Papers and presentations from the proceedings of the Presidency Conference

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.

Keynote address by Nikolaus van der Pas, Director General, DG Education and Culture, European Commission, 'Education and Training 2010 and the Lisbon goals'

Presentation of the research paper - Cynthia Deane, Options Consulting and Elizabeth Watters, European Research for Intercultural Understanding

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

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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'

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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'

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Speaker: Robert Wagenaar, Netherlands, Joint Coordinator of the Tuning Project, University of Groningen
Speaker: Jens Bjornavold, European Commission
Rapporteur: Aviana Bulgarelli, Italy, Ministry of Labour and Social Policies .

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

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

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