Towards Designing an Implementation Guideline Framework for Regional VET Cooperation Networks in Lithuania

Author(s):

Vidmantas TutlysLouis SpaninksJessica BlingsM'Hamed DifJonathan WintertonGeorg Spottl

Conference:

ECER 2009

Network:

2. Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)

Format:

Research Workshop

Session Information

02 SES 06 C, Towards Designing an Implementation Guideline Framework for Regional VET Cooperation Networks in Lithuania

Research Workshop

Time:

2009-09-29

10:30-12:00

Room:

HG, HS 26

Chair:

Vidmantas Tutlys

Contribution

The development of vocational education and training has become one of the most important questions in the agendas of the educational policies at the national and international levels. VET systems development largely depends on social partnership and the involvement of stakeholders at the regional and national levels. In this connection, there are significant differences between European countries. Lithuania like many other countries of Central and Eastern Europe faces today important challenges in developing VET systems able to meet the requirements of economic competitiveness and increased role for cooperation and partnership between social partners and other socio-economic actors. Undeveloped social partnership networking in VET along with a weak regional dimension present serious limitations for VET development in Lithuania. This workshop addresses these issues. Based on the outcomes of the research undertaken within the framework of the ongoing LITVETNET project investigation (2007-2009), the workshop will present a guideline framework for designing and implementing regional VET cooperation networks in Lithuania. This will be based on the analysis of some of the identified effective practices and instrument in other EU partner countries. The workshop will: a)define the concept of regional VET cooperation networks; b)discuss the theoretical, conceptual and methodological background for designing and developing regional VET partnerships; c)present the political background for designing and developing regional VET partnerships; d) evaluate the preconditions for designing and developing regional VET networks in Lithuania; and e)analyse the factors affecting the transferability of identified effective practices and instruments from EU partner countries. The related addressed research questions are basically: 1) what are the most important characteristics of effective regional VET partnerships in both Lithuania and partner countries? 2) What are the theoretical and methodological issues for designing and implementing regional VET partnerships? This include the question of how do theories and practices connected with VET, social partnership and human resource development will help in defining institutional, political and economical contextual backgrounds for designing regional VET partnerships and networks? 3) What are the historical, political, social, economic, institutional and cultural preconditions for designing and implementing regional VET partnerships in Lithuania and how do these preconditions influence the selection of possible models for regional VET partnerships? 4) How can some of the effective experiences from France, Germany and the Netherlands help in designing and developing regional VET partnerships in Lithuania and what is their possible impact?

Method

The research is based on a literature review connected with the following: 1. The relationships between VET the world of work with the aim of discerning the main functioning mechanisms of these relations within different domains of VET, such as curriculum design, organization and provision of theoretical and practical training, assessment of learning outcomes. 2. Political-economic theories and effective practices in education and human resources development, especially those dealing with the issues of competitiveness and social cohesion. 3. The industrial relations and social partnership networking formation models with the aim discerning the characteristics, functioning and interconnectedness between them. Empiric research approaches and methods: 1. Comparative research and analysis of undertaken VET policies and measures related to regional VET partnership networking formation and development. 2. Case studies investigation into the functioning, role and instruments of regional VET partnership networks in 3 partners countries (interviews with experts and representatives of involved stakeholders).

Expected Outcomes

1. Effective regional VET partnership networks are the outcomes of the incremental process based on successful practices of cooperation and partnerships between VET institutions, employer organizations, trade unions, local authorities and institutions and other involved stakeholders. The public authorities can play a significant role, in promoting and providing financial support for the development of regional VET partnerships. 2. Lithuania needs to adopt an incremental approach in designing and implementing an adapted regional VET partnerships for several important reasons, basically lack of experience and development in inter-institutional cooperation and partnerships in VET on regional level. 3. Some of the identified experiences from the partner countries (France, Germany and the Netherlands) satisfying most the transference feasibility criteria can be exploited for the development of the regional VET partnership networks in Lithuania.

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Author Information

Vidmantas Tutlys

Vytautas Magnus University

Centre for Vocational Education and Research

Kaunas

126

Louis Spaninks

Talentis BV, the Netherlands

Jessica Blings

ITB - Institut Technik und Bildung

Arbeitsprozesse und berufliche Bildung

Bremen

M'Hamed Dif

University of Strasbourg (UdS)

BETA/Céreq Alsace

Strasbourg

Jonathan Winterton

Toulouse Business School

Toulouse

Georg Spottl

ITB Bremen University, Germany

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