Links to presentations made at the Conference are available below. A report of the Conference will be available here in early April.

Opening speech by the Minister for Education and Science, Noel Dempsey T.D.
(click here to view in word format)

Keynote address by Nikolaus van der Pas, Director General, DG Education and Culture, European Commission, 'Education and Training 2010 and the Lisbon goals' (click here to view in pdf format)

Presentation of the research paper - Cynthia Deane, Options Consulting and Elizabeth Watters, European Research for Intercultural Understanding (click here to view power point presentation)

Working Group 1: 'Enhancing quality - Building trust, developing approaches to quality in vocational education and training and in higher education'

Speakers:Juergen Horschinegg, Austria, Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture. Christian Thune, European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies (Click here to view power point presentation - Juergen Horschinegg) (Click here to view power point presentation - Christian Thune)

Rapporteur: Madlen Serban, Romania, Ministry of Education and Research. (Click here to view report)

Working Group 2: 'Building credit systems and improving transparency -
Meeting learner mobility and employment needs within and between countries,
supporting flexible delivery and recognising all learning'

Speaker: Isabelle Le Mouillour, Germany,University of Kassel. (Click here to view power point presentation) (click here to view paper)

Rapporteur: Caroline Egerton, Northern Ireland, Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment. (Click here to view report)

Working Group 3: 'New and emerging models in vocational education and training and higher education - Presenting developments within states which address skills needs and challenge traditional approaches to teaching, learning and assessment'

Speakers: Robert Wagenaar, Netherlands, Joint Coordinator of the Tuning Project, University of Groningen and Jens Bjornavold, European Commission . (Click here to view power point presentation Robert Wagenaar) (Click here to view in European Commission discussion note)

Rapporteur: Aviana Bulgarelli, Italy, Ministry of Labour and Social Policies. (Click here to view reprot)

Working Group 4: 'Improving comparability - frameworks of qualifications - What role do they have or might they play at national and European level?'

Speaker: Stephen Adam, United Kingdom, University of Westminster (Click here to view power point presentation)

Rapporteur: Mike Coles, United Kingdom, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (Click here to view power point report)

Concluding remarks, Nikolaus van der Pas, European Commission (Click here to view in word format)

A number of other papers which were distributed at the conference are available here:

Joint Interim report of the Council and the Commission on Education and Training 2010 (future objectives) (click here to view in word format)

ECTS key features (Click here to view in word format)

From Berlin to Bergen (Click here to view in word format)