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CEDEFOP Agora Conference

Thessaloniki, February 2008

Presentation by

Mr. Thom ter StegeSecretary General ESPO

Project Manager EuroSkills 2008

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ESPO – European Skills Promotion Organisation

• Founded: in March 2007,

• Legal entity: Association (a members organization),

• Goal: to structure skills promotion activities in EU,

• Primary task: biannual organisation of EuroSkills event,

• Political and financial support from European Commission,

• Acknowledged by the EU’s LifeLongLearning Program ’07 –’13

• Board members from nine European countries,

• Members: One recognized organisation per EU country, the National Skills Organisations.

• Contact organisation for European Commission.

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ESPO - Objectives

• To promote excellence in the field of skills, vocational education and training and craftsmanship.

• To raise awareness of the importance of professional excellence and of high quality VET for Europe.

• To increase and develop the cooperation and partnership between organisations active in promoting VET and excellence in skills development.

• To encourage world-class standards of skills and competence in Europe and enhance the status and attractiveness of VET.

• To support European policy in the context of lifelong learning.

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ESPO - activities

• Organising a biennial European skills competition event called: EuroSkills.

– EuroSkills 2008 will have a follow up:» in 2010 to be decided in May 2008,» in 2012 to be decided after EuroSkills 2008.

– The concept of ES08 will be used in ES events in ’10 and ’12,– Member countries can express their interest for organizing future ES event.

• Support EU member states, EFTA and EU candidate countries in

establishing and further developing a national skills competitions.– Through the support program and with the financial support from the EC, ESPO

will support countries in a way which best suit each country

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ESPO - activities

• Supporting EU programmes and policy on vocational education and training throughout Europe (e.g. by disseminating and valorising projects and their results).

– By using results from EU-projects and link them to Skills competitions. E.g. EQF-projects, mobility projects, EU networking projects etc.

• Creating and maintaining international and national platforms for the collaboration of Industry and VET through Skills Competitions

– The working together between National Skills Organisations will improve through the working together in ESPO. It gives the members also the opportunity to benefit more from other VET, industry networks and European government involvement.

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ESPO - activities

• Engaging with companies and social partners to promote quality of skills in trades, crafts and modern technical occupations.

– Promotionally, there can be gained a lot by organizing partnerships with companies. Existing EU-competitions can gain more from working together.

• Cooperating with European organisations in the field of VET in promoting skills excellence.

– Cedefop, ETF, Efvet and other European organisations who now more and more are aware of the existence of Skills competitions as a tool for raising the attractiveness of VET.

• Promoting European Skills on a global level in cooperation with WorldSkills International and other regional skills organisations.

– Europe is a strong participant in Worldskills. Over 50% of the candidates of WS in November 2007, Japan came from the EU. Working together benefits both organisations’ objectives.

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EuroSkills- the event

• Frequency: Biannually (start new concept in 2008)

• Target group:

Youngster attending pre and secondary vocational education and their decision makers.

• Short description:

European event for skills competitions and demonstrations. Showing skills in a natural an business like environment, promoting team competitions and interaction between skills and skilled people.

• Expected results:

400 competitors, 40.000 visitors, > 1,000,000 informed Europeans. Promotion of lower vocational education. Promotion of European trades. Across Europe knowledge exchange on vocational education.

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EuroSkills - facts

• EuroSkills 2008 ~ 18-19-20 September 2008 ~ Rotterdam

• Ahoy’ Venue, Rotterdam: 35.000 m2 (expandable to 50.000m2)

• Participation through ESPO, of the majority of European countries (26-29 in 2008)

• Within six Skills domains representation of some 50 trades,

• A lot of new concepts with a focus on teamwork,

• Concept development through ESPO’s Competition Development Committee,

• broadcasting on TV and internet,

• Interact with the public: ‘Have a go’ or ‘Try a Trade’,

• EuroSkillsVillage organized in cooperation with NA Leonardo da Vinci.

• Financed by European Commission, Dutch Government, City of Rotterdam, Sector organizations & Sponsors.

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ESPO Board

Mr.Jos de Goey(The Netherlands)

President

Mrs.Eija Alhojärvi(Finland)

Strategic & European

Affairs

Mr. Antonio Caldeira (Portugal)

Mr. Stefan Praschl(Austria)

Competition &Quality

Development

Mr. Kevin Wood(UK)

Treasurer

Mr. Jean-MarieMéan

(Belgium)

Secretary

Mr.Yvan Valentinuzzi

(France)

Marketing &

Communications

Mrs. Ilze Brante(Latvia)

General Board Member

Mrs. Ewa Rudomino

(Poland)

General Board Member

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ESPO Organisation

ESPO Member statesGeneral Assembly

ESPOBoard

Skills NetherlandsESPO Secretariat

Thom ter StegeSecretary General

Cleo VerplanckeAdministration & Secretary

Frans van MarisFinance

Angelie Kaag/Eric van GoorPR/Communications

CDCCompetition Development Committee

Representatives (TD’s) fromESPO Members

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Actual ESPO Membership situation

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Actual ESPO Membership status

• Full ESPO Members:Members with WorldSkills experience:

Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Spain,The Netherlands, UK, Germany, Portugal, Austria, France, Belgium, Ireland, Italy,

Hungary and Luxemburg

Non WorldSkills members: Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic,

Norway, Slovakia, Denmark and Turkey (Total member countries : 26)

• Other countries expressing commitment or interest:Iceland, Slovenia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Greece

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ESPO Membership

Category: Open to:

Full Member National Skills Organisation:

an authorised, national organisation from an EU Member state, EU member candidate country or EFTA-state.

Associate Member as above.

Affiliate Partners European Sector or Social Partnerorganisations, Educational institutes and

Industry.

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ESPO – Development Support Program

EU- Workplan 2008 (3 major activities)

1. Organisation of EuroSkills event

2. Development of skills competition activities in member countries

3. Promotion of ESPO & EuroSkills activities

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International Skills competitions

Nov 2007, Shizuoka, Japan 39-th WorldSkills Competition

Sep 2008, Rotterdam, NL 1-st EuroSkills competition

Sep 2009, Calgary, Canada 40-th WorldSkills Competition

Sep 2010, location TBD, May’08 2-nd EuroSkills competition

Oct 2011, London, UK 41-st WorldSkills Competition

Sep 2012, location TBD, after ES08 3-rd EuroSkills competition

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WorldSkills & EuroSkills

• EuroSkills more team competitions then individual competitions

EuroSkills mainly Team Based competitions (technical and social skills assessed)

• EuroSkills, in total five day stay of international teams

EuroSkills is a 3 day competition, 6 day stay of country teams,

WorldSkills is a 4 day competition with a 9 day stay of country teams

• WorldSkills event will not be in Europe in 2007 and 2009

Promotion of VET and craftsmanship in EU-countries is necessary and becoming more important to show the attractiveness of VET.

• WorldSkills, becomes big and costly to organize, need for regional approach on long term might be necessary

The ES initiative can lead to more regional organisations which can be interesting for WorldSkills development, step-up-opportunity for new national skills organisations.

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EuroSkills Competitions

Skills Promotions, consists of 3 elements:

-Competitions,

-Demonstrations

-Try a Trade

All Skills Promotions are documented in a Technical Outline (See EuroSkills website)

All competitions based on Competence based qualification profiles

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EuroSkills 2008 SKILLS PROMOTIONS

Skill Domains Skills prom.ID

Skills Competition reflecting a social and/or industrial process

Trade(s) trade ID Number Comp

Max. Teams

1010 Floristry Florist 1011 2 ?1020 Electronic Game Development Game designer -developer 1021 1 ?1030 Window display Visual Merchandiser 1031 2 ?1040 Hairdressing Hairdresser Women 1041 1 6

Hairdresser Men 1042 1 61050 Shoe maker Shoe maker 1051 2 ?1060 Fashion Fashion designer 1061 1 ?

Fashion product developer 1062 2 ?

2010 Office IT Team Office specialist / Project manager 2011 1 5Cisco specialist 2012 1 5Microsoft specialist 2013 1 5Open Source specialist 2014 1 5

2020 Cross Media Publishing Web-designer 2021 1 5Graphic designer 2022 1 5Print technician 2023 1 5

2030 Video / moving image Video/movie editor, special effects editor 2031 3 ?

3010 Manufacturing technologies CNC machine technician 3011 1 6(C)NC Metal Constructor 3012 1 6Maintenance technician 3013 1 6Traditional machine technician 3014 1 6CADD designer 3015 1 6Welder 3016 1 6Industrial Automation technician 3017 1 6

3090 Electronics Workshop Team Electrical technician 3091 2 ?

4010 Landscape Gardening & Design Landscape Designer 4011 1 6Landscape Gardener 4012 2 6

4020 Plumber 4021 1 8Electrician 4022 1 8Refrigeration technician 4023 1 8

4030 Building Construction Building carpenter 4031 1 6Brick layer 4032 1 6Joiner 4033 1 6Wall and Floor Tiler 4034 1 6Metal Roofer 4035 1 6Supervisor 4036 1 6

4040 Plastering Plasterer 4041 1 ?4050 Painting Painter 4051 1 ?4060 Road construction Road builder 4061 2 ?

5010 Transport Technology & Logistics Truck Driver 5012 3 ?5020 Automotive Technology Light Vehicle Light vehicles technician 5021 1 ?5030 Automotive Technology Heavy Vehicle Heavy vehicles technician 5031 1 ?5040 Mobility Sector Motorcycle Motorcycle technician 5041 1 ?5050 Mobility Sector bicycle Bicycle technician 5051 1 ?

6020 Caring Nurse 6021 2 ?6030 Farrier Farrier 6031 1 ?6040 Cleaning services Manager 6041 1 ?

supervisor 6042 1 ?cleaner operator 6043 2 ?

6060 Cook & Serve Chef 6061 1 10Waiter 6062 1 10

Construction & Building

Manufacturing & Engineering

Social, Personal & Hospitality Services

Transportation & Logistics

Installation Technology

Creative Arts & Fashion

Information & Communication Technology

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PR/Communication Campaign 2008Schoolprograms

• International: European Student exchange program, schools from all over Europe to visit the Netherlands. This in cooperation with the Dutch schools and the EU.

– Mobility– Improve the European network– Exchange knowledge on a international level

• National: A guided tour for visitors with the focus upon the competition and primarily on skills per domain.

– Interactive– Skills specific– Especialy designed for the target group

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EuroSkills campaign 2008pictured

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To the web…

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EuroSkills Village

Site program, during event in Conference area:

-Conferences

-Seminars

-Information Market ,

for companies and organisations to present their products and services

(we offer standard booths)

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EuroSkills Partner Program

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EuroSkills Partner Program

Value in kind Financial Strategic partnership

Competition- materials and machines

Other goods and services

Cash Participation in the development of EuroSkills

event

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EuroSkills Partner Program

Partner category

Value in kind Financial Strategic

Partnership

Official Partner X X X

Partner X X

Supplier X

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ESPO (Official) Partner

EuroSkills Event

EuroSkills Domain 1

EuroSkills Competition 1

EuroSkills Competition Team 1

EuroSkills Domain2

EuroSkills Competition Team 2

EuroSkills Competition 2

Sponsorpartner structure

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EuroSkills Partnerplan

Sponsor products

A. Boarding & Signage

B. Printing

C. On Line Communication

D. Publicity Campaign

E. Events & Meetings

F. Facilities

G. School Program

H. International Student Exchange Program

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Thank you