Objectives and content

The event will be held over two days with different focuses and con- tent. The first part of the event is a high-level conference, bringing together decision makers within education and the social partners and project co-ordinators. The conference aims to highlight and encourage debate on the current political agenda dealing with creating better skills for the future labour market. The second part of the event is a closing conference of the European New Skills Network, which is initiated within the Lifelong Learning Programme. It is also the objective of the conference to gather experience and present results from more than two years of work in the New Skills Network. Conference output will be recommandations on several levels: the application level, the project level, as well as the political level.

Participants

Representatives of ministries of education and labour, representatives of the European Commission and Cedefop, representatives of educational institutions, public and private organisations, project coordinators and representatives of national agencies that manage the Lifelong Learning Programme and additional stakeholders.