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NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM AND vocatIonal qualIfIcatIons authorIty ( Vqa ) Firuzan SİLAHŞÖR Head of Department - Occupational Standards 14 May 2009- Bucharest , Romania. CONTENT. Turkey Labour Market Indicators About VQA National Occupational Standards - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM AND VOCATIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY (VQA)
Firuzan SİLAHŞÖRHead of Department-Occupational
Standards
14 May 2009-Bucharest, Romania
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CONTENT
Turkey Labour Market Indicators About VQA National Occupational Standards National Qualifications, Testing and Certification Progress – 2007-2008 Action Plan - 2009
INDICATORS (December /2008, January- February/2009)
TURKEY
URBAN AREAS
RURAL AREAS
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
Population (000) 69 346 70166 48163 48564 21183 21602
Population +15 (000) 50 435 51323 35552 36025 14883 15 298
Labour force (000) 22 388 23523 15466 16120 6 923 7 403
Employment (000) 19 798 19873 13458 13341 6 339 6 532 Unemployed (000) 2 591 3 650 2 007 2 779 583 872Employment participation rate (%) 44,4 45,8 43,5 44,7 46,5 48,4Employment rate (%) 39,3 38,7 37,9 37,0 42,6 42,7Unemployment rate (%) 11,6 15,5 13,0 17,2 8,4 11,8 Non-agricultural unemployment rate (%) 13,7 19,0 13,1 17,8 16,5 24,7
Youth unemployment rate (%) 21,2 27,9 22,1 28,9 18,7 25,4Population out of labour force (000) 28 046 27799 20086 19905 7 960 7 894
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EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE LABOUR FORCE
According to February 2009 data of Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK); • % 61.5 of unemployed• % 58.3 of employed
are under high school level.
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JANUARY 2009
(000) MALE FEMALE TOTAL
Agriculture 2.486 1.856 4.342
Industry 3.257 854 4.111
Construction 953 37 990
Services 7.974 2.457 10.429
Total 14.670 5.204 19.873
Non-agricultural
12.184 3.348 15.531
Urban areas 10.222 3.119 13.341
Rural areas 4.447 2.085 6.532
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ABOUT VQA
Established with the Law numbered 5544 and dated 21.09.2006, Affiliated organisation of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MoLSS), Financially and administratively autonomous, Governed by the equal participation of the government, employers, employees and vocational organisations.
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BACKGROUND
Occupational Standards Commission (OSC) established under the coordination of Turkish Employment Agency (1992) Pilot studies have been conducted under the scope of WB Employment and Training Project, the draft Law on National Occupational Standards Authority has been prepared (1995-2000) The draft has been revised under the scope of SVET Project funded by EC (2003-2006) Commitment of the Government under the scope of EU screening process (2006) Within the framework of EU harmonisation, the VQA Law numbered 5544 has been approved (21 September 2006) The Executive Board has been elected in VQA General Assembly (8 December 2006) The budget of the Authority, staff planning and work programme for 2007 have been determined (28 February 2007)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY
EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRESIDENT
SECTOR COMMITTEES
DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL
STANDARDS
DEPARTMENT OF TESTING AND
CERTIFICATION
LEGAL DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND
FINANCE
UNIT FOR STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
IT DEPARTMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
GENERAL SECRETERIAT
MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
EU, FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND PROJECTS
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THE OBJECTIVE OF VQA
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THE ROLE OF VQA
VQA will not perform:
occupational standards development, provision of testing and certification services,
accreditation,
organisations/institutions awarded by the VQA perform these tasks.
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OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
National Occupational Standard Format ActorsAuthorisation criteriaAuthorisation processRole of Occupational Standards Setting Bodies (OSSBs)
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NATIONAL OS FORMAT
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MAIN ACTORS
Occupational Standards Setting Bodies (OSSBs)
Sector Committees
VQA Executive Board
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AUTHORISATION CRITERIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OS
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AUTHORISATION PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OS
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TASKS PERFORMED BY OSSBs
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SECTOR COMMITTEES
Sector Committees are the sectoral expertise committees of VQA.
SECTOR COMMITTEES;analyse, recommend,decide for the adoption of the occupational standards as the national occupational standards.
Members: MoLSS, MoNE, CoHE, ministries related to the occupation, one representative each from the employers’ and employees’ organisations in the General Assembly and one from VQA.
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OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS: STAGES
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TESTING and CERTIFICATION
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FUNCTIONS REGARDING TESTING AND CERTIFICATION
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National qualifications are developed based on national or international standards
DEFINITION of NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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NQF
DEVELOPMENT & APPROVAL OF QUALIFICATIONS
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AUTHORIZING THE CERTIFICATION BODIES
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CERTIFYING THE INDIVIDUALS
Accreditation of education and training institutions;
Accreditation of education and training institutions will be realised by training accreditation institutions authorised by VQA.
A commission is established including the represantatives of related ministries, employers and employees organisations and proffessional organisations to be authorised in accrediting public education and training institutions.
Education and training institutions seeking to be accredited education institution apply to the education accreditation institutions appointed by VQA.
Assessment criteria which forms the basis of accreditation of education and training institutions are determined by Executive Board with the opinions of MoNE,CoHE, education accreditation institutions and employers, employees and vocational organisations .
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ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
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Secondary LegislationImplementing Regulation on VQA StaffImplementing Regulation on VQA Experts and Assistant ExpertsImplementing Regulation on the Development of Occupational Standards Implementing Regulation on the Establishment, Duties and Working Principles of VQA Sector CommitteesImplementing Regulation on Vocational Qualifications, Testing and Certification
General AssemblyII.General Assembly in 31 October 2007III.General Assembly in 30 October 2008
Staff RecruitmentEmployment of administrative, technical and executive staff.Orientation and in-service training for VQA staff.
PROGRESS 2007-2008
-GENERAL ACTIVITIES-
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Evaluating Previous Pilot Projects Products
Development of National Occupational Standards Format
Development of Authorisation Procedure and Supportive Documents(Principles for Authorisation, Framework Cooperation Protocol, Guideline for the development of Occupational Standards)
Call for Interest for Development of National Occupational Standards (More than 70 applications in 22 sectors)
PROGRESS 2007-2008
-NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-
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Evaluating Applications, Authorisation and Signing Protocols with OSSBs
Coordinating the Sectoral Cooperation Activities (In Metal, Textile, Tourism and Chemistry Sectors)
Technical Information Meetings for OSSBs teams(Guideline for Developing Occupational Standards)
Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluating (Progress reports, guidance)
PROGRESS 2007-2008
-NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-
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PROGRESS 2008-2009
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PROGRESS 2008-2009
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Defining the sectors (26 sectors) Defining the priority 10 sectors 6 sector committees established in 2008;
Construction ( June 2008) Automotive (July 2008) Energy (September 2008) Textile, Ready Wear and Leather (November 2008) Tourism, Hospitality, Food-Beverages Services (December
2008) Metal (December 2008)
Work towards the establishment of committees in 3 additional sectors; Glass, Cement and Soil Transportation, Lojistics and Communication Health and Social Services
PROGRESS 2008-2009
-ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF SECTOR COMMITTEES-
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Implementing Regulation on Vocational Qualifications, Testing and Certification,
Actors in the National Vocational Qualifications System have been determined,
The elements of the qualifications to be placed into the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) have been defined,
The draft supporting documents required for the awarding process have been prepared,
Testing and Certification System and the documentation structure have been designed,
PROGRESS 2008-2009
-VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, TESTING and CERTIFICATION
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-COOPERATION WITH EC AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS-
European Qualifications Framework (EQF) National Contact Point
National Europass Center
EU Project (Strengthening the Vocational Qualifications Authority and National Qualifications System, 2007-IPA)
Cooperation with International Organisations /Network
(ETF, COLO, World Bank, British Council, CEDEFOP)
International Conferences, Seminars
PROGRESS 2008-2009
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Activities towards cooperation and consiliation with partners
Participation and presentation in national and international conferences, seminars etc.
Cooperation/information/awareness raising meetings with several institutions in relation to occupational standards, testing and certification.
PROGRESS 2008-2009
-INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICITY, COOPERATION WITH PARTNERS-
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2009 ACTION PLAN
• Development/validation/approval/publicity of National Occupational Standards (approximately 60 NOS)• Simultaneous establishment and effective operation of Sector Committees (at least 10 sectors)• Coordination, guidance, monitoring and evaluating activities towards the NOS development process,• Continuing the evaluation of NOS development applications, authorisation and signing cooperation protocols (at least 15 OSSBs),
• Commencing the implementing of certification system for published NOS,
• Authorizing the testing and certification bodies,• Launching the implementation of EU Project.
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IMPORTANT QUALITY ASPECTS
Sustainable capacity at sector organisations (institutional/technical)
Occupational mapping for sectors (main fields, occupations, levels, horizontal qualifications, employment priorities, trends etc.)
Involvement of experts from private sector, universities Network+sharing experiences with relevant international
organisations Participatory approach (development+verification) Committment and effective operation of Sector Committees Publicity and awareness raising activities in cooperation with
social partners (national/regional/sectoral level) Evaluation of procedures and products with partners
THANK YOU…
Vocational Qualifications AuthorityAtatürk Bulvarı No:227 Kat: 9 Kavaklıdere
ANKARA/TURKEY Phone: +90 312 428 72 04 Fax: +90 312 428
72 07 web: www.myk.gov.tr