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 Setting the Agenda for Career Education in Europe
09:30 - 10:30
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)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:45
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) Coffee break (networking) Career Education – What does it comprise? How can it be implemented? What are its success factors? Prof. Tony Watts, Cambridge/UK
11:45 - 12:30 12:30 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Questions and discussion Lunch & networking 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)