findings of three country assessments have
been discussed in an expert meeting in Minsk, 15-16/11/2011. ETF support has
been requested on how to develop a system of SD indicators for VET, appropriate
to the local context, and how to promote sustainable development in the VET
system.
Building on a preparatory study carried out in 2011 on the relevance of VET for
sustainable development a dissemination conference will be organised in autumn
2012 tentatively in Ukraine in cooperation with the EC (DG EAC) and the hosting
country government. The conference aims at proposing policy recommendations for
reinforcing sustainable development in VET curricula and delivery.
Topics
Lifelong learning
Put simply, lifelong learning means that people can – and should have the opportunity to – learn throughout their lives.
Equality in education
Across the world, certain groups of people are still hard pressed to get the most out of their education and training system.
Education and business
Partnership between the worlds of work and education is a process that is set to become an integral part of how we go about developing education.
Employment
“Employment”: a better guidance contributes to broader economic and social well-being by easing the functioning of labour markets.
Skills recognition
Making qualifications transparent and easily readable, even across international frontiers, is a high priority for the ETF.
School and teacher development
Teachers are a critical factor in education reforms. The ETF takes therefore the role of schools and teachers seriously throughout its work.
Key competences
Focusing on key competences is one of the surest ways of keeping education and training relevant in a fast-changing environment.
VET Governance
Governance modes and models have a high correlation with the overall performance of education and training policies, influencing their strategic formulation and implementation.
Projects
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